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School District of Colfax announces new Superintendents
Colfax, WI – The Board of Education for the School District of Colfax has selected Paul Blanford and Troy Gunderson to serve as Interim Superintendents for the upcoming school year. Blanford and Gunderson will combine efforts to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of William Yingst Jr. Blanford and Gunderson are recently retired school…
Read More4 fire departments respond to town of Otter Creek brush fire Saturday night
Editor’s note: LeAnn R. Ralph serves as chair of the Town of Otter Creek By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax fire department responded to a brush fire in the Town of Otter Creek Saturday night and received mutual aid from three other fire departments: Boyceville, Menomonie and Ridgeland. The call came in around…
Read More2025 City of Menomonie Arbor Day Celebration to be held on April 25
MENOMONIE – The City of Menomonie invites the public to join us for the annual Arbor Day Celebration on Friday, April 25, 2025, at the Dunn County Historical Society beginning at 9:30 a.m. This community event will be held rain or shine—festivities will take place inside Holtby Hall at the museum in case of inclement…
Read MoreMenomonie man arrested for 5th OWI near Elk Mound schools
ELK MOUND, WI – On April 8, 2025 at 8:23 a.m., a Dunn County Sheriff’s Deputy conducted a traffic stop in the Village of Elk Mound near the intersection of Highway 12 and Juniper Street. The driver, who claimed he had traveled to Elk Mound to purchase laundry detergent, was suspected of being under the…
Read MoreMenomonie contracts with Cedar Corp. for phase 2 of ConAgra water main repair
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Menomonie City Council has contracted for engineering services with Cedar Corporation in the amount of $19,500 to proceed with the second phase of the ConAgra water main repair. The contract represents a service agreement for phase two of the repair of the water man break that happened in…
Read MoreDelivery on Colfax’s new fire engine expected in late March of 2026
Editor’s note: LeAnn R. Ralph serves as chair of the Town of Otter Creek and as chair of the Colfax Community Fire District Board. By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Delivery on the Colfax Community Fire Department’s new fire engine is expected in late March of 2026. The cost of the new fire engine is…
Read MoreTainter Lake District: Dunn County Historical Society hopes to stop sediment with prairie
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Dunn County Historical Society owns 60 acres along state Highway 25 that the historical society would like to take out of row crop production and turn into a prairie with walking paths. The Community Connections and Fund Raising Sub-committee recently met with Melissa Kneeland, the executive director of…
Read MoreJudge finds probable cause in Shooters Showgirls arson
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A Dunn County judge has bound over for trial a 25-year-old Comstock man charged with arson in connection with the January 18 fire that destroyed Shooters Showgirls in the Town of Elk Mound. Colton Wayne Jansen appeared in Dunn County Circuit Court April 8, along with his attorney, Aaron…
Read MoreClarks to open Christian hunting and fishing club, Cross Trail Outfitters, in downtown Boyceville
By Renee Bettendorf BOYCEVILLE — The building at 1002 Main Street in Boyceville has housed many different enterprises over the years including a mercantile, a market, several different taverns and a food pantry. New owners Nathan and Nikki Clark will be taking the property in a whole new direction. The Clarks, who acquired the property…
Read MoreVoter ID requirement added to state constitution
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — By a margin of nearly 63 percent, Wisconsin voters have agreed to add voter identification to the state constitution. According to unofficial vote totals, 1,435,948 people voted for the ballot measure to add voter identification to the Wisconsin Constitution, representing 62.8 percent of the vote, while 852,186 people voted…
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