American Family “Larger than Life” promotion benefits charitable organizations through agency owners
COLFAX — American Family Life Insurance Company and agency owners in 19 states, including Lane Berenschot of Glenwood City and Colfax, partnered in a “Larger than Life” promotion during Life Insurance Awareness Month in September and the month of October to benefit their local communities. They earned $187,525 that can be used for eligible donations…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A Dunn County judge has reversed a decision in which he determined deputies should have obtained a search warrant for a safe in the case of a 56-year-old Ridgeland man charged with felony possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver. Anthony Kurtz appeared with his attorney, William Schembera, December…
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A Minnesota man became St. Croix County’s ninth traffic fatality of 2020 this past weekend. On Sunday December 6, 2020 at approximately 7:05 a.m., the St. Croix County Sheriffs Office responded to State Highway 35 near Starwood Drive in Hudson Township for a one-vehicle crash. Preliminary investigation indicates a 2016 GMC Sierra, being driven by…
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WOODVILLE — A pair of 20-year-old women from Minnesota became the latest motor-vehicle fatalities in St. Croix County this year. The two, one from Saint Michael, MN and the other of Albertville, MN, were pronounced dead at the scene of the accident which occurred shortly before 4:00 p.m. Saturday, December 5 on eastbound Interstate 94…
Read Moreby Cara Dempski HUDSON — The Saint Croix county Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a resolution giving interim county administrator Ken Witt the authority to modify policies regarding COVID-19. Witt clarified these are not policies for the general public, but instead for county employees and those working in county buildings. Supervisors also unanimously approved extending…
Read MoreThe Dunn County Circuit Courts would like to announce that the Hon. Rod W. Smeltzer is retiring after 24 years of dedicated service. Judge Smeltzer was elected to his first term in August 1997 and will complete his 24th year on the bench on July 31, 2021. Prior to serving as judge, he spent eight…
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By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — If people are wearing masks to protect others from contracting COVID-19, then why are the transmission rates still high? Not everyone is wearing a mask, said KT Gallagher, director of the Dunn County Health Department and the county’s health officer, during her weekly update via Facebook Live on December…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A “sexually violent” person placed on supervised release in a Town of Otter Creek house has been ordered by the court to remain at the Sand Ridge Secure Treatment Center for one year. Jamie Lane Stephenson, who was committed under the state’s Chapter 980 law as sexually violent, appeared…
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In an unprecedented year and holiday season Jennifer Aniston, Sofia Vergara and many other celebrities are uniting with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to support the annual St. Jude fundraising campaign. Our own local celebrity, Laurie Stewart, is in her fourth year of raising funds to support St. Jude’s. Stewart, who is employed at the…
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MENOMONIE — A Chippewa Falls man is in the Dunn County jail following his arrest on multiple drug and other charges following a traffic stop in Dunn County November 23. 35-year-old Justin Barnard was arrested and taken into custody following a traffic stop that yielded a large amount of drugs and paraphernalia. On November 23rd,…
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