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Memorial Day 2022, Italy
Sicily-Rome American Military Cemetery – 173rd. Airborne Division, U.S. Army Honor Guard pays tribute to 2nd Lt. Ellen Ainsworth on Memorial Day, 2022. —photo submitted
Read MoreFire Destroys Home
FIRE DESTROYED a home and RV on the Ron Workman property on 1260th Avenue in Connorsville Monday morning, May 23. The fire spread to a home next door, but quick action by firefighters kept the damage to just melting the siding on that home. The Boyceville Fire Department received mutual aid from a number of…
Read MoreFire consumes home in Dunn Township, takes one life
UPDATE: The victim in the fire has been identified as, 20 year old Gustavo A. Xicalhua Tlaxcola. Early morning on Wednesday, May 11, 2022, at approximately 1:58 a.m., the Dunn County Sheriff’s Office and the Menomonie Fire Department responded to a call from an individual who advised of a structure fire at a residence located at…
Read MoreGlenwood City Ribbon Cutting
A RIBBON CUTTING ceremony was held as part of the City of Glenwood City’s Grand Opening celebration for its new municipal building this past Saturday, April 30. Participating in the ribbon cutting were from left to right: Brandee Swenby, deputy clerk-treasurer; Shari Rosenow, clerk-treasurer; John Larson, mayor, Rochel Karlson, Glenwood City Public Library director; and…
Read MoreKnapp Post Office comes down
NOTHING LEFT OF THE KNAPP POST OFFICE building as Dean Davis took the structure down and hauled the debris away on April 11th. —photo by Mike Roemer
Read MoreNational Letter of Intent Signed
ANOTHER MOUNDER SIGNS TO COMPETE AT THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL — Elk Mound senior Kara Edington (center) became the second Mounder athlete in less than a month to sign a National Letter of Intent (NLI) to particpate in college athletics. Edington was joined by her mother Kelly Edington (left) and her father Brad Edington (right) for…
Read MoreDriver Jailed for OWI
DRIVER JAILED FOR DRIVING INTOXICATED – A St. Croix County Sheriff’s deputy arrested Mathew Mara, 46 of Clear Lake Sunday evening after he drove his car into the ditch on County Highway D, a half mile south of Forest. He was able to get out of the vehicle without help. Glenwood City Ambulance and Fire…
Read MoreNational Letter of Intent
ELK MOUND senior Hannah Larson (pictured in the center) signed a National Letter of Intent to play softball at Augsburg University last Wednesday, March 23. Hannah was joined at the signing ceremony by her grandmother Helen Larson (left) and her father Matt Larson. —photo submitted
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A BIG EXCAVATOR is shown taking down a portion of a second-story classroom wall of the former Glenwood City Elementary School last Thursday, March 17. Much of the structures that served as both the elementary and high schools have been leveled. —photo by Shawn DeWitt
Read MoreOld School Comes Down
COMING DOWN — Workers from Albrightson Excavating started to raze the old school in Glenwood City. The building has sat empty since the school moved almost thirty years ago. In the above photo you can see heavy machinery working at taking down the gym, which was built in 1937. —photo by Carlton DeWitt
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