BLOOMER — April 18 marks exactly one year since Dairy State Bank joined Bloomer’s main street community. To celebrate, the bank is hosting a week-long Anniversary Open House, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday, April 17 through Friday, April 21. The public is invited to enjoy treats, socialize with employees and register for a…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MADISON — Incumbent state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Evers won the April 4 election against challenger Lowell E. Holtz. Evers received 494,846 votes statewide (70 percent) to 212,536 votes for Holtz (30 percent). Three candidates were on the ballot for state Superintendent in the February 21 primary.
Read MoreSome people call me Old Glory, others call me the Star Spangled Banner, but whatever they call me, I am your Flag, the Flag of the United States of America….
Read MoreSt. Croix Valley Genealogical Society will meet April 20 in the River Falls Public Library’s main floor meeting room at 7:00 p.m.
Read MoreMenomonie The following babies were born at Mayo Clinic Health System in Menomonie:
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The story behind the American flags on the bucking chutes CHEROKEE, IOWA – Patriotism is at the core of each Barnes PRCA Rodeo production. The Iowa-based stock contracting company is known for paying respect to the United States Armed Forces during their rodeo performances. American flags are flown over the bucking chutes and during the…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph TOWN OF EMERALD — Groundwater and the environment were the focus of the Wisconsin Farmers Union spring meeting at the Emerald Town Hall. Allen Croes, a senior at Glenwood City High School, presented his Contemporary Social Issues project on Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs), and Kim Dupre, a Town of Emerald…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Inadequate rural broadband — the lack of sufficient Internet speed in rural areas — has become a hot topic in western Wisconsin. The West Side with host Rich Kremer on Wisconsin Public Radio, WHWC 88.3, March 27 talked about the topic of rural broadband with Angie Dickinson, state broadband…
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By Cara L. Dempski GLENWOOD CITY — This year’s St. Croix Valley Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Rodeo will have a few extra competitors in 2017, but they will not be riding in the rodeo. The June 16 and 17 event will also host the 2017 Miss Rodeo Wisconsin pageant. Laura Nielsen, who was Miss Rodeo…
Read MorePRINCETON, N.J. AND MADISON, WIS. – According to the seventh annual County Health Rankings, released March 30 by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute (UWPHI), St. Croix County ranked 3 out of 72 counties for health outcomes and 5 for health factors, Dunn County ranked 35 out…
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