Sunnyside Shamrocks hold meeting Jan. 21
The Sunnyside Shamrocks had their 4-H meeting on Sunday, January 21 at Holy Cross Lutheran Church.
Read MoreTribune Press Reporter: A review of the top news headlines for 2017 – 4th Quarter
Tribune Press Reporter: A review of the top news headlines for 2017 – 4th Quarter
Read MoreWISTAX Facts: State sales tax grew fastest in past five years
The sales tax is Wisconsin state government’s second-largest tax. Like the income tax, the sales tax is sensitive to economic conditions, though to a lesser degree: Collections tend to decline as unemployment increases and consumer spending tightens.
Read MoreGovernor Walker highlights historic K-12 education investments at Wisconsin Association of School Boards’ State Education Convention
MADISON – Governor Scott Walker attended the Wisconsin Association of School Boards’ 97th State Education Convention in Milwaukee January 19 to discuss the state’s historically high investment in K-12 education and increased support for Wisconsin’s rural school districts. Governor Walker also expressed his support for proposed legislation increasing Sparsity Aid and providing a low revenue…
Read MoreReminder: 2018 Dunn County Solid Waste Permits must be displayed
Dunn County Solid Waste & Recycling would like to remind all residents that 2018 Solid Waste Permits must be displayed in your vehicle by Saturday, February 3, 2018. If the permit is not displayed, residents will be charged $3 per bag or barrel of household trash.
Read MoreKonder makes top five for WI Fairest of the Fair
By Cara L. Dempski WISCONSIN DELLS — A Glenwood City native was named fourth runner-up for the Wisconsin Fairest of the Fair title earlier this month. Kaitlin Konder, who was named the St. Croix County Fairest of the Fair last summer, and is a student at UW-River Falls, traveled to Wisconsin Dells January 7 through…
Read MoreFirst 2018 St. Croix traffic fatalities occur January 20
On Saturday January 20, 2018, at about 5:01am, the St. Croix County Emergency Communications Center received a 911 call from a motorist advising there was a vehicle that appeared to have crashed in the north ditch on County Road E, just west of County Road D, in Baldwin Township, St. Croix County.
Read MoreDunn County woman bound over for trial in neglect, endangerment case
By Cara L. Dempski MENOMONIE — A former Boyceville resident appeared in Dunn County Circuit Court last week on multiple charges of child neglect and reckless endangerment, and drug possession. Aleisha Downey, age 32 of Knapp, appeared before Judge James Peterson for a preliminary hearing January 19 after being charged with four counts of child…
Read MoreGlenwood City, surrounding area strong in support of Jarchow – Schachtner wins special election
By Cara L. Dempski HUDSON — Saint Croix County’s chief medical examiner will fill the seat vacated by Sheila Harsdorf in Wisconsin’s Senate District 10. Democratic candidate Patty Schachtner bested GOP candidate and current assembly representative Adam Jarchow of Balsam Lake, and Libertarian candidate Brian Corriea in a January 16 special election. The vote came…
Read More1 in 5 businesses consider moving out of Dunn County due to poor Internet access
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — One in five Dunn County businesses — 21 percent — that responded to the Broadband Gap Analysis Survey have considered moving out of the county because of poor Internet access. The business statistic was part of the presentation of the Rural Broadband Gap Analysis Study presented to the Dunn…
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