By Cara L. Dempski GLENWOOD CITY — Competitors of any stripe will tell you the end goal is the win. For those who wind up in second place, there is the thought that there is always another chance. Or, as a quote from the movie “Cinderella Story,” puts it: “Never let the fear of striking…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski MENOMONIE — A member of Elk Mound’s Class of 2017 was named the 2018 Dunn County Fairest of the Fair Sunday afternoon in Menomonie. Even better? She is the second Mounder to be crowned with the title in just the second year of the competition. Eighteen-year-old Maria Heltne, daughter of Billy…
Read MoreListed below are the results the 2017 St. Croix County Fair Champions:
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph TOWN OF ROCK CREEK — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has approved re-issuing a Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit (WPDES) for Cranberry Creek Dairy in southern Dunn County that will allow the dairy to expand to 7,250 animal units. The DNR issued the permit for Cranberry Creek July 21,…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Dunn County Board has officially received the report generated by the Livestock Operations Study Group. Steve Rasmussen, chair of the Dunn County Board and county board supervisor from Boyceville, reported at the Dunn County Board’s July 26 meeting that he had attended all but one of the LOSG…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The feasibility of turning one of the “houses” at The Neighbors from skilled nursing to assisted living is not looking very promising. Steve Rasmussen, chair of the Dunn County Board and chair of The Neighbors committee, reported on a report from Wipfli LLP at the Dunn County Board’s July…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Dunn County is second in the state for the need of an additional circuit court judge. Calling it “a sudden opportunity,” Judge Rod Smeltzer spoke to the Dunn County Board at the July 26 meeting about obtaining the county board’s support for a third judge.
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Human remains found by hunters in northern Dunn County in October of 2016 have been identified as Douglas L. Poach. Poach was last seen by family members on January 3, 2006. Hunters notified the Dunn County Sheriff’s Department of suspected human remains found in the Town of New Haven…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Dunn County’s highway commissioner, Jesse Rintala, has submitted his resignation. Rintala’s resignation will go into effect September 10, said Gary Seipel, Dunn County Board supervisor from Eau Galle, at the Dunn County Board’s July 26 meeting.
Read MoreMenomonie The following babies were born at Mayo Clinic Health System in Menomonie:
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