By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A Dunn County judge has extended the probation for a Boyceville woman found guilty of stealing $48,000 from Bremer Bank in Elk Mound and who has paid $5,500 of the restitution after three years of probation. Amber C. Goodell appeared in Dunn County Circuit Court before Judge Rod Smeltzer…
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By LeAnn R. Ralph BOYCEVILLE — You could have almost heard a pin drop when it was announced to the Boyceville Community Fire District Board that Ron Grutt had left nearly $29,000 to the fire department. Grutt died April 6 at the age of 85, and fire board members learned of the gift at their…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The number of drug cases in Dunn County has doubled since 2014 and has almost quadrupled since 2012. Methamphetamine has spread all over West Central Wisconsin, said Dunn County Sheriff Dennis Smith at the Dunn County Board’s April 20 meeting during his annual report for 2016. According to statistics…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — We have it backwards in Wisconsin, says Steve Rasmussen, chair of the Dunn County Board. “Politicians are picking their voters instead of the voters picking their politicians,” Rasmussen said at the Dunn County Board’s April 20 meeting. Rasmussen was referring to the redrawing of legislative districts done in Wisconsin…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Who are the five most important women in your life? Mother? Grandmother? Sister? Aunt? Girlfriend? Spouse? Friends? Now think about the statistic that one in five women nationwide will experience a rape in her lifetime.
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph BOYCEVILLE — The Boyceville Community Ambulance District Board has approved purchasing a new ambulance for $216,875. The new ambulance will have a “power load” feature that is expected to make it safer and more efficient for Emergency Medical Technicians to load patients into the ambulance, said Matt Feeney, director of the…
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By LeAnn R. Ralph BOYCEVILLE — The Boyceville Community Fire District Board has taken another small step closer to building a new fire station. Fire board members reviewed schematic drawings for the proposed new fire station with an estimated cost of $2.3 million and $3.08 million presented by Five Bugles Design, a division of Architectural…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski BOYCEVILLE — The Boyceville school board made the April election results official by swearing in the only member on the ballot April 4, and learned of two staff members stepping away from district positions at its most recent meeting. The April 17 board gathering saw clerk Pete Score swear in incumbent…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski BOYCEVILLE — A pair of Boyceville women and a Rice Lake man were arrested earlier this month on suspicion of possession of methamphetamine with intent to manufacture, distribute or deliver. Paige Reaney, age 22, and Brenda Herdahl, age unknown, both of Boyceville were arrested April 11, along with Rice Lake resident…
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