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Rollover Accident in Glenwood Township
Fire destroys Wheeler home
A fire in the village of Wheeler completely destroyed a mobile home on Friday, November 22.
Read MoreLake Family Farms receives 2019 Leopold Conservation Award
By Amber Hayden BOYCEVILLE — It has been a long year for the Lakes since they missed earning the Leopold Conservation Award in 2018, but 2019 has been a year of accomplishments for Jeff and Kelley Lake along with their two children April and Jake. In 2018 and 2019 Jeff was nominated by his daughter…
Read MorePump House manager raises over $2,500 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Failure to yield is cause of Thursday afternoon’s 2 vehicle traffic accident
By Amber Hayden GLENWOOD CITY — At 4:15 p.m. on Thursday afternoon, November 7, an accident occurred at the intersection of 1st St./STH 170 and E. Oak Street. Sarah Standaert, Glenwood City, was headed westbound on Oak Street when Leanna Hakkila, Menomonie, was eastbound on Oak Street and was turning left on to 1st Street.…
Read MoreFire destroys home at 107 Viking Drive in Village of Colfax
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — A fire reported Sunday evening in Colfax has destroyed a house located at 107 Viking Drive and has left several people injured. “The fire was called in at approximately eight o’clock last night [Sunday, November 10]. The caller reported the back of the house was on fire — the…
Read MoreColfax Public Library 2019 Halloween party
MAGICAL ASSISTANTS — Magic Bob asked audience members to help him on stage at the Cozy Theater in the Colfax Municipal Building during the magic show at the Colfax Public Library’s Halloween party on Saturday, October 26. —photo by LeAnn R. Ralph
Read MoreBob Fehr and the Atlantic Giant: growing “The Great Pumpkin”
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Colfax resident Bob Fehr set a goal for himself: to raise a pumpkin that weighed more than a thousand pounds. And this year — he succeeded. His aunt, Colfax resident Carol Boyd, also decided to try her hand at raising a giant pumpkin this year. Carol’s pumpkin weighs an…
Read MoreThree local soldiers deployed with Army National Guard
Grant Kjellberg, Elk Mound; Jon Hayton, Colfax; Bryce Kasper, Elk Mound deployed with the Army National Guard’s 829th Engineering Unit out of Spooner with a detachment in Ashland. —photo courtesy of Gayle Hayton
Read MoreBail set at $10,000 for Peoples State Bank and U-Fuel robbery suspect
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A Dunn County judge has set bail at $10,000 cash for a 21-year-old man arrested in connection with armed robberies at Peoples State Bank in Boyceville and U-Fuel near Elk Mound. Judge Rod Smeltzer set bail for David JR Hoffman at a hearing in Dunn County Circuit Court Monday,…
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