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Bail set at $1 million cash for Hudson man charged with homicide
By LeAnn R. Ralph HUDSON — Bail has been set at $1 million cash for a 54-year-old Hudson man charged with first degree intentional homicide in connection with the death of his wife at their home on Namekagon Street in Hudson March 5. Chad Aaron Haworth made an initial appearance in St. Croix County Circuit…
Read MoreDunn County Facilities Committee recommends sale of county land
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Dunn County Facilities Committee is recommending the sale of eight acres of county land east of the Oak Leaf Clinic in Menomonie for a proposed development that would include housing for the elderly. Dunn County would only be selling the land, and the development itself would be in…
Read MoreVeregy plans DC Judicial Center geo-thermal scope report for April
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Veregy, the energy performance contract company planning the geo-thermal and solar project to heat and cool the Dunn County Judicial Center, plans to have a scope verification report ready toward the end of April. The scope verification report will verify for the county the information gathered from site visits…
Read MoreWater main break leads Menomonie mayor to declare state of emergency
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A break in a 12-inch water main on ConAgra property in the City of Menomonie February 24 prompted Mayor Randy Knaack to immediately declare a state of emergency. The emergency declaration was necessary to start repairing the water main break before obtaining approval of the cost from the Menomonie…
Read MoreTown of Elk Mound receives $52,500 planning grant for county-wide EMS and fire services
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Town of Elk Mound has been awarded a $52,500 innovation planning grant from the state of Wisconsin to study county-wide emergency medical and fire services. At a meeting of the Dunn County unit of the Wisconsin Towns Association, representatives for the towns in Dunn County decided that the…
Read MoreBoosting community health: Red Cross offers free A1C testing for blood donors in March
The American Red Cross of Wisconsin is helping to bridge access to health care for blood donors by providing free A1C testing, commonly used to screen for diabetes and prediabetes, on all successful blood, platelet and plasma donations in March. One-third of people lack access to regular primary care in the U.S., where diabetes affects…
Read MoreEvers vows to contain property taxes
By WisPolitics.com To Republicans, he’s Tony the Taxer. To Dems, he’s Tony the Tax Cutter. Which is it? Maybe a little bit of both. It looks like Dem Gov. Tony Evers is emphasizing past and newly proposed tax cuts as he enters what could be the year before another run for governor. Evers hasn’t declared…
Read MoreElk Mound hires high school wrestling coach
By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound school district is planning to have a high school wrestling team next year. To prepare for a high school wrestling team, the Elk Mound Board of Education at the February 17 meeting approved hiring Sam Melton as the high school wrestling coach. The numbers are…
Read MoreDunn County awards $5,000 in contingency funding for Colfax library
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Dunn County Community Resources and Tourism Committee has approved providing $5,000 in additional funding for the Colfax Public Library from the county’s contingency fund. All four of Dunn County’s libraries received less funding from the county for this year, but for the Colfax Public Library, the reduction in…
Read MoreArea youth participate in 4-H activities
Recent Activities It has been a busy month. Besides their regular club meetings, multiple Dunn County 4-H Clubs have been holding food drives for their communities trying to see which club could gather the most non- perishable food items per member. The winners will get to have an ice cream party! Dunn County 4-H was…
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