With many communities currently dealing with floods or preparing for them, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) is reminding residents on how to stay safe during these events. “Wisconsin has seen a great deal of precipitation this winter, and now we’re seeing widespread flooding as it all melts. While it’s important for all of…
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DOWNING — A heavy load of snow coupled with several inches of rain was too much for the long vacant Armour & Company Creamery building in Downing the two-story structure fell in. The building was built in 1916 by the National Dry Milk Company with Armour and Company taking over in 1929 and operating it…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — American Patriot Storage on state Highway 25 north of Menomonie will have the request for a rezone from General Agriculture to General Commercial approved — eventually. On a vote of 13 “yes” to 15 “no” to deny a rezone request for the self-storage facility in the Town of Sherman,…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The cost of remodeling the Community Services Building on state Highway 12/29 to accommodate Dunn County offices now located in the Government Center on Wilson Avenue is expected to be consistent with estimates. “We just inked the final cost, and it’s at budget,” said Paul Miller, county manager, at…
Read MoreMENOMONIE — A Menomonie man has died after the SUV he was driving left a Town of Menomonie roadway, struck a tree and overturned the morning of April 10. Paul R. Darnell, 60 of rural Menomonie, was pronounced dead at the scene by tthe Dunn County Medical Examiner’s Office. According to a release from the…
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The Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation will honor the memory of 12 former publishers including Lyle Christianson of Colfax. The 12 former publishers will be honored during the 2019 Memorial Pylon Ceremony in Eagle River, Wisconsin. The ceremony will be held at 11:30 a.m. Friday, June 7, at Trees for Tomorrow, 519 Sheridan St., in Eagle…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — While it is “unofficial” yet, Dunn County may be in the running for hosting “Alice in Dairyland” in 2021. The Dunn County Board’s Community Resources and Tourism Committee decided in May of 2018 to apply for hosting Alice in Dairyland in 2022, the 75th anniversary of Alice in Dairyland,…
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By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — What is a person’s life worth? Is someone else’s life — or your own — worth that text message you got on your smartphone while you were driving? Is a life worth checking your e-mail or looking up an event on the Internet while you are driving? As…
Read MoreOn Earth Day, we celebrate Wisconsin’s beautiful outdoors, honor the late Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin – the father of Earth Day, and recommit to protecting our environment for generations to come. As an outdoorsman and native-Wisconsinite myself, I have a great respect and reverence for Senator Nelson, who championed sustainability and environmentalism in Washington…
Read MoreWisconsin State Senator Patty Schachtner (D-Somerset), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Local Government, Small Business, Tourism, and Workforce Development, announced $132.8 million in upcoming transportation projects scheduled for construction in northwestern Wisconsin counties. “Wisconsin commuters, farmers, and businesses want us to fix the roads,” said Senator Patty Schachtner (D-Somerset). “These investments will improve…
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