Colfax girls fall to Fall Creek Crickets in Western Wisconsin Basketball Classic
by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent COLFAX — Eight games were played in the Western Wisconsin Girls’ Basketball Classic hosted by Colfax High School Saturday, December 7. All eight teams in the Dunn-St. Croix Conference faced off against a team in the Cloverbelt West Conference starting with Boyceville against Osseo-Fairchild at 8:30 Saturday morning and ending…
Read MoreB-C wrestlers finish 2-3 in GC Duals
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced the start of a public comment period for a draft rule that would rework portions of the state’s deer management unit boundaries. The public comment period runs until Jan. 10. Generally, the draft rule proposes a return to habitat-based deer management units…
Read MoreOff the Editor’s Desk 12-11-24
Is there more pardons coming? Following last week’s big news break about the President pardoning his son, Hunter, comes word that there may be many more pardons in the next few weeks while Joe Biden still sits in the Oval office. Here is what Americans for Limited Government President, Rick Manning, had to say about…
Read MoreCounty 4-H programs and UW-Stout team up to provide art education
For the fifth consecutive year, the Dunn, Eau Claire, and Chippewa County 4-H programs are partnering with the UW-Stout Art Education Department and Arts Integration Menomonie (AIM) to offer Art U, a virtual and in person art education program, to youth in the Chippewa Valley. All Dunn, Eau Claire, and Chippewa County youth in grades…
Read MoreColfax approves property tax levy of $515,320 for 2025 general expense budget of $1.5 million
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board has approved a property tax levy of $515,320 for the 2025 general fund expense budget of $1,532,447. The property tax levy approved by the village board at the budget hearing on December 4 of $515,320 for 2025 compares to a property tax levy for this…
Read MoreDunn County in beginning stages of developing “Infant at Work” policy
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Dunn County is at the beginning stages of developing an “Infant at Work” policy that would allow new parents to bring their babies to work with them. “I think the ‘Infant at Work’ policy sounds like a great idea,” said Michelle Bachand, county board supervisor from Menomonie and a…
Read MoreState attorney general files response to McCandless appeal for new trial
By LeAnn R. Ralph WAUSAU — State Attorney General Joshua L. Kaul has filed a response to the appeal made by convicted murderer Ezra McCandless to the District III Court of Appeals for a new trial. McCandless was convicted by a Dunn County jury following a three-week trial in October of 2019 for the first…
Read MoreDC ADRC and Transit will soon begin pilot program for rural bus service to Menomonie
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — If you are elderly or disabled, live in a rural area, and want a ride to Menomonie and back, you will soon have that opportunity. Dunn County Transit and the Dunn County Aging and Disability Resource Center are teaming up to start a three-year pilot program to provide rural…
Read MoreGCHS inducts new members to NHS and Spanish Honor Society
On the 7th of November 2024, the Glenwood City High School members of the National Honor Society joined together with the members of the Spanish Honor Society to celebrate the induction of new membership for the past year in the high school commons. To gain entry to the organization, students are required to demonstrate competency…
Read MoreAudrey M. Kuhn
Audrey Mae Kuhn, age 85 of Knapp, joined her husband in heaven for their eternal dance on December 3, 2024 at Our House Memory Care-Menomonie, with her loving daughter Kim at her side. Audrey was born on June 13, 1939, in Dunn County, Wisconsin to Edmund and Grace (Smith) Jump. She graduated from Boyceville High…
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