Both federal and Wisconsin income tax payment and return due dates are automatically extended to July 15, 2020. Wisconsin law will automatically extend time and waive interest and penalties for taxpayers due to a presidentially declared disaster. Governor Tony Evers said, “this is just one more thing we can do for Wisconsinites during this challenging…
Read MoreDUNN COUNTY, WI – County Clerk Julie A. Wathke is calling on residents of Dunn County willing to serve as poll workers for the April 7 election to replace poll workers who are unable to serve due to age or health concerns from the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. Dunn County has many dedicated poll workers, known…
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MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 directed Department of Health Services (DHS) Secretary-designee Andrea Palm to issue a Safer at Home order that prohibits all nonessential travel, with some exceptions as clarified and defined in the order. The order is effective at 8 am on Wednesday, March 25, 2020 and will…
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The Dunn County Solid Waste & Recycling Division will be temporarily reducing services at its Connorsville, Downsville, Ridgeland, and Rock Creek Area Collection Stations until further notice in an effort to reduce the rate of COVID-19 (coronavirus) transmission and to protect the residents and employees of Dunn County. Effective at the end of business hours…
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Dunn County to Close County Buildings to the Public Menomonie, WI. —Dunn County Administration announced today that all Dunn County buildings will be closed to the general public, effective Monday, March 23, 2020 and continuing until further notice. This is a prudent step to help reduce the rate of COVID-19 (coronavirus) transmission and to protect…
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By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Dunn County’s first positive case of COVID-19 was reported on Thursday, March 19. The person diagnosed with the coronavirus disease has mild symptoms, said KT Gallagher, Dunn County Director of Public Health, at a Facebook Live event on Friday, March 20. The person affected had traveled extensively overseas and…
Read MoreBy Amber Hayden BOYCEVILLE — Senator Patty Schachtner visited Boyceville on Tuesday, March 10, to discuss with the village board the financial distress of Tax-Increment Financing (TIF) District #2. TIF District #2, which is bounded to the north by State Highway 170 and to the west by State Highway 79 and includes the airport, Boyceville…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Dunn County Board has agreed to start planning for 5-year capital improvements financing for $62 million in requests from all county departments. Dunn County has always financed capital improvements on a year-to-year basis in each annual budget, but increases in revenue have not kept up with increases in…
Read MoreBy Amber Hayden MENOMONIE — With spring and summer around the corner, the sounds of lawn mowers and sprinklers will be in full effect for residents. But how do we manage our water use throughout the two seasons? Paul Robbins, dean of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, gave a…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — After 22 years, Dunn County will finally be receiving a third circuit court judge. When the Dunn County Judicial Center was built in 1998, it was constructed with an extra courtroom for a third circuit court branch. A third judge for Dunn County became a possibility when Governor Tony…
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