BOYCEVILLE — The Village Board will ask for a three percent increase in their water billings. Board member Jonathan Farrell addressed the Board about the improvements that have been made and money expended for the village’s water utility. “It’s been quite a while since we increased our rates, and we should be putting money away…
Read MoreBy Amber Hayden BOYCEVILLE — Work on the Tiffany Creek project behind Boyceville High School/Middle School is expected to start in December. The discussion surrounding the abundance of flooding and foliage on that portion of Tiffany Creek has been taking place with the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) for the last three years. “The reason…
Read MoreRepublican Rob Stafsholt won another term as Representative to the Assembly from the 29th District. He outpolled his Democratic opponent John Rocco Calabrese by more than 2,600 votes. The 29th Assembly District includes the eastern part of St. Croix County and the Western part of Dunn County including the City of Menomonie. Stafsholt collected 3,934…
Read MoreIncumbent Congressmen, Sean Duffy and Ron Kind were returned to Congress last Tuesday. Kind, a Democrat from LaCrosse, has served the Third Wisconsin Congressional District since 1997 and outpolled his Republican opponent Steve Toft of Osseo, by a count of 187,615 to 126,879. In the Third Congressional District incumbent Republican Sean Duffy of Wausau out…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph TOWN OF NEW HAVEN — Two referendum questions on the ballot for the Town of New Haven and the Town of Spring Brook on the November 6 ballot pertaining to appointing the clerk and/or treasurer had opposite results. In the Town of New Haven, voters approved allowing the New Haven Town…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Kevin Bygd, the Dunn County Sheriff’s Department Captain of Field Services, was elected as sheriff of Dunn County in the November 6 election. Bygd, a Boyceville resident, ran as a Republican and faced Democratic challenger Rod Dicus of Elk Mound, who serves as an investigator for the Dunn County…
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By Amber Hayden BOYCEVILLE — On behalf of Lake Farms, April Lake nominated her dad, Jeff Lake, for the Leopold Conservation Award presented each year by the Sand County Foundation and Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation. The award is named for Aldo Leopold, who was an environmentalist, forester and conservationist, as well as a professor at…
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By Amber Hayden BOYCEVILLE — Located just off of Range Road in Boyceville, the Northwest Rod and Gun Club (NWRGC) has been making improvements over the last year to become better neighbors. “We are right in the middle of town and we are interested in being good neighbors,” Steve Bauder, one of the ranges supervisors,…
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