The Menomonie Singers will hold auditions for all sections (soprano, alto, tenor and bass). Interested singers should contact Juliana Schmidt, Executive Director, for an appointment. The Menomonie Singers has been in existence since 1989, and presents five regular concerts of choral music per year.
Read MoreGlenwood City native, Ron Jasperson has been named the 2017 Firefighter of the Year for the City of Durand. Ron is a First Lieutenant on the fire department. He works full-time as a registered surveyor for Auth Consulting Associates in Menomonie.
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski MENOMONIE — A former Boyceville resident pleaded guilty to one count of burglary of a building or dwelling and one county of theft of movable property valued between $2,500 and $5,000 last Friday. Zachary D. Morgan, age 32 of Wilson, entered his pleas during a December 15 hearing in front of…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Two Eau Claire who were arrested in connection with a burglary to a house destroyed by fire in the Town of Rock Creek failed to show up for court. Michael A. Tenney, 33, and Ryan J. Weiss, 38, both listed in court records with a Vine Street address in…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Dunn County Board’s Community Resources and Tourism Committee has reviewed the Rural Broadband Gap Analysis Report and has forwarded it to the county board. Committee members reviewed the draft report December 12, and the county board is expected to take action on accepting the report at the January…
Read MoreMADISON, WI — A federal grand jury for the Western District of Wisconsin, setting in Madison returned an indictment against a Turtle Lake Woman on December 5th. Deborah R. Marcellus, 63, is charged with seven counts of wire fraud and four counts of filing a false income tax return. The indictment alleges that she filed…
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Read MoreWISCONSIN DELLS — Nearly 1,100 farmers and agriculturists from across Wisconsin attended the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation’s 98th Annual Meeting and Young Farmer and Agriculturist Conference, Dec. 1-4 in Wisconsin Dells. Delegates from Dunn County included Carl Casper and Larry Schlough of Menomonie, Brian Douglas and Tony Christopherson of Elk Mound, and Marv Prestrud of…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph TOWN OF HOWARD — Northern Sands Wisconsin has installed four groundwater monitoring wells in the first phase of the proposed 1,300-acre Albertville Valley sand mine southeast of Colfax. The Howard Town Board received reports about the monitoring wells and mine-related information during the public comments portion of the December 5 meeting.
Read MoreMADISON – Another Wisconsin nine-day gun deer season is in the books, and preliminary registration numbers show a slight increase in statewide buck harvest. Similar to 2016, northern counties again showed the most significant increases in both buck and antlerless harvest. “No matter how you look at it – whether from a social or economic…
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