Elk Mound
Elk Mound school district schedules open house for Thursday, October 27
By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — It takes a while to complete $15 million in referendum construction projects, but now the time has come. The Elk Mound school district has scheduled an open house for October 27 so that people can see the result of the work put into construction and remodeling, said Eric…
Read MoreElk Mound holds off on administrative assistant for police department
By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound Village Board has decided to hold off for now on providing an administrative assistant for the police department. The agenda item at the Elk Mound Village Board’s September 6 meeting was to have discussion and action on changing the clerk-treasurer’s office assistant position to full-time…
Read MoreElk Mound making progress on comprehensive plan update
By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Village of Elk Mound has completed the survey process for the update of the village’s Smart Growth comprehensive land use plan. According to state statutes, comprehensive plans must be updated every 10 years, and the last time Elk Mound’s plan was updated was in 2012, said Karin…
Read MoreElk Mound increases fines for parking tickets and other violations
By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound Village Board has increased the fines for parking tickets by up to $15 and by various amounts for other violations. In certain parts of the village, there are chronic parking issues, said Elk Mound Police Chief Chad Weinberger at the Elk Mound Village Board’s August…
Read MoreElk Mound school district property tax levy expected to decrease by 3 percent
By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The total property tax levy for the Elk Mound school district is expected to decrease by 3.16 percent for the 2022-2023 school year. The budget is expected to decrease by 1 percent, and the local levy is expected to be $1,657,049 with a debt levy of $1,515,000 for…
Read MoreMother and daughter who died in Chippewa County car crash had ties to Elk Mound school district
By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — A mother and daughter who died as a result of a Chippewa County car crash in the Town of Cleveland were an employee and a student in the Elk Mound school district. According to a Facebook posting dated June 13 by the Elk Mound school district, Sara LeMay…
Read MoreElk Mound to begin update of village’s comprehensive land use plan
By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound Village Board has asked village staff and one volunteer from the village board to work on writing survey questions to begin the process for updating the Smart Growth comprehensive plan. State law requires comprehensive land use plans to be updated at least every 10 years,…
Read MoreWildlife rehabilitation expert Patti Stangel: “Good luck. God bless. Long life.”
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Whenever Patti Stangel releases an owl, a bird, a badger — or any of the other wildlife she rehabilitates — she always says, “Good Luck. God bless. Long life.” Stangel, of Wildlife Rehabilitation and Release Inc., spoke to the Merry Mixers at their June 2 meeting. Stangel’s wildlife rehabilitation…
Read MoreMonty’s Traveling Reptile Show coming to the Colfax Free Fair
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Maybe you’ve seen Monty’s Traveling Reptile Show at the Minnesota State Fair. Well — now you can say you’ve seen it at the Colfax Free Fair, too. Monty’s Traveling Reptile Show will be at the Colfax Free Fair on Sunday, June 19, beginning at 2 p.m. The Colfax Fair…
Read MoreElk Mound school district receives 80 applications for open enrollment
By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound Board of Education approved 80 applications for open enrolling into the school district next fall at the May 23 meeting. Along with applications for 80 students to open enroll into the district, there were 11 applications for open enrolling out of the district, said Eric…
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