Area News

By LeAnn R. Ralph  MENOMONIE  —  For the time being, the Dunn County Planning, Resources and Development Committee is holding off on developing stormwater management and erosion control ordinances. Before moving forward with developing the ordinances, considerations would be the workload of existing staff members and the availability of funding, said Chase Cummings, county conservationist,…

The Dunn County Area Retired Educators’ Association will meet on Monday, July 18th, at the Menomonie Moose Lodge, 12:00 noon. A picnic style lunch will be served, along with activities and special program from Can Do Canines. Representatives, with a service dog, from this New Hope, MN organization will discuss their service dog training program,…

By LeAnn R. Ralph  MENOMONIE  —  Members of the Dunn County Facilities Committee would like to see the former transfer station west of Menomonie on state Highway 29 put back into use for collecting recyclables. To continue making progress on a possible lease or sale, the facilities committee at the June 22 meeting forwarded the…

MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Leva Oustigoff Jr., 60, Cumberland, Wisconsin was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 18 months in federal prison for making false statements on his taxes.  Oustigoff pleaded guilty to this charge on March 29,…

Two Dunn County Townships have new town board members because of resignations. In the Township of Tiffany, Matt Shepard was appointed to fill the unexpired term of Steve Boyd, who resigned because of moving out of the township. In New Haven Township, Tom Schooner, is being replaced by Lisa Peterson. Schooner gave no reason for…

Menomonie – When it comes to helping precollege students decide on a university or degree program that best fits their interests, career goals and learning styles, the first-year admissions counselors at University of Wisconsin-Stout have students’ interests at heart. And three of the counselors know firsthand what UW-Stout offers – hands-on lab and studio opportunities,…

By LeAnn R. Ralph  MENOMONIE  —  Dunn County may soon have a contractor storage ordinance that would allow the storage of construction or service equipment and other materials in residential or general agricultural zoning by special exception.  Contractor storage might not be especially compatible with residential zoning, and if the storage is allowed in residential…

By LeAnn R. Ralph  MENOMONIE  —  A property in Section 26 of the Town of Tiffany will now be able to have a lot bisected by a private road and also will be able to have more than one habitable structure on the lot. The Dunn County Planning, Resources and Development Committee approved the requests…

By LeAnn R. Ralph  MENOMONIE —  Although Jeffrey and Kelley Lake believed a half-acre parcel was part of a 40-acre parcel they already owned in the Town of Hay River, it was not part of the parcel. Dunn County took possession of the half-acre parcel in 1989 through the “in rem” foreclosure process, and it…