Boyceville’s Carson Roemhild, Zach Hellendrung named D-SC co-players of the year in football
BOYCEVILLE -— A pair of Boyceville sophomores have been named as the 2023 Dunn-St. Croix Conference’s co-players of the year in football. Quarterback Carson Roemhild was voted as the conference’s offensive co-player of the year, along with Spring Valley senior running back Diego Schmitt while Boyceville lineman, running back and place kicker Zach Hellendrung shared…
Read MoreBulldogs can’t contain Wildcats in offensive showdown, season ends with level 3 loss
by Joel DeWitt Sports Correspondent BOYCEVILLE — The WIAA Division 7, Level 3 football matchup pitting host and top seed Boyceville against #2 Edgar was billed as a defensive battle. The Bulldogs have only allowed 53 points on the year, an impressive 4.8 point per contest. Edgar trumped the Bulldogs remarkable feat by allowing only…
Read MoreSt. Croix Valley Genealogical Society to meet November 16
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…
Read MoreFreemasons build bed frames for Dunn County’s Carin Shelter in Menomonie
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 MoreAnn (O’Bryan) Rieck
Ann (O’Bryan) Rieck died peacefully at the Mayo hospital in Menomonie, WI at the age of 79. Ann was born on December 22, 1943 in Menomonie, WI to Doc and Marcella O’Bryan. She graduated from Boyceville High School in 1961 and married Dan Rieck in 1964. As a young couple, they moved to a house…
Read MoreLibrary funding from Dunn County is payment for services already provided
By 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 MoreExhibitors and exhibits at Dunn County Fair still fewer than pre-COVID
By 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 MoreTen Mounder players named to Cloverbelt All-Conference Football Teams
2023 CLOVERBELT ALL CONFERENCE FOOTBALL TEAMS (Elk Mound Athletes only) FIRST TEAM OFFENSE OFFENSIVE LINEMAN Landon Kasakaitas EM Jr. FIRST TEAM DEFENSE DEFENSIVE LINEMAN Sam Wenzel EM Sr. SECOND TEAM OFFENSE RUNNING BACK Carter Vieth EM Sr. WIDE RECEIVER Kamron Diermeier EM Jr. OFFENSIVE LINEMAN Gabe Jenson EM Sr. SECOND TEAM DEFENSE DEFENSIVE LINEMAN Kaden…
Read MoreVeterans Day Program at CHS
The School District of Colfax will be hosting a Veterans Day Program on Friday, November 10, at 10:00 a.m. in the Colfax High School gymnasium. The public is invited to attend. The theme for this year’s Veterans Day is, “Service.” This year will be unique in that we will be sharing information on the Importance…
Read MoreDunn County receives $900,000 grant to enhance Family Treatment Court
MENOMONIE — 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.…
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