Area News
McCandless 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 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…
Read MoreGreen Bay Packers “Fan of the Year” has ties to Colfax and Elk Mound
Although she was born and raised in San Diego, California, Erica Linberg was recently named the Green Bay Packers Fan of the Year. The NFL Fan of the Year contest is presented to one fan of each NFL team by Captain Morgan “to celebrate extraordinary fans who Spice Up the game through their love of…
Read MoreSnow removal in Colfax: “They’re doing the best they can.”
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Once again, snow removal in the village was a topic of discussion for the Colfax Village Board. At the Colfax Village Board meeting two weeks ago, Susan LaNou, owner of Deluxe Beauty Salon on Main Street, had asked if there was a different way to plow snow so her…
Read MoreRiver Falls man indicted for forced labor
WASHINGTON – An indictment was unsealed January 19 in the Western District of Wisconsin charging a Wisconsin man with one count of labor trafficking. According to the indictment, between August 2020 and Aug. 5, 2022, Austin Koeckeritz, 29, River Falls, Wisconsin, used force, threats of force and coercion, to cause an adult woman to engage…
Read MoreBIL funding gives hope for development of Chippewa & St. Croix Valley passenger rail
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Funding from the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law could make passenger rail in the Chippewa Valley and St. Croix Valley a very real possibility in the coming years. Scott Rogers of the Chippewa – St. Croix Rail Commission spoke to the Dunn County Board at the January 18 meeting…
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