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WIAA pulls plug on 2020 spring sports season, tournaments
STEVENS POINT, Wis. – The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Board of Control voted to cancel 2020 spring sports regular-season competitions and the Tournament Series while allowing individual, virtual spring sports coaching to continue until the final day of the 2020 season, which is the final day of the State Tournament for the respective sports. The cancellation…
Read MoreRepair work started on Colfax Post Office
Gov. Evers Directs DHS to Extend Wisconsin’s “Safer at Home Order” to May 26
MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today directed Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) Secretary-designee Andrea Palm to extend the Safer at Home order from April 24, 2020 to 8 a.m. Tuesday, May 26, 2020, or until a superseding order is issued. The order implements some new measures to ensure safety and support the progress we’ve made in…
Read MoreBoyceville EMS chief charged with 2 misdemeanors in Dunn County
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Boyceville EMS Chief Matthew J. Feeney has been charged with two misdemeanors in Dunn County related to bookkeeping for the Boyceville Community Ambulance Service. Feeney, who is scheduled to make an initial appearance in Dunn County Circuit Court May 26 before Judge Rod Smeltzer, is charged with one misdemeanor…
Read More3D printer put to use by Boyceville Science and Math teacher Andrew Hamm
By Amber Hayden BOYCEVILLE — Andrew Hamm, Math and Science teacher, of Boyceville High School, has begun to print 3D masks, with the help of Boyceville senior Cade Klefstad, after finding plans online to help organizations in their time of need. “After watching a TV program last week where the president of the Massachusetts General…
Read MoreLocal businesses working together to help those in need
By Amber Hayden GLENWOOD CITY — With a “Safer at Home” order still in place Bonnie’s Cafe and the Glenwood City Vet Clinic have been working together to help those in need of a hot meal that can’t make it out of their homes. “I want to give people a hot meal,” said Bonnie. “It…
Read MoreEllsworth Creamery asking patrons to reduce milk supply, dump, quit dairy
ELLSWORTH—Patrons of the Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery received a letter dated April 2nd from Paul Bauer, CEO of the cooperative telling them of the lost market for their milk and asking them to cut back on milk production. This is due to the COVID-19 virus crisis. The letter states that the “board is urging all patrons…
Read MoreNo Colfax Free Fair this year
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — For the first time since 1943 during World War II — 77 years ago — there will be no Colfax Free Fair this summer. With the COVID-19 pandemic, even by the end of June, it could still be risky, said Steve Ackerlund, president of the Colfax Fair Board. No…
Read MoreState Supreme Court overturns Gov. Evers’s executive order to suspend in-person voting
MADISON – Just hours after Governor Tony Evers had signed an executive order Monday, April 6 postponing Tuesday’s Wisconsin primary election until June 9th due to concerns over the spread of COVID-19 (Coronavirus), the Wisconsin State Supreme court overturned the governor’s order allowing in-person voting to proceed as planned. The State Supreme Court voted 4-2,…
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