Area News
Elk Mound repeals loitering ordinance
By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — You can now sit in the village park for hours, reading a book — or wait on the street corner outside the Pourhouse for a friend to arrive — or admire a neighbor’s front yard flower garden without fear of being arrested for loitering. The Elk Mound Village…
Read MoreElk Mound finishes 2022 with $564,000 in general fund balance
by LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Village of Elk Mound ended 2022 with $564,000 remaining in the general fund balance. The fund balance of $564,000 was $119,000 less than the general fund balance at the end of 2022, said Kim Shult of Baker Tilly during her audit report to the Elk Mound Village…
Read MoreNilssen’s Market issues voluntary class I recall of pork product
MADISON, Wis. — Nilssen’s Market in Clear Lake, Wis., is issuing a voluntary Class I recall for a packaged pork product sold at local retailers. The recall includes: Side Pork, sold frozen in 1-lb. vacuum-sealed packages The product was sold at Nilssen’s Foods locations in Cumberland, Baldwin and Glenwood City. The Nilssen’s Market label on…
Read MoreApril 4 Dunn County spring election round-up
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Two candidates have filed nomination papers and two candidates have registered as write-in candidates for four positions on the Colfax Village Board in the April 4 election. One of those candidates has filed for two positions. The positions held by incumbents Jody Albricht (village president), Jeff Prince (trustee), Margaret…
Read MoreVillage of Elk Mound to apply for COPS Hiring Program grant
By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound Village Board has given approval to the village’s police chief to apply for a COPS Hiring Program grant available through the United States Department of Justice. The grant money would be used by the Elk Mound Police Department to hire a school resource officer, said…
Read MoreRetired Elk Mound Clerk-Treasurer Pat Hahn: “I wanted to quit the first two weeks!”
By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — Where does the time go? After 41 years, Pat Hahn, the clerk-treasurer for the Village of Elk Mound, retired as of December 31, 2022. Not bad for someone who was ready to quit after two weeks on the job because the position had been empty for seven months,…
Read MoreFatal fire in Township of New Haven
On March 26, 2023 at approximately 6:57 p.m., the Dunn County Communication Center received a call from an individual who advised of a structure fire at a residence with a person still trapped in the residence. The Dunn County Sheriff’s Office and the Boyceville Fire Department responded to scene at E971 1330th Ave in the…
Read MoreSuperseding indictment charges River Falls man with sex and labor trafficking, production of child pornography & money laundering
MADISON, WIS. – A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin returned a superseding indictment March 16 charging a River Falls, Wisconsin man with labor and sex trafficking, production of child pornography, and money laundering. The superseding nine-count indictment charges Austin Koeckeritz, 29, with forced labor, sex trafficking by force, sex trafficking of…
Read MoreSeasonal weight restrictions took effect at noon March 20 on WIS 65
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) Northwest Region is announcing the seasonal posting of weight limits on segments of WIS 65 in St. Croix and Polk counties pursuant to Wisconsin statutes. Seasonal weight restrictions went in to effect at noon Monday, March 20 on the following highways: WIS 65, St Croix County: From the junction…
Read MoreCouncil hears needed fire station repairs, discontinuing alley at old school property
The Glenwood City Council breezed through a list of items at their regular monthly meeting Monday evening, March 20th. Included was a report from Fire Chief Greg Holden about needed repairs to the fire station, got things moving on the abandonment of two dedicated alleys on the old school property, and got information on downspout…
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