SCVGS will meet on Nov 16 in the community meeting room of the First National Bank of River Falls at 7:00 p.m. The speaker will be Maureen Guay. She will present “Oh Canada! Tracing Your Ancestors North of the Border”. Maureen was born in Canada and graduated from the University of Toronto. She has traced…
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By Renee Bettendorf MENOMONIE – A group of local Freemasons put their carpentry skills to work recently by building bed frames for a new Dunn County homeless shelter. Stepping Stones, an organization located in Menomonie, offers services to homeless and low income families and individuals. They will open the new shelter, called Carin Shelter, next…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — When the Dunn County Board approves library funding for the 2024 budget, the county will be approving funding to the libraries in Boyceville, Colfax, Menomonie and Sand Creek for services already provided to county residents. Dunn County provides funding at 100 percent of the cost to libraries for services…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The number of junior exhibitors and exhibits at the Dunn County Fair was still fewer this year than 2018, two years before the COVID-19 pandemic started. In 2023, there were 204 junior exhibitors at the Dunn County Fair, according to the annual report presented to the Dunn County Board…
Read MoreMENOMONIE — Dunn County has received nearly $900,000 from the federal government to enhance services it offers through its Family Treatment Court. “This additional money will allow us to increase the services that are available for families through our Family Treatment Court,” said Sara Benedict, criminal justice director for the county’s Criminal Justice Collaboration Division.…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax youth baseball program will now be able to start fund raising for improvements at Tom Prince Memorial Park. The youth baseball group wants approval for their projects, such as replacing the fence around the ball diamond, so they can start fund raising, said village trustee Clint Best,…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — When the COVID-19 public benefits stopped for Food Share, Dunn County residents lost more than half their benefits, representing a decrease of $548,142 per month. The emergency allotments for Food Share ended in February of this year, with March being the first month of regular allotments, said Jessica Lindstrom,…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph Editor’s note: LeAnn R. Ralph is chair of the Town of Otter Creek and serves as the chair of the Colfax Community Fire District Board. COLFAX — As it has been since October of 2012, the property tax levy for the Colfax Community Fire District will be $94,700 for the 2024…
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Riley’s Glenwood City Dog Park — Glenwood City fifth grader, Riley Unruh, prepares to cut the ribbon during the Grand Opening Ceremony for the new dog park in Glenwood City that is located just east of the old tennis courts at Hinman Park. There were about a dozen dogs, their owners and several supporters on…
Read MoreEAU CLAIRE – Each year, Chippewa Valley Technical College offers free services to veterans during the Give Vets a Smile one-day event. This year, the College welcomes veterans to campus from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 4, to receive these free services. “This is our way of saying ‘Thank you for serving…
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