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Colfax Plan Commission recommends combining lots for High Street duplexes
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Plan Commission is recommending that the village board approve combining two lots into one for three proposed duplexes on High Street. Luke Ciszewski of Precision Builders appeared before the plan commission July 19 to talk about the duplexes he is proposing to build directly west of the…
Read MoreColfax Board of Education reviews school safety plan
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Board of Education has reviewed and approved the school district’s safety plan. The school board approved the safety plan in December, but the plan should be approved again after the new fiscal year and then should be reviewed annually if not more often, said William C. Yingst…
Read MoreThe need for blood doesn’t take a summer vacation
Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls – While summer is a time many enjoy vacations, cookouts and gatherings with friends and family, it is also when hospitals need more blood donations as people tend to get too busy to think about donating. Someone needs blood or a blood product every two seconds in the United…
Read MoreColfax school board audit report: State under-funds special education by 60 percent
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Although state legislators like to say they fund education at 66 percent, for the Colfax school district, special education is only funded at 40 percent. The special education fund (Fund 27) “is shorted every single year,” said William C. Yingst Jr., district administrator, at the Colfax Board of Education’s…
Read MoreColfax accepts donation of gaga ball pit
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Youngsters may soon be able to play “gaga ball” at the Colfax Fairgrounds thanks to a donation from the Colfax Cub Scouts and their parents. The first time gaga ball came to her attention, said Amy Horchem at the Colfax Village Board’s July11 meeting, was when her older sons…
Read MoreNorthwood Technical College presented a nearly $10 million workforce grant
Northwood Technical College is the recipient of a $9,823,075 Workforce Innovation Grant to fund its three-year Housing Opportunity and Mobile Education Solutions (HOMES) project. Gov. Tony Evers and Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) Secretary and CEO Missy Hughes made the announcement on Tuesday, June 21 at the Northwood Tech Rice Lake Campus. “The HOMES project…
Read MoreUW-Stout LAKES REU student seeking farmers to fill out survey
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMOINE — Calling all farmers … Nidia Lazos is asking for your help in filling out a survey she has developed as part of the LAKES REU program at UW-Stout this summer. Lazos is a student at the University of Kansas who is majoring in Environmental Studies and minoring in Peace and…
Read MoreGroup working to form Tainter Lake Rehabilitation District gathers enough signatures to move forward
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Friends of the Red Cedar Basin have gathered enough signatures to move onto the next step toward forming the Tainter Lake Rehabilitation District. The group has had several campaigns to gather signatures for the petition, and so far, they have signatures from 540 eligible landowners, said Chase Cummings, county…
Read MoreBoyceville ambulance board decides to continue with run volume and per capita for calculating assessments
By LeAnn R. Ralph BOYCEVILLE — The Boyceville Community Ambulance District Board has decided to continue calculating assessments to the member municipalities by a combination of run volume and per capita. If the assessments were calculated strictly on a per capita basis, the per capita would be $80.79, said Wayne Dow, ambulance service director, at…
Read MoreCountry Nights & Carnival Lights: The St. Croix County Fair starts today!
By LeAnn R. Ralph GLENWOOD CITY — Under the theme of “Country Nights and Carnival Lights,” the St. Croix County Fair begins today, July 20, and runs through Sunday. Admission to the fair is free. Daily parking passes are $8, while a four-day parking pass is $20. The four-day parking pass can be purchased Wednesday,…
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