HUDSON – Chief Judge Scott R. Needham, who has served in St. Croix County Circuit Court for 23 years, will seek election to a fourth term in April 2018. Since his last election, Needham has continued to receive recognition both within and outside of the court system for his fairness, knowledge of the law and…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A Dunn County judge has found the treasurer for the Town of New Haven guilty of an ethics violation connected to sending out campaign literature with tax receipts being issued to township residents. Judge Rod Smeltzer found Laura Ulrich guilty following a court trial November 20 and assessed a…
Read MoreKwik Trip expansion plans unveiled, 300 new jobs expected in La Crosse area over the next five years
MADISON —Kwik Trip Inc., which owns and operates more than 600 retail convenience stores in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa, today announced a $300 million capital investment project that will enable the growing company to meet its capacity needs for the foreseeable future. Plans call for investing $113 million in a new 200,000, square-foot bread and…
Read MoreMADISON – Governor Scott Walker visited Elmwood School District in Elmwood today to discuss the 2017-19 budget’s historic $11.5 billion investment in K-12 education and highlight his support for efforts to increase aid for rural school districts by expanding Sparsity Aid. “Our budget increases funding for K-12 education to $11.5 billion over two years, the…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Dunn County Board has approved a rezone of 100 acres for a proposed expansion at Denmark Dairy. The rezone from General Agriculture to Intensive Agriculture was approved by the county board at the November 14 meeting. Denmark Dairy, located on county Highway B south of Colfax, had initially…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Dunn County Board has approved a $79.9 million expense budget for 2018 and a property tax levy of $21.6 million. The resolutions adopting the 2018 budget and the tax levy were approved at the Dunn County Board’s November 14 meeting.
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — If the West Wisconsin Land Trust receives a grant from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to purchase 562 acres in the Town of Peru, the public will have access to more than 1,500 acres of publicly-owned land. The Dunn County Board approved a resolution at the November 14…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The statistics are staggering. According to a New York Times article, drug overdoses in the United States, mostly related to opioids, killed 64,000 people last year and are the leading cause of death for people under the age of 50. How did we get to the point where opioid…
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Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — A few weeks ago, an epidemic struck the Chippewa Valley of threats being made at schools. A bomb threat at Eau Claire North High School November 16 was the fifth such threat over the previous eight days. Threats also were made at Memorial High School in Eau Claire, Chippewa…
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