Elk Mound
EM Village wants 1 meeting per month not 2
By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound Village Board has approved holding one meeting per month on the third Monday, rather than two meetings on the first and third Monday. Changing the number of meetings per month would require an ordinance change, specifically Section 2-2-9, said Terry Stamm, village president, at the…
Read MoreEMSD will join Cloverbelt Conference in 2025-2026
By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound school district will be leaving the Dunn-St. Croix Conference in 2025-2026 and will be joining the Cloverbelt Conference. The Elk Mound Board of Education approved leaving the Dunn-St. Croix Conference and joining the Cloverbelt Conference three years ago, said Eric Wright, district administrator, regarding the…
Read MoreElk Mound school board will give back $600,000 of referendum money by reducing debt service tax levy
By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound Board of Education has agreed to return to the taxpayers $600,000 left over from the referendum projects by applying the money to the debt service property tax levy for two years. The Elk Mound school board chose the option of reducing the debt service levy…
Read MoreCindy Bourget, Elk Mound Middle School, Elk Mound School District Counselor Named ASCA 2024 School Counselor of the Year Finalist
Madison, WI – Cindy Bourget, school counselor at Elk Mound Middle School, Elk Mound, WI, and 2023 Wisconsin School Counselor of the Year, has been named one of five national finalists for 2024 School Counselor of the Year by the American School Counselor Association (ASCA). “Each year, this School Counselor of the Year program shows…
Read MoreElk Mound Village purchases $8,500 shutters for pavilion at village park
By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The serving area in the pavilion at the Elk Mound Village Park will soon have shutters. The Elk Mound Village Board approved purchasing Wayne Dalton shutters at a cost of $8,490 at the October 16 meeting The low bid of $8,490 was $1,610 less than the next bid,…
Read MoreColfax Public Library presents: “Hotel Transylvania 3 — Summer Vacation” on Saturday, October 21
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Poor Dracula. He has been depressed since his wife, Martha, died. Dracula has been trying to meet someone new, but it never works out. Dracula also has been running his hotel business, and his daughter, Mavis, thinks he is over-worked. She books a cruise so they can take a…
Read MoreElk Mound eliminates ice skating rink for 2023-2024 winter season
By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — For the first time in more than 20 years, Elk Mound will not have an ice skating rink on the Steve and Margaret Dieter property near Elk Mound High School and Elk Mound Middle School. The Elk Mound Village Board approved a motion to not approve paying $400…
Read MoreBail set at $100,000 for Elk Mound man charged with possession of child pornography
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A Dunn County judge has set bail at $100,000 cash for a 22-year-old Elk Mound man charged with possession of child pornography. Adam R.W. Arnsdorf appeared in Dunn County Circuit Court before Judge Luke M. Wagner on September 28. Arnsdorf was in custody at the Dunn County jail and…
Read MoreElk Mound school district referendum projects come in $500,000 under budget
By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — Now that the majority of the construction is finished, the Elk Mound school district referendum projects have come in roughly a half million dollars under budget. Brian Brewer of Baird Financial spoke to the Elk Mound Board of Education at the September 18 meeting about the options that…
Read MoreElk Mound Village Board plans for talk with Settlers Ridge developer
By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — Two people authorized by the Elk Mound Village Board will speak with Jim Rooney, the Settlers Ridge Developer, about Phase 2 of the development. Elk Mound Village President Terry Stamm and Elk Mound Director of Public Works Mark Levra said at the September 5 village board meeting they…
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