Dunn County youth tackled topics ranging from air and water quality to food safety, crop rotations and wildlife on January 23rd at the Dunn County Conservation & Environmental Awareness Speaking Contest. The contest, sponsored by the Dunn County Land and Water Conservation Division of the Environmental Services Department, gives students a chance to improve their…
Read MoreMADISON – On February 15, Attorney General Brad Schimel announced, as part of Wisconsin’s Evidence-Based Decision Making (EBDM) Initiative, that the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) will award $320,000 to Bayfield, Dunn, Eau Claire, and Milwaukee counties, to develop programs designed to assist jail inmates to successfully reenter society.
Read MoreMENOMONIE — The Dunn County Criminal Justice Collaborating Council (CJCC) is pleased to announce it has been awarded an $80,000 grant from the State of Wisconsin Department of Justice for Dunn County’s Jail Reentry Pilot Project. Dunn County was one of four counties in the state selected to receive funding to develop a model of…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski SHERMAN — One person died, and two more were injured, in a head-on collision on State Highway 79 south of Boyceville Monday afternoon. The accident closed down the roadway for just over five hours in the Town of Sherman. According to Boyceville Police Chief Greg Lamkin, emergency response personnel received the…
Read MoreHUDSON – On February 9, Attorney General Brad Schimel announced Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) Human Trafficking Bureau agents, with the aid of local law enforcement, have arrested five individuals in a sting to arrest sex traffickers, “johns,” and child abusers in St. Croix County, and recovered two human trafficking…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A Dunn County judge has ordered the forfeiture of a $1,000 cash bail posted by a 25-year-old Wheeler man charged with the battery of an 89-year-old Boyceville woman. During a hearing February 5 in Dunn County Circuit Court, Judge Rod Smeltzer ordered the bail posted by Daniel D. Schick…
Read MoreEAU CLAIRE, WI – For moms like Ashley Schickling and Terri Lorenz, the Chippewa Valley Technical College Dental Clinic and its annual Give Kids a Smile Day event is a godsend. Each of the Eau Claire women brought three children to Give Kids a Smile Day Friday, Feb. 9, where they received free dental care,…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — When it comes to roads, quarries and gravel pits, and shoreland zoning to help lakes polluted with blue-green algae, who is going to know more about the local situation: Dunn County or Madison? A panel of speakers invited to the Dunn County Judicial Center by the Chippewa Valley League…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A Dunn County judge has denied a request to reduce a $10,000 cash bail for a Wausau man charged in connection with a Town of Elk Mound robbery. Judge Rod Smeltzer denied the bail request during an initial appearance made by Brandon D. Hervey in Dunn County Circuit Court…
Read MoreThe name of the driver involved in a fatal crash on I94 near Baldwin has been released.
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