Next year is the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day! Senator Gaylord Nelson, Father of Earth Day, was born and raised in Clear Lake, Wisconsin, within the St. Croix Watershed. On November 2nd, 2019, people throughout the watershed are invited to gather at the Sandbox Bar & Grill in Clear Lake, WI from 9:00am to 11:00am…
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Grant Kjellberg, Elk Mound; Jon Hayton, Colfax; Bryce Kasper, Elk Mound deployed with the Army National Guard’s 829th Engineering Unit out of Spooner with a detachment in Ashland. —photo courtesy of Gayle Hayton
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — If you are looking for the Dunn County register of deeds office, the county clerk’s office or the county treasurer’s office, as of November 4, those offices will be located in the Community Services Building on Highway 12/29. The $4 million remodeling project of the Community Services Building to…
Read MoreBy WisPolitics.com Wisconsin lawmakers in 2019 have used their office budgets for travel to Australia to attend a youth leadership conference, Denver for a hemp seminar and Nashville to witness Assembly Speaker Robin Vos become president of the National Conference of State Legislatures. Meanwhile, others traveled on the dime of groups that sponsored their trips,…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Dunn County Board has reviewed a proposed budget of $84.6 million for 2020 that does not include any borrowed money to balance the budget and is $1 million less than the 2019 budget. The biggest issue for the 2020 budget is to stay inside the state-imposed levy limit…
Read MoreEAU CLAIRE, WI – Members of the public are invited to go online to complete a survey on facilities needs at Chippewa Valley Technical College and support for a possible spring referendum. Those wishing to participate can simply go to cvtc.edu and click on the yellow Take the Survey box inside the blue banner at…
Read MoreEAU CLAIRE — October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and while breast cancer is still the most common cancer among women, technology is making the screening process easier than ever. New this year is the opportunity for patients to self-schedule a screening mammogram appointment. Patients who can do this will be sent an email from…
Read MoreOn Friday, October 25th, Rep. Ron Kind will hold listening sessions in Dunn and Pierce counties. Each year, Rep. Kind holds listening sessions in all 18 counties of Wisconsin’s Third Congressional District to hear from Wisconsinites about the issues that matter most to them and invites all constituents in the area join him and share…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — On a vote of 15 “yes” to 12 “no,” the Dunn County Board has approved an amendment for a sunset provision on the proposed ordinance establishing a $20 annual county vehicle registration fee. The Dunn County Board considered the proposed ordinance for a first reading at the October 16…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — If a particular topic was the subject of a public hearing, you will no longer be able to speak about that topic during the public comments section of Dunn County Board meetings or committee meetings. The Dunn County Board approved, on a second reading, an ordinance pertaining to public…
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