By LeAnn R. Ralph BOYCEVILLE — Although the state of Wisconsin has approved the plans for a new fire hall in Boyceville, the project is now at a standstill because of the lack of a civil engineer for site preparations. Dave Cihasky of Five Bugles Design appeared before the Boyceville Community Fire District Board…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A 49-year-old Boyceville man has been sentenced in Dunn County Circuit Court to 30 months of probation and 30 days in jail on one felony count of manufacturing or delivering methamphetamine. Chris Herdahl had originally been scheduled for a one-day jury trial July 12, but after reaching a plea…
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BOYCEVILLE — No good deed goes unpunished. It seems that the ongoing community garden project located at the corner of Main and East Streets in Boyceville has drawn the ire of the tenants in the rental property adjacent to the Village-owned lot. Village resident Trudie Chernak, one of the community garden’s coordinators along with Lonna…
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BOYCEVILLE, WI—WESTconsin Credit Union, an advocate for education, has recently awarded ten $1,000 scholarships to area high school seniors as part of the WESTconsin Scholarship Program. Recipients were selected based on a variety of criteria including community and school involvement, academic progress, financial need, career plans and goals. Haley Bird, Boyceville High School graduate, was…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for two suspects charged in connection with an arson in the Town of New Haven in August of 2014. Jonathan Hopkins, 34, and Jamie Schewe, 33, made an initial appearance in Dunn County Circuit Court June 26 before Judge Rod Smeltzer on one…
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By LeAnn R. Ralph BOYCEVILLE — The Boyceville Community School District has been awarded a $60,000 school safety grant through the Wisconsin Department of Justice. “It’s a nice amount of money, and it will be well used,” said Kevin Sipple, school district administrator. The state Legislature set aside $100 million of general purpose revenue in…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph TOWN OF STANTON — Although some parts of Dunn County have very good Internet access, progress is slow in other parts of the county, and residents would like to see much more improvement. State Representative Rob Stafsholt, 29th Assembly District, and Angie Dickinson, the state director of broadband for the…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Dunn County Board has a big decision to make. Should Dunn County move all of the offices from the old courthouse building on Wilson Avenue to the Community Services Building on Highway 12/29 and sell the courthouse building? Or should Dunn County offices remain downtown? Either way —…
Read MoreMCFARLAND, WI – Attorney General Brad Schimel June 20 announced that Boyceville Community School District was among the 19 schools and school districts that have been awarded the next round of grants through the Wisconsin Department of Justice School Safety Grant program, administered by DOJ’s Office of School Safety.
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