BALDWIN, WI – Selena Freimark has joined UW Cooperative Extension in St. Croix County as its new Health and Well Being educator. Freimark will work out of the Extension office in the Baldwin Agricultural Service and Education Center, and provide programming related to health promotion for families and community throughout the county. Freimark’s career has…
Read MoreMADISON, WIS. – Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jason Edge, 45, and Shelly Scott, 43, both from Kansas City, Missouri, were sentenced by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 48 months in prison for conspiring with each other to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity…
Read MoreMADISON — A Knapp man and two other Wisconsin residents claimed top prizes in the state Lottery from the week of November 12 to 16. Brandt Wallace of Knapp took home the biggest prize of the period, winning the top $200,000 in the, twenty dollar, Cash Reserve game. According to Wisconsin Lottery news release, Wallace…
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On Monday, November 19 Brian Zelenak became the President/CEO of St. Croix Electric Cooperative, succeeding Mark Pendergast, who is retiring after 26 years with the co-op that serves more than 11,000 member accounts in St. Croix and the edges of neighboring counties. Although he has spent the past two years as CEO/General Manager of Mille…
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RICE LAKE — A Rice Lake woman is dead after the car she was driving crossed the centerline of Highway 48 west of Rice Lake and struck an Amery School Bus. According to a news release from the Barron County Sheriff’s Department, they received a 911 call at 9:27 p.m. Tuesday, November 20th that a…
Read MoreOn Wednesday, November 21, 2018 at 11:05 a.m. the Dunn County E-911 Center received a report of a Cirrus aircraft that had gone down in the Township of Sand Creek. Dunn County Deputies, Sand Creek Fire and Colfax Ambulance were dispatched to the area. A short time later the pilot was reported to have arrived…
Read MoreTanner & Heather (Cress) Logslett, along with very excited big sister Creslyn and pups Django & Archie are blessed to announce the arrival of son Julian Randolph Logslett. Julian was born on August 13, 2018 at 10:45 a.m. He weighed 8lbs 8oz and was 19.5 inches long. He is a healthy and happy baby…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph TOWN OF HOWARD — The Howard Town Board will be holding a public hearing November 29 on the proposed developer’s agreement with Northern Sands Wisconsin to operate a frac sand mine not far from Colfax. The developer’s agreement is available on the Town of Howard’s website under the ordinances section. Northern…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A Dunn County judge has ordered the mental health medical records of the woman suspected in a Spring Brook homicide be released to mental health experts. Judge James Peterson ordered the mental health records to be released to mental health professionals for an evaluation of Ezra J. McCandless at…
Read MoreGlenwood City Forest Glenwood Springfield Emerald Wilson St. Croix Co Governor Walker 258 179 210 256 198 47 21,872 Evers 142 73 78 160 117 34 16,536 Att. General Schimel 253 169 193 248 204 49 21,750 Kaul 149 71 92 166 127 33 16,786 Sec. of State Schroeder 249 179 197 260 199 51…
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