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EM horse trainer headed to Trainers’ Challenge with New Mexico mustang

By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — After only a couple of weeks, Bryanna Hoeper is extremely pleased with the progress of the mustang mare, Sandy. Hoeper, who lives in the Albertville area, participated with Sandy in the Horse & Hound-a-Thon & Adoption Day sponsored by Pony Tales Refuge & Rehab Inc. April 22 at the…

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Judge extends probation 2 years for Boyceville woman who embezzled $48,000 from Bremer Bank in Elk Mound

By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE  — A Dunn County judge has extended the probation for a Boyceville woman found guilty of stealing $48,000 from Bremer Bank in Elk Mound and who has paid $5,500 of the restitution after three years of probation. Amber C. Goodell appeared in Dunn County Circuit Court before Judge Rod Smeltzer…

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EM police saga continues as village board accepts chief’s resignation

By Cara L. Dempski ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound village board voted to accept the part-time police chief’s resignation in a special meeting held last Thursday. It was a very short meeting that started with a motion and ended with a warning to not speak with local media. President Steve Abraham opened the April…

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Elk Mound Board of Education elects officers, approves summer project

By Cara L. Dempski ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound Board of Education elected officers for the 2017-2018 school year as part of a special meeting held prior to its most recent board meeting. The officers will remain the same, with Tim Sivertson as president, Kyle Jenson as vice president, Pat Rhude as clerk, and…

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Dunn County Sheriff: drug cases have doubled since 2014, quadrupled since 2012

By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The number of drug cases in Dunn County has doubled since 2014 and has almost quadrupled since 2012. Methamphetamine has spread all over West Central Wisconsin, said Dunn County Sheriff Dennis Smith at the Dunn County Board’s April 20 meeting during his annual report for 2016. According to statistics…

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Dunn County Board supports nonpartisan redistricting

By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — We have it backwards in Wisconsin, says Steve Rasmussen, chair of the Dunn County Board. “Politicians are picking their voters instead of the voters picking their politicians,” Rasmussen said at the Dunn County Board’s April 20 meeting. Rasmussen was referring to the redrawing of legislative districts done in Wisconsin…

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Elk Mound’s Police Chief resigns, two part-time officers follow suit

By Cara L. Dempski ELK MOUND — If the Elk Mound Village Board was balking at offering its part-time police chief the full-time position created in December 2016, it no longer needs to worry. Police Chief Travis Hakes and part-time patrol officers Cory Dechow and Kory Evans resigned ahead of the April 19 regular board…

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Cedar Country, Lakeland, United Ag Cooperatives to merge

By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — When Cedar Country Cooperative (Elk Mound), Lakeland Cooperative (Ridgeland) and United Ag Cooperative (Almena) merge, the new cooperative’s service area will stretch from Superior to south of Menomonie. The three cooperatives announced the merger, which will be effective October 1, in a news release dated April 18.

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