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Donation presented from Jodi Hall benefit
DONATION PRESENTED — Glenwood City ambulance co-directors Julie Lee (left) and Charl Draxler (right) presented Jodi and Dennis Hall with a check from a fundraiser the Glenwood City Ambulance personnel hosted on Saturday, January 26 to benefit Jodi Hall. The event featured a soup and sandwich luncheon, a bake sale and silent auction raised funds…
Read MoreFire does damage to vehicle
FIRE DID CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE to this car belonging to Kenan Cook. The Glenwood City Fire Department was called at 6:21 p.m. last Thursday for the fire at 109 East Elm Street in the City of Glenwood City. There were no injuries reported. —Fire Department photo
Read MoreWilson man is St. Croix’s first traffic fatality of 2019
A Wilson man has become St. Croix County’s first traffic fatality of 2019. Scott A. Gossel, age 36 from Wilson, WI died early Saturday morning, February 2 in a one-vehicle crash on US Highway 12 at Bridge Avenue in the Town of Baldwin. According to a news release from the St. Croix County Sheriff’s Office,…
Read MoreSawdust drying facility burns at Woods Run Forest Products
COLFAX — A sawdust drying facility at Woods Run Forest Products in Colfax was total loss after it caught on fire the evening of January 16. Although the building was still standing after the fire was put out, everything inside was destroyed, and the building was a total loss, said Colfax Fire Chief Don Logslett.…
Read MoreDC judge increases bail to $500,000 for Seehaver and orders competency evaluation
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMNONIE — A Dunn County judge has increased the cash bail to $500,000 for former Colfax resident Richard Seehaver and has ordered a competency evaluation. Seehaver, 52, was scheduled for a preliminary hearing in Dunn County Circuit Court January 14. He is charged with first degree intentional homicide in the death…
Read MoreVisit to Cadaver Lab gives Colfax High School students impactful experiences
Biology class members studied human anatomy, blood cells in Jarvis Hall MENOMONIE, WI — For 27 students from Colfax High School, it was a day in class unlike any other. Recently, the Advanced Biology class at Colfax High School took a field trip to nearby University of Wisconsin-Stout. At Colfax they are studying human anatomy…
Read MoreFire damages rural Glenwood City home
GLENWOOD CITY — A late night fire did considerable damage to a large two story rural Glenwood City home. The lone occupant of the home was Mike Knox who was awake to find is home filing with smoke. Mike called 911 and made his way out of the house. Mike’s parents, Tom and Judy Knox who…
Read MoreBoyceville Fire District takes delivery of new fire engine
Hegemans harvest big bucks
Wrong-way driver takes life in two-vehicle accident in Somerset
A twenty-one year old Somerset woman died as the result of a two-vehicle accident in the township of Somerset on Friday, December 21st. According to information from the St. Croix County Sheriff’s Department stated that they began receiving 911 calls at about 11:11 p.m. reporting a wrong-way driver going westbound on STH 35/64, in the…
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