NEW RICHMOND — Three people are dead after a motorcycle crashed into a car at the intersection of State Highway 64 and County Trunk Highway T in the St. Croix County Township of Stanton at approximately 7:10 p.m. on Friday July 19, 2019. The deceased have been identified as Thomas John Plasch, 55, the car’s…
Read MoreA public involvement meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 30 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Menomonie Public Library, 600 Wolske Bay Road, Menomonie, WI 54751. The purpose of the meeting is to obtain community input on a proposed improvement project along US 12 and to familiarize the public with the purpose…
Read MoreMADISON, Wis. – In light of recent discoveries of contamination of drinking water and groundwater across the state, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is initiating a new voluntary PFAS testing program. The DNR will ask 125 municipal wastewater treatment facilities to begin sampling and analyzing water flowing in and out of the facilities for…
Read MoreMADISON—A Wausau, Wisconsin Doctor pleaded guilty on Thursday, July 18, 2019 in U.S. district court to five counts of obtaining fentanyl by use of misrepresentation and fraud. Thomas Strick, 60, Wausau faces a maximum penalty of four years in prison. District Judge William Conley scheduled sentencing for October 9th. During the time frame of the…
Read MoreMADISON, Wis. – In light of recent discoveries of contamination of drinking water and groundwater across the state, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is initiating a new voluntary PFAS testing program. The DNR will ask 125 municipal wastewater treatment facilities to begin sampling and analyzing water flowing in and out of the facilities for…
Read MoreCHICAGO – The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence states and provinces working to keep invasive Asian carp out of the lakes met in Chicago July 16 and 17 to discuss the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) proposed project at Brandon Road Lock and Dam. Under the direction of meeting facilitators from Kearns & West,…
Read MoreMADISON—Attempting to distribute heroin and a felon in possession of a firearm has brought charges against six Wisconsin men. A federal grand jury in the Western district of Wisconsin on Wednesday, July 17, returned indictments against six Wisconsin men for either illegally possessing a firearm or charged with the attempted distribution of heroin. The United…
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The 2019 Church Singers Chorus from the Dunn County Chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society sang their arrangement of Spiritual/Gospel music for the worshiping congregations of 7 area churches in Menomonie on Sunday morning, July 14. The participating churches were Christ Lutheran, United Methodist, Peace Lutheran, Our Saviors Lutheran, First Congregational United Church of Christ,…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Under the theme of “Cowboy Boots and Country Roots,” the carnival at the Dunn County Fair opens today, July 24, at 5 p.m., with the fair ending Sunday, July 28, when the carnival closes at 6 p.m. Admission to the fair at the Dunn County Rec Park in Menomonie…
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