By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Incumbent state Representative Rob Summerfield (67th Assembly District) and incumbent United States Congressman Ron Kind (Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District) won re-election November 3. Rep. Summerfield (R-Bloomer) faced Dr. Chris Kapsner (D-Boyceville) for representative of the 67th Assembly District. According to unofficial election results, Summerfield received 21,180 votes (64 percent),…
Read MoreFor the first time since Winter Haven opened its doors in 2011, homeless adults won’t be able to find overnight shelter there when the cold weather arrives. In the past, Winter Haven was open from Nov. 15 through March 31 for homeless adults at 1518 Stout Road. But faced with a combination of the restrictions…
Read MoreBy Tom Emery The Great Lakes region is known for its brutal, pounding storms. But one storm stands out among the rest. Wednesday marks the 80th anniversary of the so-called “Armistice Day Storm,” which blew across the Upper Midwest on November 11, 1940, leaving a trail of destruction from Kansas to Michigan. At least 154…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Dunn County referendum question about fair mapping of legislative districts won 64 percent approval in the November 3 election, while the question to exceed the levy limit for Dunn County Solid Waste and Recycling received 61 percent disapproval. A question on ballots in the Town of New Haven…
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By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Plan Commission has recommended that the village board rezone a two-acre parcel along Dunn Street for a low-income housing project. The current zoning is agriculture, and the requested zoning change is to Residential-5 for a multi-family three-story complex with 32 affordable apartments, said Lynn Niggemann, village administrator-clerk-treasurer,…
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Town of ST. JOSEPH — A motorcyclist died early Thursday morning, November 5 when he crashed in St. Joseph Township. 27-year-old Anthony M. Oellerich, 27 of River Falls, WI, died at the scene. The St. Croix County Sheriff’s Office responded to the accident located at State Highway 35 and Main Street in Houlton, WI at…
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TOWN OF EAU GALLE — Authorities have taken two subjects into custody following a high-speed chase in St. Croix County early Wednesday morning, November 4. Accroding to a news release from the Wisconsin State Patrol, at approximately 2:45 a.m. Wednesday, November 4 a Wisconsin State Patrol Trooper attempted to stop a vehicle for speeding on…
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ROBERTS — A 59-year-old man from St. Paul, MN has died following a single-vehicle accident near Roberts over the weekend. The man has been identified as Richard D. Bold. The accident occurred at 8:50 p.m. Friday, October 30 at mile marker 7 along the west bound lanes of Interstate 94. According to a news release…
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HAMMOND — A Hammond man died this past weekend when he lost control of his truck and struck a concrete culvert. On Saturday, October 31, 2020, at approximately 12:48 a.m. the St. Croix County Sheriffs Office responded to 100th Avenue, just east of 166th Street in Hammond Township for a single-vehicle crash. Preliminary investigation indicates…
Read MoreBy Cara Dempski and LeAnn Ralph HUDSON — St. Croix County, along with the rest of Wisconsin, will be facing a workforce shortage over the next 10 to 20 years. The lack of people moving into Wisconsin will be “the biggest issue” facing the state, said Dale Knapp, director of research and analytics with the…
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