TOWN OF TROY — A River Falls man has died from injuries he suffered in a St. Croix County accident a week earlier. The Ramsey County (MN)Medical Examiner’s Office notified the St. Croix County Sheriff’s Office that 53-year-old David S. Melser of River Falls, WI, had died at Regions Hospital on Monday, October 19, 2020,…
Read MoreEAU CLAIRE – Following a virtual and socially distanced graduation ceremony Oct. 14, the 16 members of the Chippewa Valley Technical College Law Enforcement Academy Summer 2020 graduating class went outside the Emergency Services Education Center and found they were not so alone after all. Usually, family members of the graduates and representatives of the…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Two men have been charged with felony election fraud in connection with signing nomination papers for a candidate placed on the ballot in the spring election for the Boyceville Village Board. Anthony P. Lippert, 40, made an initial appearance October 12 in Dunn County Circuit Court before Judge Rod…
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By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Congressman Ron Kind (D-LaCrosse), representative for the U.S. 3rd Congressional District in Wisconsin, will face Republican challenger Derrick Van Orden (Hager City) in the November election. The 3rd Congressional District includes the Counties of Adams, Buffalo, Chippewa, Crawford, Dunn, Eau Claire, Grant, Jackson, Juneau, La Crosse, Monroe, Pepin, Pierce,…
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By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Incumbent Republican U.S. Congressman Tom Tiffany will face Democratic challenger Trisha Zunker in the November 3 election for representative of Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District. Tiffany was elected as representative of the 7th Congressional District in a special election May 12, 2020, to replace Congressman Sean Duffy, who resigned from…
Read MoreA 44-year-old Cameron, Wisconsin women is charged with misappropriating postal funds form March 2019 through July 2020. The federal indictment alleges Cammy J. Gillett, while an employee of the U. S. Postal Service converted to her own use more than $1,000 in U. S. Postal money orders. The indictment also charges her with making false…
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By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A former Boyceville man for whom online court records list a current address as the Redgranite Correctional Institute has been charged in Dunn County with delivery of methamphetamine and maintaining a drug trafficking place. Anthony P. Lippert, 40, made an initial appearance in Dunn County Circuit Court by video…
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The long presidential campaign trail will be coming to an end next Tuesday, November 3rd as that is the final day of voting for president, congressional, state and county offices. Voting in many states has been ongoing for some time and reports indicate that almost 50 million people have voted so far in this election…
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By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A Dunn County judge has found probable cause and has bound over for trial a 25-year-old Colfax woman charged with six drug-related felonies. Cassandra P. Davis appeared with her attorney, Roger Hillestad, before Judge Rod Smeltzer for a preliminary hearing October 20 in Dunn County Circuit Court. Dunn County…
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