Area Breaking News
Colfax girls’ basketball earns fourth straight regional crown
By Amber Hayden COLFAX — For the Colfax girls’ basketball team, the opportunity for a regional title came to an exciting and satisfying conclusion last Saturday evening, February 29 at its home hardwood. The top-seeded Lady Vikings captured their fourth WIAA Division 4 Regional crown in as many years, a feat Colfax has not accomplished…
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Colfax Post Office closed until further notice
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Amid concerns about structural damage after an Amazon delivery truck backed into the building Friday afternoon, the Colfax Post Office is closed until further notice. Rural route deliveries will not change, but post office box holders will have to go to the Boyceville Post Office to pick up their…
Read MoreFire destroys Town of Glenwood House
DC judge dismisses request for emergency injunction to halt Ridgeland Pioneer Days chicken toss and greased pig event
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A Dunn County judge has dismissed a request to grant an emergency injunction to stop the Ridgeland Pioneer Days chicken toss and greased pig events scheduled for February 15. Judge Rod W. Smeltzer dismissed the emergency injunction without prejudice filed by the Farm Bird Sanctuary at a hearing held…
Read MoreCandidate for Boyceville Village Board charged with 2 drug-related felonies
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A Boyceville man who is one of the candidates on the ballot for three open positions on the Boyceville Village Board in the spring election has been charged with two drug-related felonies in Dunn County. Robert J. Rieckenberg appeared before Judge James Peterson in Dunn County Circuit Court February…
Read MoreFire destroys semi unit, shuts down I-94
WILSON — A fire that engulfed and destroyed a semi tractor caused the complete closure of all lanes of traffic along Interstate 94 near Wilson for nearly an hour Friday morning, January 17. Wisconsin State Troopers and Inspectors from the Eau Claire Post and the St. Croix County Sheriff’s Department along with fire departments from…
Read MoreUnion Pacific train derails near Knapp Sunday afternoon
By LeAnn R. Ralph KNAPP — A Union Pacific train derailed Sunday afternoon near Knapp in the Town of Stanton by the 190th Street crossing. The Dunn County Communications Center received a report about the train derailment about 4 p.m. January 12, according to a news release from the Dunn County Sheriff’s Department. All together,…
Read MoreDunn County Conservation Wardens seize bucks
17-year-old driver collides with train in Elk Mound
ELK MOUND — A 17-year-old driver collided with a train at a railroad crossing just east of Elk Mound on Monday, December 9. At around 3:30 p.m. a week ago Monday, the Wisconsin State Patrol, Union Pacific Railroad Police, the Dunn County Sheriff’s Department, the Colfax Rescue Squad, the Elk Mound fire department and the…
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