by Renee Bettendorf BOYCEVILLE-At their meeting on Monday evening, the Boyceville Village Board discussed several items of note including the development of Sykora Lane, the new library building project and some incidents that happened at the airport bathrooms. Sykora Lane, which is located near the post office and could be a new housing development if…
Read MoreJess Olson and Steven Lee were returned to their seat on the Glenwood City Council in last Tuesday’s election. Write in candidate Jeff Stoner won the other open seat with 62 write in votes over the other write in candidate, Clinton Rassbach, who collected 18 votes. Bill Ross, who held the other open seat on…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R.Ralph BOYCEVILLE — Voters in the Boyceville school district approved borrowing an amount not to exceed $18 million for district-wide school improvements during the April 2 election by 63 percent of the vote. A total of 725 people voted in favor of the referendum question (63 percent), and 430 people (37 percent) voted…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A 36 year-old-man has been charged in connection with allegedly attempting to cash a forged check for $3,500 at Peoples State Bank in Boyceville. Dylan J. Corrigan is charged with one felony count of forgery, and one felony count each of fraud against a financial institution and of attempted…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R.Ralph BOYCEVILLE — Voters in the Boyceville school district will be asked on the April 2 ballot whether they approve of borrowing an amount not to exceed $18 million for district-wide school improvements. The referendum projects would include building systems, infrastructure and capital maintenance improvements, safety, security and site improvements at Tiffany Creek…
Read MoreBy Renee Bettendorf BOYCEVILLE — At their meeting last Wednesday, the Boyceville School Board heard from High School Science and Math Teacher Andy Hamm that he has been approved to teach a University of Minnesota physics class starting next fall. BHS students who successfully complete the class will earn four U of M college credits…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph BOYCEVILLE — Although it is a large sum of money, if the $18 million Boyceville school referendum passes April 2, it will have zero impact on the debt service property tax levy that taxpayers are already paying. Adding $18 million to the school district’s debt service will have no impact…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph WHEELER — Construction on a Dollar General store in Wheeler is expected to start this spring and to be finished in September. Rob Hakanson, Wheeler village president, reported at the Wheeler Village Board’s March 6 meeting that the information he had received from the Dollar General engineering team is that they…
Read MoreBOYCEVILLE- The Boyceville Village Board moved through their agenda in just 25 minutes at their public hearing and board meeting held on Monday evening. Police Chief Greg Lamkin went over his report of the activities of the Boyceville Police Department (BPD) for the month of February. He said the department had 150 calls for service…
Read MoreBy Renee Bettendorf BOYCEVILLE-About 20 people attended a Community Information and Walkthrough Meeting about the $18 million proposed Boyceville School District referendum on Thursday evening at the high school. District residents will be voting on the referendum at the upcoming April 2 election. If district voters vote in favor of the referendum, the funds would…
Read More