Last Tuesday was the deadline for filing nomination papers for local offices on county boards, city and village offices and school boards. For the Glenwood City Council, only incumbents filed for re-election on the April 7th ballot. They are John Larson for mayor and the three members of the council; Steve Lee, Rob Unruh and…
Read MoreMADISON, WIS. – Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Lamont Davis, 30, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, was sentenced on Tuesday, January 7 by U.S. District William M. Conley to 30 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. This prison term will be…
Read MoreScott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that William Huff, 54, St. Paul, Minnesota, was sentenced on Tuesday, January 9 by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to five years in federal prison for possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute. Huff pleaded guilty to this charge on September…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Five Dunn County Board positions have no candidates for the April 7 election while the other districts have one candidate each. Nomination papers for the Dunn County Board election were due January 7. According to information posted on the Dunn County clerk’s website, the following districts do not have…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Another court hearing is scheduled in Dunn County January 16 for a 26-year-old Eau Claire woman arrested on I-94 in the Town of Elk Mound in October with 85 grams of cocaine in the car. Tamara L. Howlett is scheduled to appear before Judge James Peterson on one felony…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A $20,000 price increase to $60,000 from WRR Environmental Services of Eau Claire for the Clean Sweep hazardous materials program has prompted Dunn County officials to seek additional Requests for Proposals (RFPs). The total quoted cost for conducting a hazardous waste Clean Sweep would go from $39,059 to $59,792…
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By LeAnn R. Ralph KNAPP — A Union Pacific train derailed Sunday afternoon near Knapp in the Town of Stanton by the 190th Street crossing. The Dunn County Communications Center received a report about the train derailment about 4 p.m. January 12, according to a news release from the Dunn County Sheriff’s Department. All together,…
Read MoreThe outbreak of lung disease is directly connected with the use of electronic cigarettes. The Pierce, Polk and St. Croix County Health Departments want everyone to know the dangers of vaping or using electronic cigarettes, also called e-cigarettes. If you are using one of these products it is important you stop. “Of the cases we’ve…
Read MoreThe Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) is holding a public involvement meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 8, to discuss the proposed improvements to WIS 29 between County CC and WIS 128 in Pierce and St. Croix counties. The meeting is from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Spring Valley Municipal Building, E121 S. Second St. The…
Read MoreST. CROIX COUNTY — Of the 19 supervisors in St. Croix County, nine incumbents have filed a notification of non-candidacy for the upcoming April 7 election. The remaining incumbents for St. Croix County board as well as any other candidates had until Tuesday, January 7, to file nomination papers. Seven districts have two or more…
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