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St. Croix County receives approval of government center project from Hudson City Council
By LeAnn R. Ralph HUDSON — St. Croix County has received approval of the $83 million government center project from the Hudson City Council so the county will be able to obtain a building permit for the project. The Hudson Plan Commission held a special meeting last week and recommended approval of the project…
Read MoreDunn County PR&D considers removing non-owner occupied dwellings from commercial zoning
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Dunn County Planning, Resources and Development Committee has asked the county’s zoning administrator to develop a proposal for removing non-owner occupied dwellings as a permitted use in commercial zoning. Non-owner occupied dwellings are allowed in Dunn County’s general commercial and limited commercial zoning, although the term non-owner…
Read MoreVillage of Colfax moves forward with $2,500 street-opening fee
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — If a homeowner in Colfax must repair a sewer lateral, instead of the full cost of street repair, the property owner will be paying a $2,500 street-opening fee. A question at the last village board meeting was whether the street-opening fee could be put on a homeowner’s tax…
Read MoreElk Mound Village Board approves pay raises for village employees
By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — Based on recommendations from the employee relations committee, the Elk Mound Village Board has approved pay raises for village employees. The employee relations committee, which includes Village Trustees Cynthia Abraham, Pat Lien and Jesse Jenson (chair of the committee), met and are recommending pay raises in addition to…
Read MoreDC could have a vote at lake district annual meetings
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — If the Dunn County Board were to approve the Tainter Lake Rehabilitation District, then the county would be able to vote during the lake district annual meetings if the county’s 14 parcels remain in the proposed district. One question that has been asked by the Dunn County Planning,…
Read MoreVillage of Colfax decides to put $106,000 grant toward a new ambulance
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board has approved putting the nearly $106,000 EMS Flex grant from the state of Wisconsin toward the purchase of a new ambulance. In addition to the $105,915 grant, the Colfax Rescue Squad has $45,000 in the 2022 equipment budget and a $50,000 fund balance from last…
Read MoreThieves nabbed after high speed chase
On October 5, 2022 at approximately 3:41 a.m., the Menomonie Police Department (MPD) was dispatched to a report of a theft in progress on Stout Street in the City of Menomonie. MPD officers relayed a description of the suspect vehicle to Dunn County Sheriffs’ deputies and a deputy attempted to stop the vehicle as it…
Read MoreDunn County increased unassigned fund balance by $4 million in 2021
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Dunn County increased the county’s unassigned fund balance by $4 million, from $9.9 million in 2020 to $13.9 million as of December 31, 2021. The Neighbors of Dunn County had a positive year and transferred $1.3 million to the county’s general fund, and Health and Human Services also had…
Read MoreColfax Rescue Squad awarded $106,000 grant to put toward new ambulance or ambulance equipment
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Rescue Squad has been awarded an Emergency Medical Services Flex grant in the amount of $105,915 to put toward a new ambulance or for a stretcher autoload device and updated computers or other equipment. The money comes from Wisconsin-applied federal COVID funds, and Colfax asked for…
Read MoreBoyceville school board approves field trips and personnel items, accepts donations
BOYCEVILLE — During a fairly brief meeting held Wednesday, September 28 in the middle school/high school IMC, the Boyceville board of education acted on personnel matters, accepted a trio of donations and approved several overnight and out-of-state field trip requests. With just three of its five board members present, just enough for a quorum, Jeremy…
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