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Boyceville fire board receives 4 applications for fire chief

By Editor | December 10, 2024

By LeAnn R. Ralph BOYCEVILLE  — The Boyceville Community Fire District Board has received four applications for the position of fire chief. The Boyceville fire board received the applications for fire chief at a special meeting on December 3 at the Boyceville fire station. Karl Hackbarth, representative for the Town of Stanton and chair of…

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Boyceville School Board approves final four million for referendum projects

By Editor | November 25, 2024

By Renee Bettendorf BOYCEVILLE — At their meeting held on November 20 the Boyceville school board voted to approve the final four million dollars in general obligation promissory notes to pay the remaining portion of the cost of the referendum projects. Back in January the board adopted an initial resolution authorizing the issuance of general…

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BV village board hears about progress with fire district and wastewater treatment facility

By Editor | November 12, 2024

BOYCEVILLE — At their meeting held on Monday evening the Boyceville village board learned about fire department matters and progress on the upcoming wastewater treatment facility project. In his report to the board village president, Luke Montgomery listed several meetings he attended including one he had with village board trustee Brad Stevens about fire district…

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Boyceville fire board decides on the qualifications needed for new fire chief

By Editor | November 5, 2024

By LeAnn R. Ralph BOYCEVILLE — The Boyceville Community Fire District board has decided on the qualifications needed to advertise the position for a new fire chief.  Why is the fire board “in a rush” to hire a new fire chief when there are assistant chiefs in the Boyceville fire department who could take over…

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Boyceville School Board approves 2024-2025 budget, mill rate 6.27 percent

By Editor | October 29, 2024

BOYCEVILLE-At their meeting held on October 23 the Boyceville School Board officially approved the 2024/2025 budget and set the mill rate at 6.72%. At their budget hearing held earlier this month a mill rate of 6.45% was originally planned but due to a decrease in state aid a slightly higher mill rate was approved.  …

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Boyceville Community Fire District Board appoints Hackbarth as chair

By Editor | October 22, 2024

by LeAnn R. Ralph  BOYCEVILLE  —  The Boyceville Community Fire District Board has appointed Karl Hackbarth, representative for the Town of Station, as chair of the fire board. Steve Nielsen, chair of the Town of Stanton, served as the vice-chair of the Boyceville fire board and presided over the special meeting held October 17. Nielsen…

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Boyceville fire district schedules another special meeting regarding board chair and fire chief

By Editor | October 8, 2024

By LeAnn R. Ralph BOYCEVILLE  — The Boyceville Community Fire District Board held a special meeting October 2 but took no action regarding the resignations of the fire chief and the chair of the fire board or complaints pertaining to fire district personnel. The fire board met in closed session for approximately 40 minutes. When…

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Glenwood Area Library News 10-2-2024

By Editor | October 1, 2024

October is bursting with excitement for everyone! Join us on October 10 at 6:00 p.m. for a delightful evening with Dr. Andrea Zevenbergen as she guides us through “Teaching Young Children about Emotions During Shared Book Learning.” The first 30 lucky families will snag a fab book kit to take home! Plus, we’ll be serving…

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Boyceville School Board accepts generous $65,000 donation for middle / high school band programs

By Editor | September 24, 2024

By Renee Bettendorf BOYCEVILLE — At their meeting held on September 18 the Boyceville School Board accepted a donation of $65,534.43 to the band program from 1965 BHS graduate Norman Danielson. Danielson has ties to Boyceville and Eau Claire and has donated money to BHS students who attended UW-Eau Claire in the past.  District Administrator…

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Fire chief and fire board chair resign: Boyceville fire district schedules special meeting Oct. 2

By Editor | September 17, 2024

By LeAnn R. Ralph BOYCEVILLE — The Boyceville Community Fire District Board has scheduled a special meeting for October 2 that will include consideration of resignations submitted by the fire chief and the fire board chair. Matt Shepard, chair of the Boyceville fire board, said he had planned to call the special meeting to re-evaluate…

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