RONALD E. DELONG
Ronald E. DeLong, age 83, of Amery, Wisconsin passed away on Friday, February 23, 2018 at the American Heritage Care Center in Hammond.
Read MoreOff The Editor’s Desk – 2-28-2018
I wish I had an answer! I wish I had an answer or even a suggestion on how to stop the needless shootings in America, especially at the schools, but I don’t. I did find a couple of items of interest on the subject that I thought needed to be repeated.
Read MoreGolf Club’s mobile home damaged by fire
The mobile home owned by the Glen Hills Golf Club was damaged by fire early on February 15th.
Read MoreYoung dog dies in local house fire
GLENWOOD CITY — A young dog died in a house fire in Glenwood City Saturday afternoon, February 24th. The home of Lane Berenschot, in the four hundred block of Maple Street, experienced a fire that claimed the life of the young dog named Ryder. An older dog named Cooper was able to escaped the home…
Read MoreDunn County completes electronic records project for county board minutes
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — For the last 135 years, since 1883, Dunn County has been keeping the minutes of the Dunn County Board’s proceedings. The oldest of the Dunn County Board’s books of minutes are quite fragile, said Julie Wathke, Dunn County Clerk, during her annual report to the Dunn County Board at…
Read MoreDunn County increases salaries for clerk of court by 8 percent, sheriff by 7.5 percent
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Dunn County Board has approved increasing the salary of the clerk of court by 8 percent and increasing the salary of the sheriff by 7.5 percent. The increases in salary are similar to surrounding counties, said Steve Rasmussen, chair of the Dunn County Board, at the Dunn County…
Read MoreBoyceville Board of Education updated on achievement gap reduction
By Cara L. Dempski BOYCEVILLE — The Boyceville Community School District received news on how kindergarten through third-grade students are faring in terms of closing achievement gaps. Tiffany Creek Elementary principal Nick Kaiser explained teachers and curriculum specialist Marilyn Heifner and reading specialist Holly Sweeney have used some combined strategies to assist students in all…
Read MoreFormer Boyceville woman arraigned on charges of child neglect and reckless endangerment
By Cara L. Dempski MENOMONIE — A 32-year-old Knapp woman was in Dunn County Circuit Court last week regarding multiple charges of child neglect, reckless endangerment, and possession of illegal substances. Aleisha L. Downey, formerly of Boyceville, appeared before Judge James Peterson on February 19 in relation to four charges of second-degree recklessly endangering safety,…
Read MoreAshmore graduates from UW-Whitewater
WHITEWATER, WI — Abigail Ashmore from Colfax, WI, earned a degree from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater at winter commencement on Dec. 16, 2017.
Read MoreYang named to Dean’s List at UW-Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE – Nounee Yang of Elk Mound, a senior in the Information Studies Undergrad program, has been named to the Dean’s List at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for the Fall 2017 semester.
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