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DMV explains how to get an ID in time for the spring election

By Melissa | March 24, 2017

Most Wisconsin voters already have some form of ID needed to vote, such as a Wisconsin driver license or ID. There is no separate “voter ID.” The Wisconsin Elections Commission explains the options on its website at http://www.bringitwisconsin.com/do-i-have-right-photo-id.

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2017 St. Croix County Fairest of the Fair Candidate Search

By Melissa | March 21, 2017

Attention all St. Croix County Residents! Do you have a passion for community outreach, working with county youth, and a love for the fair? If so, consider becoming a candidate for the 2017 St. Croix County Fairest of the Fair! 

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U.S. running out of places to borrow

By Melissa | March 21, 2017

By Antony Davies and James R. Harrigan As the federal debt has gone from astounding to unbelievable to incomprehensible, a new problem has emerged: The US government is actually running out of places to borrow.

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Knapp man becomes St. Croix County’s second traffic fatality of 2017

By Melissa | March 21, 2017

By Cara L. Dempski TOWN OF CADY — A two-vehicle crash in the St. Croix County Town of Cady near Spring Valley March 15 has resulted in the county’s second traffic fatality this year. 57 year-old Timothy Mittlestadt of Knapp was killed in the crash when he failed to stop at a stop sign and…

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Livestock Operations Study Group: irrigated sandy soil makes wells more vulnerable to fluctuations in nitrate levels

By Melissa | March 21, 2017

By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE  —  Wells in areas where there is irrigated sandy soil are more vulnerable to fluctuations in nitrate levels, says Keith Bergeson, an environmental health specialist with the Dunn County Health Department. Bergeson spoke about nitrate levels in Dunn County water wells at a meeting of the Dunn County Livestock Operations…

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Dunn County clerk of court Clara Minor retiring in April

By Melissa | March 21, 2017

By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE  —  “I told him not to do this! I told him not to do this!” said Clara Minor, Dunn County’s clerk of circuit court, as she made her way to the front of the county board room. Minor, age 56, is retiring in April, and Dunn County Circuit Court Judge…

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Dunn County approves land purchase of 20 acres for $175,000

By Melissa | March 21, 2017

By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE  —  The Dunn County Board has approved purchasing 20 acres to expand the county’s solid waste and recycling center on state Highway 29 west of Menomonie. The 20 acres is directly west of the existing facility, and the property will be purchased for $8,750 per acre from Justin Merritt for…

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