By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A bill recently passed by the Wisconsin Assembly would require counties to provide for juvenile detention. Under the bill passed by the Assembly, AB953, the state would shut down the Lincoln Hills School for boys and the Copper Lake School for girls and would make it the responsibility of…
Read MoreMADISON – Four area wrestlers – two from Boyceville and two from Glenwood City – were chasing medals earlier today at the 75th annual WIAA State Wrestling Championship in Madison’s Kohl Center.
Read MoreMADISON – The final day of the WIAA State Wrestling Championship opened with consolation finals’ matches in all three divisions.
Read MoreMADISON – Four of the seven area wrestlers competing in today’s Quarterfinals’ matches at the WIAA State wrestling tournament have punched their tickets to this evening’s semifinals round in the Kohl Center here in Madison.
Read MoreMADISON – Thursday evenings’ Division 3 preliminary round, that pitted second- and third-place sectional finishers against one another, of the 75th annual WIAA State Wrestling Championships was one of mixed results for area wrestlers.
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A Dunn County judge has ordered the forfeiture of an additional $15,000 from a $55,000 cash bail posted for a former Boyceville man whose whereabouts are unknown. Judge Rod Smeltzer ordered the bail forfeiture at a hearing February 15 in Dunn County Circuit Court concerning 40-year-old Ted Lopez, who…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski MENOMONIE — The names of both drivers in last week’s fatal collision on State Highway 79 south of Boyceville have been released. According to a press release from the Dunn County Sheriff’s Office, 54-year-old Jena D. Anderson of Boyceville was killed when her southbound Chevrolet was struck in an offset head-on…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph BOYCEVILLE — Members of the Boyceville Community Fire District board have learned the Village of Boyceville is asking $16,000 for the four-acre lot near the airport where a new fire station could be built. Gilbert Krueger, Boyceville village president and chair of the fire board, reported at the February 15 meeting…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph BOYCEVILLE — Instead of meeting monthly, the Boyceville Community Ambulance District board has approved meeting quarterly on Thursday evenings. The Sherman Town Board is supportive of quarterly meetings but would like the ambulance service to send out a list of monthly bills to the town clerk, said Charles Maves, representative for…
Read MoreEAU CLAIRE — Brad Stevens has had his share of health-related ups and downs through the years. The 37-year-old Boyceville, Wisconsin, man has Type 1 diabetes. Often diagnosed in childhood, the disease is a chronic condition in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin. A common complication is diabetic retinopathy, an eye disease caused…
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