The Menomonie Sunrise Rotary Club presented Doug Dominick, President of Let’s Go Fishing – Menomonie with a check for sponsorship of the organization. Let’s Go Fishing was chosen as a beneficiary for the 2018 Rotaryfest in April. Proceeds from the event, organized and run by the Rotary Clubs of Menomonie are donated directly to non-profit…
Read MoreBy WisPolitics.com Advocates who want pro-marijuana legislation and a bill to rein in “dark stores” are hoping for progress in the next two years. That’s after the approval of various local advisory referendums around the state on Nov. 6. Voters in more than 20 counties, cities and villages across the state threw their support behind…
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Aunt, niece’s collaborative effort results in unique fundraiser By Barbara Lyon Every November, Vivian “Vi” Riley of Menomonie flies west to Seattle to escape winter in Wisconsin by spending three months with her daughter who lives there with her family. For Thanksgiving, her other daughter comes in from Utah with her husband to join them. The day after Thanksgiving a couple of…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Dunn County Board has approved an expense budget of $85.739 million for 2019. The resolution to adopt the budget was approved unanimously at the November 12 meeting of the Dunn County Board with no adjustments to the proposed budget. The 2019 budget includes revenues of $85.76 million. Ferry…
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Madison Kwak was named the 2018 Wisconsin State 4-H Horse All-around winner at the Wisconsin 4-H State Leaders Conference held at UW-River Falls last Saturday, November 10th. Madison began her quest for the all-around competition title in January when the kids started studying for quiz bowl and public speaking. Madison received a grand champion in…
Read MoreRepublican Rob Stafsholt won another term as Representative to the Assembly from the 29th District. He outpolled his Democratic opponent John Rocco Calabrese by more than 2,600 votes. The 29th Assembly District includes the eastern part of St. Croix County and the Western part of Dunn County including the City of Menomonie. Stafsholt collected 3,934…
Read MoreIncumbent Congressmen, Sean Duffy and Ron Kind were returned to Congress last Tuesday. Kind, a Democrat from LaCrosse, has served the Third Wisconsin Congressional District since 1997 and outpolled his Republican opponent Steve Toft of Osseo, by a count of 187,615 to 126,879. In the Third Congressional District incumbent Republican Sean Duffy of Wausau out…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph TOWN OF NEW HAVEN — Two referendum questions on the ballot for the Town of New Haven and the Town of Spring Brook on the November 6 ballot pertaining to appointing the clerk and/or treasurer had opposite results. In the Town of New Haven, voters approved allowing the New Haven Town…
Read MoreBy Amber hayden HUDSON— Scott Knudson defeated his opponent Marion Shaw in Tuesday’s, November 6, election to begin his first elected term as the St. Croix County Sheriff. He began his career in law enforcement 23 years ago when he was hired by Paul Burch to work for the jail, before spending the previous six…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Kevin Bygd, the Dunn County Sheriff’s Department Captain of Field Services, was elected as sheriff of Dunn County in the November 6 election. Bygd, a Boyceville resident, ran as a Republican and faced Democratic challenger Rod Dicus of Elk Mound, who serves as an investigator for the Dunn County…
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