MARSHFIELD – As the only Midwest health care system in the national Lyme Disease Biobank, Marshfield Clinic Research Institute (MCRI) is looking for patients suspected to be in the early stages of Lyme disease to aid in the research of this disease that frequently infects Wisconsin residents.
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Five candidates for Dunn County sheriff filed nomination papers with the Dunn County Clerk’s office containing the required number of signatures by the 5 p.m. June 1 deadline. The candidates are Adam W. Zukowski of Menomonie (Republican), Kevin Bygd of Boyceville (Republican) and Jacob T. Ohman of Menomonie (Republican),…
Read MoreCOLFAX — A woman who was born at the Stovern Maternity Home on Pine Street in Colfax is looking for more information about the maternity home. Carol Johnson and two of her siblings were born at the Stovern Maternity Home to Helen Elaine Satter Johnson and Reynold Walter Johnson.
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By LeAnn R. Ralph EAU CLAIRE — A 23 year-old Altoona man charged with one felony count of making terrorist threats concerning the Glenwood City All-School Reunion last September has reached a plea deal. Nicholas D. Osterkamp appeared in Eau Claire County Circuit Court with his attorney, Nicholis J. Schroeder, June 6 for a…
Read MoreThe St. Croix Valley PRCA Rodeo, named the 2015 Great Lakes Circuit Rodeo of the Year, brings top notch RAM Rodeo to St. Croix County Fairgrounds, Glenwood City, June 15 & 16, with 7:30pm performances. Gates open at 4:30pm and the performances are rain or shine.
Read MoreMADISON – The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS), Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP), Minnesota Department Agriculture (MDA), and local health departments are investigating at least four cases of salmonellosis affecting three Wisconsin residents and one Minnesota resident. All four of the patients received frozen breaded…
Read MoreMADISON – Governor Scott Walker has announced that the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) and the University of Wisconsin System (UW System) will create Wisconsin Dairy Task Force 2.0 that will enable stakeholders to come together to make recommendations on actions needed to maintain a viable and profitable dairy industry in…
Read MoreMADISON – A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned an indictment on May 30. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty. The maximum statutory sentence is prescribed by Congress and is provided here…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Arrest warrants have been issued in Dunn County for two people suspected of setting a double-wide trailer house on fire in the Town of New Haven. Dunn County Circuit Court Judge Rod Smeltzer issued arrest warrants for Jonathan G. Hopkins and Jamie M. Schewe on May 25 for one…
Read MoreMENOMONIE — The two suspects in the shooting of a Town of Tainter man Sunday night have been apprehended in Rice Lake. According to a news release from the Dunn County Sheriff’s Department issued May 31, on Wednesday (May 30), the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department went on a high speed pursuit of a red Volkswagen…
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