Gov. Walker signs $100 million School Safety Plan into law
MADISON – Governor Walker signed AB 843 into law on March at Victor Haen Elementary School in Kaukauna. The bill includes Governor Walker’s $100 million School Safety Plan, which creates a grant program for school districts to enhance school safety resources. Every Wisconsin school is eligible for the grant program.
Read MoreElk Mound schools to offer safety presentation April 5
By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — If your children come home from school and say, “We had ALICE training today,” do you know they are talking about? Eric Wright, superintendent in the Elk Mound school district, said he has had several parents tell him their children talk about ALICE training but they do not…
Read MoreColfax school board joins health insurance cooperative
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Cooperatives have provided electrical and telephone service in rural areas for decades, and in keeping with the rural tradition of cooperatives, the Colfax school district has joined a health insurance purchasing cooperative. The Northwest Public Entities Health Insurance Purchasing Cooperative is the largest cooperative in public education in Wisconsin…
Read MoreChippewa County lists deficiencies in Albertville Valley sand mine reports
By LeAnn R. Ralph TOWN OF HOWARD — Chippewa County Land Conservation and Forest Management has reviewed the reports from Northern Sands Wisconsin for the proposed Albertville Valley frac sand mine and has identified deficiencies. Northern Sands Wisconsin is proposing to develop a 1,300-acre sand mine southeast of Colfax that would stretch north and south…
Read MoreColfax-Elk Mound Church Directory – 3-28-2018
Colfax-Elk Mound Church Directory – 3-28-2018
Read MoreThe Sky is the Limit Honored by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Minnesota, Big Sister of the Year says it’s all about her Little
Editors Note: This story originally ran in the Owatonna, Minnesota People’s Press and is reprinted with permission from that newspaper. The story is about a teacher named Jess Hawkins (Jess graduated with the GCHS Class of 1995), who is the daughter of Glenwood City residents, Cheryl and Larry Standaert. By ANNIE HARMAN [email protected] OWATONNA –…
Read MoreBoyceville school board approves five students for high school college credits
By LeAnn R. Ralph BOYCEVILLE — The Boyceville Board of Education has given approval for five high school students to enroll in two programs that will allow them to earn college credit while they are still in high school. The state has developed two new programs that replace Youth Options, said Steve Glocke, Boyceville high…
Read MoreBoyceville hires new middle school and high school principal
By LeAnn R. Ralph BOYCEVILLE — The Boyceville school district has hired Tyler Moy as the new middle school and high school principal to replace retiring principal Steve Glocke. Moy’s first official day of employment in the district will be July 1, said Kevin Sipple, school district administrator, at the Boyceville Board of Education meeting…
Read MoreOld City Hall to be offered for sale
GLENWOOD CITY — The City Council agreed Monday night to offer the old city hall and a couple of other city owned parcels of land for sale. The council directed that the parcels in question be appraised, and then the city would accept bids on those items.
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