by WisPolitics.com staff Wisconsin’s status as a battleground state for the White House is on the rise. The Badger State is getting visits from the candidates — including recent campaign stops on consecutive days from Paul Ryan in De Pere and Joe Biden in Eau Claire.
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Portions of the Gary Wayerski trial in October may be closed. Ben Webster, an assistant district attorney from Eau Claire County who is acting as a special prosecutor in the case, told the Honorable Judge William Stewart at a court hearing September 14 that he was concerned about explicit…
Read MoreSentence: six months in jail, 7 years of probation By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A 34-year-old Baldwin man has pleaded guilty to one count of causing mental harm to a child in a sexual assault case involving an eight-year-old girl and six-year-old boy in Boyceville.
Read MorePR&D says rezone would violate state law By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Dunn County Planning, Resources and Development Committee is recommending that the Dunn County Board deny a request for a rezone to industrial for the Vista Sand transloading facility near Knapp.
Read MoreThe following babies were born at Family Birth Suites at Mayo Clinic Health System in Menomonie:
Read More10 years ago – Tribune of August 21, 2002 Jeremy Lyons of Glenwood City qualified for and is playing in the U.S. Amateur Championship this week.
Read MoreKen and Pam Finder of Knapp, WI are please to announce the engagement of their daughter Jenny Finder to Nathan Chaulklin, the son of Sue and Ken Arneson and Don Chaulklin all of Cadott, WI. A September 29, 2012 wedding on the Finder Farm is being planned.
Read MoreDC PR&D to decide on Vista Sand rezone Sept. 11 By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Of the 20 people who testified before the Dunn County Planning, Resources and Development Committee on the proposed rezone to industrial for Vista Sand, 19 were opposed and only one was in favor. About 50 people attended a public…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A Dunn County judge has scheduled a half-day restitution hearing for a former Colfax resident convicted of transferring another’s personal property with a value exceeding $100,000. The Honorable Judge William C. Stewart, Jr., scheduled the restitution hearing for February 1, 2013, at a court hearing held September 7 for…
Read MorePublic hearing expected in October By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — After months of hard work, the Dunn County Planning, Resources and Development committee has approved a draft of an ordinance for a nonmetallic mining overlay district. The PR&D committee put the final tweaks on the ordinance September 5 during a meeting that lasted more…
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