WisDOT planning to take out dam in Rock Falls and replace Hwy. 85 bridge
By LeAnn R. Ralph TOWN OF ROCK CREEK — Rock Creek has been dammed up for nearly 150 years, and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation is now planning to remove the dam in Rock Falls and to replace the state Highway 85 bridge. WisDOT and the state Department of Natural Resources held a public informational…
Read MoreJudge orders competency evaluation for suspect in Spring Brook homicide
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A Dunn County judge has ordered a competency evaluation for a 20-year-old Stanley woman accused in the death of a 24-year-old Eau Claire man whose body was found in the Town of Spring Brook March 23. Judge James Peterson ordered the competency evaluation for Ezra J. McCandless following a…
Read MoreFamily-owned Colfax based business celebrates 50 years
COLFAX — Ray’s Metal Works is celebrating 50 years as a family-owned business. Ray’s Metal works, owned by Ray Johnson, was established in 1968 as a Lennox dealership of furnace and air conditioning products in a small shop that now houses Morgen’s Auto Body LLC of Colfax on Cedar Street.
Read MoreEMHS students discuss school safety
By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — Following a school walk-out April 20 in which two students participated, Elk Mound High School students gathered in the afternoon to talk about their ideas for school safety. The walk-out was in protest of gun violence in schools and in remembrance of the 17 students and staff killed…
Read MoreColfax grants another street use permit for Timber Tech
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board has granted another street use permit for Timber Technologies to use Cedar Street to reach the facility’s loading area by the railroad tracks on Legion Drive. The village board approved a street use permit last year set to expire December 13, 2017, said Lynn Niggemann,…
Read MoreCHS mock car crash about “making good choices”
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The message was “making good choices.” The scene was a mock car crash. The actors were Colfax High School students, Colfax Police Chief William Anderson, Colfax Police Officer Josh Shipman, Colfax Rescue Squad Director Don Knutson, Colfax EMTs, Colfax Fire Chief Don Logslett, Colfax Community Fire Department firefighters and…
Read MoreColfax schedules student-staff team building Aug. 29 & 30
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Students and staff in the Colfax school district will be working on team building activities August 29 and August 30 before the first day of classes September 4. August 29 and 30 would count toward summer school minutes, said William C. Yingst Jr., district administrator, at the Colfax Board…
Read MoreThe Local Kings of ProVintage Snowmobile Racing: Keith BaDour, Casey Swenby, Ethan Weeks, Darren Swenby
By Scott Wild The “Godfather” of ProVintage Racing, Keith BaDour, is from Glenwood City, with his own pond to have his racers practice, and a complete snowmobile mechanic shop hidden in his private woods just out of town. He’s won the Eagle River World Championships in the 800 Relic Mod class, with a 1971 Arctic…
Read MoreSt. Croix County judge binds Gaustad over for trial
By LeAnn R. Ralph HUDSON — A St. Croix County judge has found probable cause and has bound over for trial a Glenwood City High School teacher charged with five felonies related to sex crimes involving a teenaged girl in Missouri. Peter L. O. Gaustad, along with his attorney, Shirlene Perrin, appeared in St. Croix…
Read MoreGC Council accepts Gaustad resignation as alderperson
The Glenwood City Council accepted the resignation of one of its members, Peter Gaustad at their organizational meeting held on Tuesday, April 17.
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