COVID-19 has impacted the ability for The Salvation Army to raise funds to help others in crisis. This year, we are being asked to stay home to help stop the spread of the virus. Many store fronts may not have the iconic bell ringer at their kettle stand. So many things have changed in the…
Read MoreHUDSON –A special St. Croix County Board of Supervisors meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday, November 17, 2020, at 7pm. During this meeting the full County Board will consider whether to adopt a COVID-19 Communicable Disease Ordinance. An adopted ordinance would be effective upon publication. At their meeting on November 11, the Health and Human…
Read MoreMADISON – Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Heather Bishop, 31, Lee’s Summit, Missouri was sentenced November 12, 2020, by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 30 months in federal prison for conspiring with Crystal Austin, Shelly Scott, Jason Edge, and others to commit wire fraud…
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MENOMONIE — The University of Wisconsin-Stout began offering free rapid-result antigen COVID-19 tests to community members, age 5 and older, on Friday, Nov. 6. The tests are being offered through a partnership between the UW System and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to help address the current surge in COVID-19 virus cases…
Read MoreExperts have repeatedly noted that COVID-19 cases in surrounding communities is a large contributor of outbreaks in nursing homes. Dr. David Grabowski, professor of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School, recently stated, “The strongest predictor of whether or not we’ll see cases in long term care facilities is community spread.” “As we feared, the…
Read MoreDunn County also gave the incumbent President Donald Trump the most votes in the November 3rd election by a count of 13,176 to 9,909. Only the City of Menomonie favored Joe Biden in unofficial balloting with Biden collecting 3,879 votes in the City of Menomonie and Trump with 2,983. Incumbent Congressman Ron Kind was elected…
Read MoreSt. Croix County favored President Donald Trump over his Democratic challenger Joe Biden by nine thousand votes. The county had 56,995 people casting ballots for the November 3rd Presidential Election. Only the City of Hudson cast more votes for the Biden/Harris team, with the rest of the county voters going to the Trump/Pence ticket. In…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph GLENWOOD CITY — Incumbent Republican U.S. Congressman Tom Tiffany (7th Congressional District), Rob Stafsholt (Wisconsin’s 10th Senate District) and Clint Moses (Wisconsin’s 29th Assembly District) won the November 3 election. Congressman Tom Tiffany (R-Hazelhurst) faced challenger Trisha Zunker (D-Wausau) in the November 3 election for representative of Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District.…
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By LeAnn R. Ralph HUDSON — Four people associated with a situation where a woman was found deceased in a car in Emerald October 9 face drug charges in St. Croix County Circuit Court. Shelly Schriver, age 48, was found deceased, slumped over in a vehicle parked in a driveway at 2660 155th Avenue in…
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