By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Dunn County Board has postponed a vote until July 29 on authorizing a referendum question on the fall ballot for the solid waste and recycling division asking for $1 million recurring for five years. Changes in state law, along with trying to obtain the county’s property valuation and…
Read MoreOn July 1, the Department of Health Services (DHS) will award $1.2 million in grants to 15 local county Birth to 3 Programs across the state that will pilot new and innovative efforts to improve outcomes for participating children. These grants will allow local areas to explore new and better ways to address the unique…
Read MoreMADISON – Following the March announcement that the 2020 Alice in Dairyland Finals would be postponed due to COVID-19, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) is providing additional details on when, where, and how to watch the selection of Wisconsin’s 73rd Alice in Dairyland. A live question and answer session with…
Read MoreMADISON, WIS. – Scott. C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced today that Eau Claire County has been designated as a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) by the White House’s Office of National Drug Control Policy. The designation means Eau Claire County will receive more resources to coordinate federal,…
Read MoreMADISON, WI—A Powerball ticket sold in Menomonie for the June 10th drawing turned out to be the ticket that matched the five numbers plus the power ball number to claim the $22,000,000 dollar jackpot. The winning ticket was sold at the Synergy Co-op Exit 45, located in the 2100 Block of County Road B in…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Even though Dunn County has cancelled the Clean Sweep event this year, residents still have the option of taking their hazardous materials to Polk County and St. Croix County Clean Sweep events. Megen Hines, the recycling specialist for Dunn County, said at the June 2 meeting of the Dunn…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Dunn County Board’s facilities committee has recommended that the county board allow the Red Cedar Racing Association to hold races at the Dunn County Rec Park with certain restrictions in place. Some of the restrictions approved by the facilities committee at the June 9 meeting to help mitigate…
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TOWN OF DUNN — A body recovered from the Chippewa River in the Town of Dunn has been identified as homeless man from Eau Claire. According to a news release from the Dunn County Sheriff’s Department, the body was identified as Steven L. Feld, age 66, a white male who was currently homeless and living…
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By LeAnn R. Ralph HUDSON — After outlining problems residents believe are associated with Emerald Sky Dairy, a Town of Emerald resident has asked the St. Croix County Board for a moratorium on Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs). Emerald Sky Dairy has had five state Department of Natural Resources violations in the last four years,…
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COVID-19 is a public health emergency both nationally and locally. In approximately December of 2019, a novel virus known as the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), causing the disease known as coronavirus (COVID-19), was detected. It has spread throughout the world and every state in the United States of America. To date there have…
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