ELK MOUND — A 17-year-old driver collided with a train at a railroad crossing just east of Elk Mound on Monday, December 9. At around 3:30 p.m. a week ago Monday, the Wisconsin State Patrol, Union Pacific Railroad Police, the Dunn County Sheriff’s Department, the Colfax Rescue Squad, the Elk Mound fire department and the…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A Dunn County judge has found probable cause in a case involving a 45-year-old Glenwood City man charged with a fifth offense of operating a vehicle while intoxicated in connection with driving a moped in Menomonie. Nathan S. Voeltz appeared in Dunn County Circuit Court December 3 before Judge…
Read MoreEAU CLAIRE, WI – The Chippewa Valley Technical College District Board passed a resolution Thursday, Dec. 5 stating its intent to issue $48.8 million in bonds to fund facilities projects to address regional workforce needs. The resolution is a preliminary step towards a potential referendum in the Spring 2020 election. The next step is a…
Read MoreMADISON – Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Becky L. Peterson, 64, Tomahawk, Wisconsin was sentenced December 3 by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 66 months in federal prison for conspiring with Mark W. Moore to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine in Ashland…
Read MoreNEW RICHMOND – State Representative Rob Stafsholt (R-New Richmond) made the following statement regarding his proposed plan targeted to help Northwestern Wisconsin manage a mental health challenge: “I’ve been working closely with local law enforcement, hospitals, and mental health stakeholders for several years on the challenges they frequently face with transports and care of patients…
Read MoreTOWN OF MENOMONIE — A 66-year-old retired deputy from the Dunn County Sheriff’s Department has died in a tractor accident after falling out of the bucket and being run over by the tractor. The victim has been identified as Craig S. Koser, who retired from the sheriff’s department in 2009 after 24 years of service…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Former Colfax resident Richard W. Seehaver, who has been charged with one felony count of first-degree intentional homicide, has told a Dunn County judge he would like to fire his attorneys and represent himself. Seehaver, age 53, appeared in Dunn County Circuit Court with his attorneys, Donna Burger and…
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Always an outdoor kid growing up in Pierce County, Isaac Kruse followed his passion into the career of conservation warden with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Kruse got his badge in 2012 and went to his first field station in Racine County. Two years later, he accepted a transfer to St. Croix County based…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A 24-year-old Elk Mound man sentenced to more than six years in prison for the death of his girlfriend in a Town of Tainter car crash has been sentenced to more prison time for child abuse. Gunnar D. Zurek, who was initially charged with two felony counts of the…
Read MoreNEW RICHMOND, WI – State Representative Rob Stafsholt (R-New Richmond) announced his bid for the 10th State Senate district recently at a number of events throughout the 10th Senate district. Stafsholt said voters deserve to have a State Senator who will fight for the interests of Northwestern Wisconsin, not Madison and Milwaukee. “My family’s roots…
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