By LeAnn R. Ralph BOYCVEVILLE — The Boyceville Community Fire District has saved $78,000 on sales tax for the construction of the new $1.6 million fire station. The issue of whether the fire district actually saved any money on sales tax has been an ongoing debate, but a representative for Shefchik Builders said at the…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A Boyceville man who is one of the candidates on the ballot for three open positions on the Boyceville Village Board in the spring election has been charged with two drug-related felonies in Dunn County. Robert J. Rieckenberg appeared before Judge James Peterson in Dunn County Circuit Court February…
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By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A Dunn County judge has dismissed a request to grant an emergency injunction to stop the Ridgeland Pioneer Days chicken toss and greased pig events scheduled for February 15. Judge Rod W. Smeltzer dismissed the emergency injunction without prejudice filed by the Farm Bird Sanctuary at a hearing held…
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By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A Boyceville man who is one of the candidates on the ballot for three open positions on the Boyceville Village Board in the spring election has been charged with two drug-related felonies in Dunn County. Robert J. Rieckenberg appeared before Judge James Peterson in Dunn County Circuit Court February…
Read MoreBOYCEVILLE — The Village Board took action at their regular monthly meeting Monday, February 10th to rezone a piece of property to allow Dollar General to construct a new store building along State Highway 79 on the north side of the Village. The board also heard about the need to resurface the runway at the…
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A Boyceville Police Officers was honored for his actions of January 19th for talking a possible suicidal subject into putting down his weapon and seeking help. At the Village Board Meeting on February 10th, Police Chief Greg Lamkin presented the award to Officer Sergeant Peter Rud. The Boyceville Police Department Lifesaving Commendation reads as follows:…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — An attorney representing a 22-year-old Wheeler man accused in the armed robbery of Peoples State Bank in Boyceville and U-fuel near Elk Mound is seeking to strike “use of a dangerous weapon” from the charges. David J.R. Hoffman appeared in Dunn County Circuit Court February 4 with his attorney,…
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OCTOBER October 2: FIRE DESTROYS VACANT FARMHOUSE IN SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP: Fire destroyed a vacant farmhouse at 1176 Rustic Road Four in Springfield Township Thursday afternoon, September 26th. The Glenwood City Fire Department received the call at about 5 p.m. and responding firefighters found the building entirely engulfed in flames when they arrived at the scene.…
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