NEW RICHMOND – A report released by the UW-Milwaukee Center for Urban Population Health provides new details on the number of Wisconsin lives taken by tobacco use—including right here in St. Croix County. The report shows that an average of 74 people in St. Croix County died annually from tobacco use during 2011-2015. The report…
Read MoreMenomonie The following babies were born at Mayo Clinic Health System in Menomonie:
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A Dunn County judge has rescheduled a restitution hearing for a Colfax woman guilty of causing a hit-and-run accident last December involving the owner of Mom’s Restaurant and Pub, Linda Salazar. Jami A. Golden, 37, appeared in Dunn County Circuit Court for a restitution hearing before Judge Rod Smeltzer…
Read MoreOAK PARK HEIGHTS, MN – Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton joined federal, state, and local officials from both Wisconsin and Minnesota for a ribbon cutting ceremony of the St. Croix Crossing on Wednesday, August 2, 2017. The $646 million project was a cooperative, bipartisan effort between federal, state, and local governments,…
Read MoreMADISON, WI – Jeffrey M. Anderson, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Shawn Bierd, 48, Deerfield, Wis., pleaded guilty August 8 in U.S. District Court in Madison to tax evasion and possession of a firearm as a convicted felon. Bierd faces up to five years in prison on the…
Read MoreRandy Hansen and Lane Berenschot attended the Wisconsin Lions camp Wednesday, August 9th. They joined the Spencer Lions Club on a camp tour. The tour consisted of a one-hour walking tour, dinner with the campers and a hay ride. The campers in attendance that week were the blind and visually impaired.
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Dunn County Board’s Planning, Resources and Development Committee has recommended that the county board’s executive committee consider the proposed “property owner bill of rights” as part of the county’s legislative agenda. “This is a big deal. It is a big change in land use,” said Tom Quinn, county…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Dunn County Board’s Planning, Resources and Development Committee has continued a public hearing on proposed amendments to the county’s shoreland-wetland zoning ordinance. The PR&D committee opened the public hearing at the August 8 meeting, and while no members of the public were there to comment on the proposed…
Read MoreThe St. Croix County Health Department reports that a horse in St. Croix County on July 27, 2017 has tested positive for West Nile virus (WNV). The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection reported the positive test result to the Wisconsin Division of Public Health.
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A 29-year-old Wheeler man is facing felony charges for an incident at the Wheeler Inn July 11 when he struck another man with his truck and then ran over the man’s right ankle. Joseph D. Tireman made an initial appearance in Dunn County Circuit Court August 8 on two…
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