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Katie Swenby helping Thrivent grow in Glenwood City
By Missy Klatt Katie Swenby joined the Thrivent office of Joan Bartz in December of 2021 as an insurance associate but it wasn’t until this past August 1st that she became a fully licensed financial advisor with the ability to sell all of Thrivent’s products. The path that got her to this spot had many…
Read MoreThe Memories set for 50th anniversary concert in Boyceville October 2
By LeAnn R. Ralph BOYCEVILLE — It’s been a while since all three of The Memories have played together. Twelve years since their last reunion. This time around, John Lynch, Warren Petryk and Tim Stevens will be celebrating their 50th anniversary as The Memories with a concert in downtown Boyceville Sunday, October 2. The Memories…
Read MoreMenomonie Theater Guild announces Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley auditions
MENOMONIE – Menomonie Theater Guild is thrilled to announce the upcoming auditions for our 2022 holiday show, Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley. A sequel to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Miss Bennet continues the story two years later, this time with nerdy middle-sister Mary as the unlikely heroine. Mary is growing tired of her role…
Read MoreHighway B project expected to be under construction from May to November of 2023
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — If you have to travel to Menomonie and you drive county Highway B, you may want to consider a different route next summer. The project to reconstruct county Highway B from Highway 12/29 north to just past the Love’s Travel Stop is expected to begin in May of…
Read MoreCHS offers 37 credits of college level courses
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Colfax High School is offering a variety of classes that allow students to earn up to 37 credits at the college level. The credits are accomplished through the Early College Credit Program for Universities and the Start College Now program for technical schools, said John Dachel, Colfax High School…
Read MoreNine new staff members welcomed at Colfax Board of Education meeting
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — All together, nine new staff members introduced themselves to the Colfax Board of Education at the September 19 meeting. Hughes Annie Hughes is the high school special education cross categorical teacher. Hughes taught at Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau High School for five years. Hughes and her husband moved to the area because…
Read MoreOff The Publisher’s Desk 9-28-2022
Who is your master? The other night I was watching a movie on TV featuring college students in a university in Europe and in one of movie’s make believe classrooms the statement was made. “Of all the animals on earth, only humans need a master to live.” That put my mind into gear and I…
Read More“An Evening Dark and Dreary” October 1 at Cozy Theater
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — “An Evening Dark & Dreary — The Tales of Edgar Allan Poe” will be presented at the Colfax Municipal Building Auditorium’s Cozy Theater Saturday, October 1. Nate Plummer of Stage Door Unlocked Productions will take the stage as Edgar Allan Poe to perform dramatic readings of “The Tell Tale…
Read MoreElk Creek Solar project planned for Dunn County because of existing transmission lines
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — One of the main reasons the company proposing the Elk Creek Solar project wants to locate a 300 megawatt solar project on 1,600 acres in the Town of Spring Brook is because of existing infrastructure. Xcel Energy has a transmission line running through the Town of Spring Brook, said…
Read MoreUWRF Office of Sustainability collaborates with additional organizations to host Powered by Electricity free event
River Falls, Wis. — The Office of Sustainability at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls is joining forces with St. Croix Electric Co-Op, Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services and nonprofit Hope for Creation to host a Powered by Electricity event on Saturday, Sept. 24, for the River Falls community. Powered by Electricity is a free community event…
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