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Important spring election! Supreme Court Candidate Primary February 21
This spring WIsconsin voters will have an opportunity to choose a new justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Who fills that opening matters, as the Court decides 95% of issues that affect our rights and liberties. It is important that you vote for the candidate that best aligns with your beliefs. fUnlike fall elections, spring…
Read MoreTeen dating violence & the age of technology/social media
By Alyssa Fahrenkamp, Family and Youth Advocate at The Bridge to Hope in Menomonie, WI Teenage years are often the years for dating, finding interests and connecting with friends. Most of these things involve the use of technology. Teens are on their phone constantly, whether it is to chat with a friend, look something up…
Read MoreStepping Stones groundbreaking ceremony for new emergency shelter
MENOMONIE — We are thrilled to announce the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a new emergency shelter for those in need in our community. The ceremony will take place on Thursday, February 9th starting at 2:30 pm at Stepping Stones of Dunn County. The new emergency shelter will provide a safe and secure place…
Read MoreMcCandless hearing scheduled for July 3
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — An evidentiary hearing is scheduled July 3 in Dunn County Circuit Court concerning the request from Ezra J. McCandless for a new trial following her conviction of first-degree intentional homicide in the death of Alexander Woodworth. McCandless was convicted by a jury in the fall of 2019 in Woodworth’s…
Read MoreCub Scouts visit Colfax Board of Education
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — When the Colfax Cub Scouts visited the Colfax Board of Education, they had some well-thought-out questions to ask. One of the tasks that Cub Scouts can complete is to learn about community, said Amy Horchem, one of the parents accompanying the Cub Scouts to the Colfax Board of…
Read MoreColfax Railroad Museum receives support from village board for $900,000 grant application
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board has approved a resolution supporting the Colfax Railroad Museum in the museum’s efforts to apply for a $900,000 Transportation Alternatives Grant. The grant application is due March 23, and the grant is 80 percent federal funding with 20 percent in matching funds from the Colfax…
Read MoreDC PR&D postpones decision on zoning for United Way of Dunn County
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Dunn County Planning, Resources and Development Committee has postponed a decision until February 13 on whether to recommend a rezone from General Agriculture to General Commercial for a property in the Town of Menomonie. United Way of Dunn County is currently leasing the property from WILARL, Inc.,…
Read MoreColfax Rescue Squad updates first-in kits thanks to Dunn Energy Operation Round Up
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — A nearly $800 grant from Dunn Energy Cooperative’s Operation Round Up has allowed the Colfax Rescue Squad to update the ambulance service’s “first in” kits. Colfax Rescue ordered the “first in jump bags” last spring right after receiving the $779.90 grant from Dunn Energy Cooperative, said Don Knutson,…
Read MoreColfax business receives 50-year plaque
COLFAX — Ray’s Metal Works has received the Lennox Presidential Award for being a Lennox dealer for 50 years. Ray’s Metal works was established in 1968 by Ray Johnson as a heating business and became a Lennox dealership in 1971 for furnace and air conditioning products in a small shop that now houses Morgen’s Auto…
Read MoreColfax Elevator Commission has raised nearly $125,000 towards purchase and installation
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — To date, the Colfax Elevator Commission has raised nearly $125,000 to put toward installing an elevator at the Colfax Municipal Building. The money has been raised through pledges, donations, memorials, the $22 for 22 Steps campaign, thrift sales and other fund-raising events. Almost $22,000 has been raised through the…
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