County Veterans Service Offices have much to offer
By Missy Klatt Are you a veteran or a family member of a veteran in need of help or answers? The Veteran Service Offices of Dunn and St. Croix Counties are here to help. The office in Dunn County has a mission statement that reads as follows: “To provide assistance to Veterans and dependents with…
Read MoreColfax School District to host Veterans Day program
The School District of Colfax will be hosting a Veterans Day Program on Monday, November 11, 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, “A Legacy of Loyalty and Service.” This year will be unique in that we will be…
Read MoreSims sentenced to 20 years in prison for child sexual assault
by LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A 38-year-old man who has lived in Colfax and Boyceville and is serving a prison sentence for third degree sexual assault has now been sentenced to 20 years in prison on four felony counts related to the sexual assault of a child. Daniel Z. Sims appeared for a sentencing…
Read MoreIs Wisconsin protecting its groundwater?
By Neil C. Koch Wisconsin governments, state, county, and townships havedone little or nothing to protect groundwater from being contaminated by nitrate and PFAS (forever chemicals), and the quality in many areas is getting worse each year. In the Kewaunee County area the aquifer became very contaminated before steps were taken to do something about…
Read MoreOff the Publisher’s Desk 11-6-2024
Fall into winter! As I was raking up leaves recently at my home and shoving them into a plastic bag, I began to thing about how did we handle leaves when I was young? We did not have plastic bags or any other bag nor any compost area, except maybe the garden to dispose of…
Read MoreElk Mound school board approves $3.3 million property tax levy
By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound Board of Education has approve a total property tax levy for the 2024-2025 school year of $3,348,221. The property tax levy approved at the October 28 school board meeting compares to a total property tax levy for last year of $3,090,949, representing an increase of…
Read MoreColfax school board approves $3.5 million property tax levy
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Board of Education has approved a total property tax levy for the 2024-2025 school year of $3,543,934. The combined total property tax levy approved at the October 28 meeting compares to last year’s property tax levy of $3,124,420, representing an increase of $419,514. An increase in the…
Read MoreDunn County jury finds Minnesota man guilty of hiding 4 corpses in the Town of Sheridan
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A Dunn County jury has found a Minnesota man guilty of hiding the bodies of four murder victims in a corn field in the Town of Sheridan as a party to a crime in September of 2021. Darren L. Osborne, age 59, defended himself during a three-day trial that…
Read MoreBoyceville volleyball season ends with 5-set WIAA regional loss to Thorp Cards
THORP — This one will sting for a bit! In last Tuesday’s WIAA Division 4 regional volleyball opener, Boyceville, the tenth seed, jumped to a two sets to none advantage over seventh seed and host Thorp and led 16-10 in the third set. But, just when it appeared that the visiting Bulldogs might be on…
Read MoreGlenwood City uses ground and pound for WIAA football playoff win over Blair-Taylor
by Joel DeWitt Sports Correspondent BLAIR – The Glenwood City football team opened up WIAA Division 7 playoff action on the road against Dairyland conference co-champion Blair-Taylor. Instead of the normal mix of passing and rushing displayed by the Hilltopper offense, coach Shane Strong decided to roll out a game plan that primarily featured the…
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