By LeAnn R. Ralph TOWN OF SHERMAN — No decision has yet been made by the Sherman Town Board to change fire districts and put all of the Town of Sherman into the Menomonie Rural Fire District. “Despite what you have read and heard, we have made no decision to change the fire district,”…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Menomonie fire chief says he would recommend against moving all of the Town of Sherman into the Menomonie Rural Fire District. After conducting time studies, “it does not make sense” to place the entire Town of Sherman into the Menomonie rural district, said Jack Baus, Menomonie fire chief,…
Read MoreThe Boyceville Police Department along with the Boyceville Community Action Club amd several area buinsesses have coordinated some new Halloween events for this year.
Read MoreBOYCEVILLE – The Boyceville Police Department in conjunction with the Boyceville Community Ambulance District, the Dunn County Partnership for Youth, and the Wisconsin Department of Justice is hosting a drug take back event at the Boyceville Village Hall/Community Center located at 1233 Charlotte Street in Boyceville on Saturday, October 27th from 10AM until 2PM.
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Although it initially appeared that Dunn County was going to donate land on the Red Cedar River near Colfax to the Town of Colfax for a park, the status of what is known as the “Ferry Pit” is now in limbo. Gary Bjork, Dunn County Board supervisor from Colfax…
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By LeAnn R. Ralph BOYCEVILLE — About 20 residents from the Town of Sherman attended a meeting of the Boyceville Community Fire District Board to voice their concerns about the possibility of the entire Town of Sherman moving into the Menomonie rural fire district. “I feel like we haven’t been told anything,” said one woman…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph BOYCEVILLE — The Boyceville Community Ambulance District Board has approved a budget of $466,372 for 2019. The biggest increase in the budget is wages for the Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs), said Matt Feeney, director of the Boyceville ambulance service, at the Boyceville ambulance district board’s October 10 meeting. Under the new…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph BOYCEVILLE — The Boyceville Community Fire District Board has approved a budget of $192,000 for 2019, representing a 32 percent increase over the 2018 budget. The 2019 budget increase of about $46,000 includes a $10,000 increase for renting the fire station, going from $6,000 in 2018 to $16,000 in 2019, said…
Read MoreBy Amber Hayden BOYCEVILLE — Residents in the Boyceville Community school district will be paying the lowest mill rate in 28 years. Superintendent Kevin Sipple explained during the Boyceville Board of Education’s budget hearing October 10 that with the recent increase in the equalized value of 7.1 percent, or $313,475,763, the mill rate has dropped…
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