By Amber Hayden MENOMONIE — The Red Cedar Watershed conference committee met once again on Monday evening, January 13, to continue the solidification of the conference for March 12, 2020, while also working on the 10th annual conference for 2021. “Top keynote speakers typically book out a year in advance,” conference co-chair and Tainter Menomin…
Read MoreIn a story written by Bill Osmulski, the Maclver News Service reported that money set aside specifically for local road repairs fed a free-for-all cash grab after Governor Tony Evers diverted it into a new grant program open to any local transportation project. That opened the door to dozens of local projects, some of which…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The frac sand industry in Wisconsin has been experiencing a downturn for the past several years that is expected to continue this year. Rich Kremer, a Wisconsin Public Radio reporter in Eau Claire, spoke to Rob Ferrett, host of the WPR show Central Time, about frac sand in a…
Read MoreNews from Congressman Ron Kind, representing Wisconsin’s Third Congressional District This year, every household in America will receive an invitation to participate in the 2020 Census. Mandated by the Constitution and conducted by the nonpartisan U.S. Census Bureau, the census counts every person living in the United States. The 2020 Census will mark the 24th…
Read MoreDUNN COUNTY — According to a press release sent from Sheriff Kevin Bygd on Tuesday, January 21, more than 70 snowmobile signs were damaged in corridors 20 and 33 which are located in the Townships of Spring Brook and Rock Creek. Dunn County Sheriffs worked with WI Department of Natural Resources (DNR) wardens in the…
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WILSON — A fire that engulfed and destroyed a semi tractor caused the complete closure of all lanes of traffic along Interstate 94 near Wilson for nearly an hour Friday morning, January 17. Wisconsin State Troopers and Inspectors from the Eau Claire Post and the St. Croix County Sheriff’s Department along with fire departments from…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Now that the Dunn County Board has held its first meeting in the newly remodeled Community Services Building, the move from the Dunn County Government Center on Wilson Avenue is complete. Dunn County Board members gathered in the basement conference room of the Community Services Building on Highway 12/29…
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MENOMONIE — Bail has been set at $250,000 cash for a 51-year-old Colfax man accused in the death of his father. Gary E. Styer appeared in Dunn County Circuit Court for a bail hearing on Friday, January 17, on one count of first degree intentional homicide. According to a news release from the Dunn County…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Dunn County Board has once again approved a resolution supporting public ownership of a portion of the Tyrone nuclear power plant property along the Lower Chippewa River in the Town of Peru. The situation is a “political knot,” said Tom Quinn, county board supervisor from Downing and chair…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Attorneys representing former Colfax resident Richard Seehaver have filed a motion in Dunn County Circuit Court to suppress statements Seehaver made to investigators following the death of John Likeness in December of 2018. Seehaver, age 53, appeared in Dunn County Circuit Court with one of his attorneys, Shelly Tomtschik,…
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