BOYCEVILLE — The Main Street Reconstruction project will get underway this spring as the Village Board accepted the low bid for the improvements at their regular monthly meeting Monday evening. Erik Evenson of MSA Engineering out of Rice Lake addressed the board, informing them that they had received five bids by the Match 7th bid…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A 37-year-old Boyceville man has been charged in Dunn County with misappropriating identification and posting sexually explicit images on Facebook. Joshua L. Arbuckle made an initial appearance in Dunn County Circuit Court February 28 before Judge Rod Smeltzer on one felony count of misappropriating identification to harm the reputation…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph BOYCEVILLE — Five construction companies submitted bids to build the new fire station in Boyceville, and the base bids range from $1,612,456 to $1,788,858. The Boyceville Community Fire District Board held a special meeting Wednesday, March 6, to open the bids. Dave Cihasky with Wendell/Five Bugles Design opened the sealed envelopes…
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By LeAnn R. Ralph TOWN OF OTTER CREEK — Town of Otter Creek residents who attended a public meeting about Chapter 980 sex offenders being placed in the township said they are concerned the house is “uninhabitable” and too close to neighboring children. The Dunn County Sheriff’s Department held a public meeting at the…
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By LeAnn R. Ralph ROCK FALLS — With two additional wild Whitetail deer testing positive for chronic wasting disease in western Eau Claire County since last April, baiting and feeding bans have been extended in six west central Wisconsin counties. The Chippewa Valley CWD Advisory Team met at the Rock Creek Town Hall in Rock…
Read MoreBy Amber Hayden CONNORSVILLE – It’s been a little over a month since the last article regarding a scam hitting grandparents, but it seems to have happened again according to Virgil (87) and Patricia (86) Schoonover. Virgil has been part of the Connorsville community since the fall of 1945 when their home and Schoon-Haven Holsteins…
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By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A Dunn County judge has placed court proceedings on hold and has remanded former Colfax resident Richard Seehaver to the Mendota Mental Institute for medication and treatment to restore his competency. Judge Rod Smeltzer ordered Seehaver, 52, to be sent to Mendota during a court hearing February 28 after…
Read MoreBy Amber Hayden BOYCEVILLE – The Boyceville Board of Education announced that current Tiffany Creek Elementary principal Nick Kaiser has been chosen from a field of three finalist to become the district’s new superintendent. Kaiser will be taking over for current Superintendent Kevin Sipple beginning on July 1. “Nick will be working with me over…
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BOYCEVILLE — In a special meeting Monday morning, February 18, the Board of Education for the Boyceville Community School District approved the hiring of current Tiffany Creek Elementary principal Nick Kaiser to succeed Kevin Sipple, who will be retiring at the end of June, as the district’s administrator. Kaiser will assume superintendent duties on July…
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By LeAnn R. Ralph BOYCEVILLE — You just never know who reads the newspaper. And when this year’s Letters to Santa by third graders in the Boyceville school district were published, one letter stood out for a long-time subscriber to the Tribune Press Reporter. The letter was written by Jase Allen Hoyt, a third grade…
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