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Boyceville wins baseball sectional, heading back to state for first time in 19 years
CHIPPEWA FALLS — The Boyceville Baseball nation is in a state of euphoria after their beloved Bulldogs’ team captured its first sectional championship in 19 years. Sophomore Connor Sempf pitched a two-hit, complete-game shut out to lead Boyceville to a 2-0 semifinal victory over a good Neillsville squad. In the championship game, the Bulldogs’…
Read MoreWallin named D-SC softball “Player of the Year”
By Amber Hayden GLENWOOD CITY — To say the least, the 2019 season has been nothing short of magical for this year’s Dunn-St. Croix Player of the Year, Maggie Wallin. “It’s still so surreal to me,” Wallin explained. “But me and my mom have a saying. ‘I’m unstoppable’.” Wallin has pitched 130 and two-thirds innings…
Read MoreToppers’ Hadin DeSmith caps career with third-place finish in state 110 high hurdles
By Amber Hayden LA CROSSE — Glenwood City senior Hadin DeSmith saved his best performance for his last-ever high school competition. Fueled by some disappointment suffered the previous day and a desire to represent his school in the best way he knew how, DeSmith ran a personal record time in the finals of the boys’…
Read MoreGaustad pleads guilty and judge orders him held without bond
By LeAnn R. Ralph HUDSON — A former Glenwood City High School teacher charged with seven felonies related to sex crimes involving a teenaged girl in Missouri has pleaded guilty in St. Croix County Circuit Court to two of the seven counts. Peter L.O. Gaustad pleaded guilty in St. Croix County Circuit Court May…
Read MoreOne injured in motorcycle vs. deer accident on Highway 128
Boyceville Main Street Becomes a Lake
BOYCEVILLE — This is what it looked like in Boyceville last Wednesday evening, May 8th, following heavy rains. The Main Street is under construction and the road surface and a foot of material had been removed to allow for utility installation, which allowed the rainwater to fill the hole in the street. Above, Mark Gingras…
Read MoreDNR Report: nearly 3,500 tons of manure removed from wetlands near Emerald Sky Dairy
By LeAnn R. Ralph TOWN OF EMERALD — After a manure spill at Emerald Sky Dairy in December of 2016, nearly 3,500 tons of manure were removed from a nearby wetland the following summer, according to a report from the state Department of Natural Resources. Kim Dupre, a Town of Emerald resident, made an…
Read MoreDog owner shoots bear to save his dog’s life
GLENWOOD CITY—A city resident was forced to shoot a bear that attacked his dog near their home in the 300 block of West Walnut Street. The attack happened Sunday, evening, May 12th. According to Glenwood City Police Chief Robert Darwin, the bear attacked the dog on West Walnut Street, and the dog’s owner, Doug Nelson,…
Read MoreTwo hospitalized from accident at 64 and 128
Glenwood City firefighters used the Jaws of Life to force open the door of this 2008 Kia, to allow emergency personal to remove the driver. The driver, Jonathan T. Gossler, 34, of Mondovi, was involved in a two-vehicle accident at 4:55 p.m., Wednesday, May 1st at the intersection of Highways 128 and 64 in Forest…
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