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Dunn County Sheriff’s Dept. arrests suspect in Town of Spring Brook cold case murder
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — More than 50 years after Mary K. Schlais was murdered, the Dunn County Sheriff’s Department has arrested a suspect. Schlais, who was 25 years old at the time of her death, was found near the intersection of 40th Avenue and 990th Street in the Town of Spring Brook on…
Read MoreCounty Veterans Service Offices have much to offer
By Missy Klatt Are you a veteran or a family member of a veteran in need of help or answers? The Veteran Service Offices of Dunn and St. Croix Counties are here to help. The office in Dunn County has a mission statement that reads as follows: “To provide assistance to Veterans and dependents with…
Read MoreColfax School District to host Veterans Day program
The School District of Colfax will be hosting a Veterans Day Program on Monday, November 11, at 10:00 a.m. in the Colfax High School gymnasium. The public is invited to attend. The theme for this year’s Veterans Day is, “A Legacy of Loyalty and Service.” This year will be unique in that we will be…
Read MoreSims sentenced to 20 years in prison for child sexual assault
by LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A 38-year-old man who has lived in Colfax and Boyceville and is serving a prison sentence for third degree sexual assault has now been sentenced to 20 years in prison on four felony counts related to the sexual assault of a child. Daniel Z. Sims appeared for a sentencing…
Read MoreIs Wisconsin protecting its groundwater?
By Neil C. Koch Wisconsin governments, state, county, and townships havedone little or nothing to protect groundwater from being contaminated by nitrate and PFAS (forever chemicals), and the quality in many areas is getting worse each year. In the Kewaunee County area the aquifer became very contaminated before steps were taken to do something about…
Read MoreElk Mound school board approves $3.3 million property tax levy
By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound Board of Education has approve a total property tax levy for the 2024-2025 school year of $3,348,221. The property tax levy approved at the October 28 school board meeting compares to a total property tax levy for last year of $3,090,949, representing an increase of…
Read MoreColfax school board approves $3.5 million property tax levy
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Board of Education has approved a total property tax levy for the 2024-2025 school year of $3,543,934. The combined total property tax levy approved at the October 28 meeting compares to last year’s property tax levy of $3,124,420, representing an increase of $419,514. An increase in the…
Read MoreDunn County jury finds Minnesota man guilty of hiding 4 corpses in the Town of Sheridan
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A Dunn County jury has found a Minnesota man guilty of hiding the bodies of four murder victims in a corn field in the Town of Sheridan as a party to a crime in September of 2021. Darren L. Osborne, age 59, defended himself during a three-day trial that…
Read MoreStatewide referendum question would change eligibility to vote from “every” to “only” United States citizens
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — A statewide referendum question on the November 5 ballot seeks to change the Wisconsin constitution from allowing “every” eligible United States citizen to vote to allowing “only” United States citizens to vote. The question will read, “Eligibility to vote. Shall section 1 of article III of the constitution, which…
Read MoreDunn County ballots have candidates for Wisconsin Assembly Dist. 67 and Dist. 92
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The November 5 general election in Dunn County has candidates on the ballot for Wisconsin Assembly District 67 and District 92, which now have different boundaries after the legislative maps were redrawn. District 67 State Assembly District 67 in Dunn County covers the Towns of Colfax, Grant, Hay River,…
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