By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Public Library has received a $5,000 grant from the 3M Company to fund the “1,000 Books Before Kindergarten” program. Beverly Bernier, representing 3M in Menomonie, presented a “big check” to Lisa Bragg-Hurlburt, director of the Colfax Public Library, and Jolene Albricht, youth services librarian, on Friday, August…
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MADISON – Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Ontario Lowery, 39, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, was sentenced August 23 by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 24 months in federal prison after the second revocation of his supervised release.
Read MoreMADISON, WI – Foxconn Technology Group and its Chairman and Founder Terry Gou August 27 announced plans to invest $100 million in engineering and innovation research at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, while also creating the framework for a science and technology institute that will collaborate closely with the company’s facilities in southeast Wisconsin.
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GLENWOOD CITY — An Eau Claire man escaped serious injury when the motorcycle he was driving collided with the side of a car last Thursday afternoon in the City of Glenwood City. The driver of the motorcycle, Robert Nyland, 26, received minor injuries when he struck the left side of a vehicle driven by Junalee…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — An attorney representing a 20-year-old Stanley woman accused in the stabbing death of Alexander Woodworth in the Town of Spring Brook last March has filed a motion to suppress statements made by the defendant. During a four-hour motion hearing August 23, Aaron Nelson, the attorney for Ezra J. McCandless,…
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The St. Croix County Deputies Benevolent Association held its second annual “Shop with a Cop” event on August 10, 2018.
Read MoreState and local health officials are advising residents to continue to protect themselves against mosquito bites due to the state’s first human case of West Nile virus (WNV) this year. A resident of Dane County is the first person confirmed infected with the virus in the state in 2018.
Read MoreA Hunter Education Course will get underway in Colfax Tuesday, Sept. 11 at 6:31 p.m. in the Colfax Fire Department meeting room on CTH M south of the railroad tracks, according to Jim Nosker, lead instructor. Weeknight classes are Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays through Sept. 25. In addition there is a Saturday session on Sept.…
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By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Kevin Bygd, the Dunn County Sheriff’s Department Captain of Field Services, and Rod Dicus, an investigator with the Dunn County Sheriff’s Department, will face off in the election for Dunn County sheriff in November. Among a field of five candidates all together, Bygd won the Republican primary August 14,…
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