WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) sent Inspector General of the U.S. Postal Service Tammy Whitcomb a letter Thursday, urging the IG to investigate reports of irregularities involving absentee ballots for the election held on Tuesday, April 7. “Unfortunately, there…
Read MoreBy Amber Hayden WISCONSIN — The unofficial results for several state elections and the Presidential primary have been collected and have been made available. Joe Biden was the clear winner for the Democratic party with 65 of the 84 delegate votes over Bernie Sanders. After the April 7 primary, Sanders dropped out of the race…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Dunn County Deer Advisory Council is recommending road boundaries for the Chronic Wasting Disease surveillance area that includes county Highway K to the west, rather than state Highway 25 and Highway 79. The Dunn County C-DAC was originally scheduled to meet April 7 at the Dunn County Fish…
Read MoreFollowing the next Grand Prize win, Powerball’s starting jackpot will reset to a guaranteed $20 million (annuity) with minimum roll increases of $2 million between drawings. The Powerball Product Group announced the changes to ensure the game continues to support good causes in all 48 U.S. lottery jurisdictions. “Powerball players in many U.S. lottery jurisdictions…
Read MoreMADISON – Due to challenges posed by the COVID-19 public health emergency, the upcoming 73rd Alice in Dairyland Finals are facing several significant changes including date, format and location. The 73rd Alice in Dairyland Finals will now occur over two days: June 19-20. To maintain appropriate social distancing, those events will be livestreamed over the…
Read MoreThe University of Wisconsin-Madison announced it is extending the cancellation of campus events through June 30, 2020, which eliminates the possibility of conducting the WIAA State Tournaments scheduled at campus venues this spring. The events impacted by the closure include the Boys Individual and Team Tennis Tournaments scheduled at Nielsen Tennis Stadium on June 4-6…
Read MoreMADISON – The Wisconsin Farm Bureau Foundation’s Ag in the Classroom program has awarded $6,749 to schools and organizations to expand agricultural literacy. Groups, schools and organizations can apply for up to $500 as part of the Ag in the Classroom’s matching grant program to support a project, provided they have a source of matching…
Read MoreScott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Cornelius Stewart, 25, Madison, Wisconsin, was sentenced February 27 by U.S. District Judge William Conley to 36 months in federal prison for conspiring with others to pass counterfeit U.S. currency at numerous merchants in Wisconsin in early 2019. Stewart pleaded guilty…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Although you may see people playing golf at Whitetail and other golf courses in Dunn County, the businesses are still technically closed. Governor Tony Evers and Angela Palm, secretary-designee of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, issued a “Safer at Home” order to help stop the spread of the…
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By Amber Hayden On April 2, the Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery sent letters out to the local farmers stating they would be better off to quit dairy farming by receiving the equity in the cooperative for the years 2010 to 2019. Dairy farmer Chris Van Dyk, New Richmond, said there would be no point in selling…
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