LaPean restitution hearing set for February 1
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A Dunn County judge has scheduled a half-day restitution hearing for a former Colfax resident convicted of transferring another’s personal property with a value exceeding $100,000. The Honorable Judge William C. Stewart, Jr., scheduled the restitution hearing for February 1, 2013, at a court hearing held September 7 for…
Read MoreDunn County PR&D approves draft of sand mining overlay ordinance
Public hearing expected in October By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — After months of hard work, the Dunn County Planning, Resources and Development committee has approved a draft of an ordinance for a nonmetallic mining overlay district. The PR&D committee put the final tweaks on the ordinance September 5 during a meeting that lasted more…
Read MoreDC PR&D approves draft of sand mining overlay ordinance
Public hearing expected in October By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — After months of hard work, the Dunn County Planning, Resources and Development committee has approved a draft of an ordinance for a nonmetallic mining overlay district. The PR&D committee put the final tweaks on the ordinance September 5 during a meeting that lasted more…
Read MoreElk Mound netters drop pair of matches
By Marlys Kruger MONDOVI – Playing matches against two teams from the Dunn-St. Croix Conference Sept. 6 in the Mondovi Triangular gave Elk Mound coach Donna Weix and her team a chance to see where they stand as they get ready for conference play this week. It appears they have some work to do, however,…
Read MoreElk Mound harriers handle heat in Bloomer
By Marlys Kruger When they left Elk Mound, the cross country teams were thinking they would be competing for a second meet in a row with high humidity and temperatures in the 90s as they headed to the Bloomer Invite Sept. 4. But things changed quickly as a storm passed through Chippewa County, delaying the…
Read MoreApron collection has long and varied history
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Did you know that the word “apron” comes from the French word for “napkin?” Or that those garments — either fancy or practical that we remember our mothers or grandmothers wearing — became more popular in the 1880s when women started doing more of their own cooking? Susan Hill…
Read MoreSeven new teachers and staff join Colfax and Elk Mound
By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — Teachers and staff from the Colfax, Elk Mound and Boyceville school districts attended an in-service at Elk Mound High School August 29. Here are profiles of the new staff at Colfax and Elk Mound.
Read MoreThree new teachers join staff at Boyceville schools
By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — Teachers and staff from the Colfax, Elk Mound and Boyceville school districts attended an in-service at Elk Mound High School August 29. Here are profiles of the new staff at Boyceville.
Read MoreThree from EM Middle School attend WASC leadership workshop
Karie Jo Nigon, Sarah Sweeney, and Maria Heltne, students at Elk Mound Middle School, were delegates at the 43rd Annual Wisconsin Association of School Councils (WASC) student leadership workshop. The workshop, attended by Wisconsin middle and junior high school student council members, was held on the campus of Edgewood College in Madison July 29 through…
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