SUN PRAIRIE, WI—Compeer Financial’s Fund for rural America, the Farm Credit cooperative’s giving program, has awarded 163 grants as part of their Emergency Response Equipment Program, totaling $450,166. Area Response Departments that received grants include the Glenwood City Fire Department, Boyceville Fire and Ambulance Departments. Emergency Response Equipment Grants help to offset the cost of…
Read MoreThe candidates in the race to represent Wisconsin’s 10th Senate District will debate on “The West Side” 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 16. The Ideas Network stations of Wisconsin Public Radio: 88.3/Menomonie-Eau Claire and 88.7/River Falls. Host Dean Kallenbach will be welcoming incumbent Patty Schachtner, D-Somerset, and challenger Rob Stafsholt, R-New Richmond. Schachtner won a…
Read MoreMADISON – Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Joshua Stein, 30, Cornell, Wisconsin was sentenced October 7, 2020 by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 10 years in federal prison for possessing more than 50 grams of methamphetamine for distribution, and for possessing a firearm in…
Read MoreScott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Farkhanda Muhammad, 34, Chicago, Illinois, was sentenced October 6 by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to six months in federal prison for fraudulently representing that a Social Security number was hers to apply for a Madison apartment. Muhammad pled guilty…
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The Dunn County Health Department is sharing more local COVID-19 data related to positive cases such as, their age, gender, and recovery status. This data can be found on the Dunn County Portal and the health department’s social media accounts. The portal data is updated pulling from Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) data at…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The referendum question asking voters to approve $1 million per year for five years for Dunn County Solid Waste and Recycling is still on the November ballot even though the county’s program will be closing down December 31. The referendum question was approved by the county board by the…
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On Tuesday September 29, 2020, at approximately 3:30 p.m. the St. Croix County Sheriff’s Office responded to CTH A, approximately .5 mile south of McCutcheon Rd., in Hudson Township for a motorcycle crash. Preliminary investigation and statements from witnesses indicate a 2015 Harley Davidson motorcycle, being driven by Jamie Ralph Brown, age 49 from Blaine,…
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By LeAnn R. Ralph BOYCEVILLE — What’s a pocket dog? Andrea Talmage of Boyceville, who recently published a children’s book called “Pocket Dog Danny — Where the Memories Began,” is glad you asked. A pocket dog “is a hot dog you wrap up and keep in your pocket for later,” Talmage explained. The book “was…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Two candidates in the November election for the state’s 29th Assembly District spoke on Wisconsin Public Radio about a variety of topics, including school vouchers, COVID-19 and fair redistricting. Democratic candidate John Calabrese and Republican candidate Clint Moses, both of Menomonie, participated in a debate on the Wisconsin Public…
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