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County 4-H programs and UW-Stout team up to provide art education
For the fifth consecutive year, the Dunn, Eau Claire, and Chippewa County 4-H programs are partnering with the UW-Stout Art Education Department and Arts Integration Menomonie (AIM) to offer Art U, a virtual and in person art education program, to youth in the Chippewa Valley. All Dunn, Eau Claire, and Chippewa County youth in grades…
Read MoreColfax approves property tax levy of $515,320 for 2025 general expense budget of $1.5 million
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board has approved a property tax levy of $515,320 for the 2025 general fund expense budget of $1,532,447. The property tax levy approved by the village board at the budget hearing on December 4 of $515,320 for 2025 compares to a property tax levy for this…
Read MoreDunn County in beginning stages of developing “Infant at Work” policy
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Dunn County is at the beginning stages of developing an “Infant at Work” policy that would allow new parents to bring their babies to work with them. “I think the ‘Infant at Work’ policy sounds like a great idea,” said Michelle Bachand, county board supervisor from Menomonie and a…
Read MoreState attorney general files response to McCandless appeal for new trial
By LeAnn R. Ralph WAUSAU — State Attorney General Joshua L. Kaul has filed a response to the appeal made by convicted murderer Ezra McCandless to the District III Court of Appeals for a new trial. McCandless was convicted by a Dunn County jury following a three-week trial in October of 2019 for the first…
Read MoreDC ADRC and Transit will soon begin pilot program for rural bus service to Menomonie
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — If you are elderly or disabled, live in a rural area, and want a ride to Menomonie and back, you will soon have that opportunity. Dunn County Transit and the Dunn County Aging and Disability Resource Center are teaming up to start a three-year pilot program to provide rural…
Read MoreU.S. Attorney’s office and ATF highlight emerging threat posed by machinegun conversion devices
MADISON, WIS. – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Wisconsin and the ATF Madison Field Office are joining together to highlight the dangers of machinegun conversion devices (MCDs). The devices are an emerging threat, and law enforcement agents are increasingly finding them in Wisconsin. About an inch-long, an MCD is an illegal…
Read MoreGC school board accepts $126,000 from fraud insurance claim
GLENWOOD CITY — At their meeting held on Monday evening, the Glenwood City school board voted to accept $126,000 from an insurance claim filed in regards to the former district administrator Tim Johnson fraud case. They also discussed possibly using that money to correct a number of compensation discrepancies that were instituted by Johnson. According…
Read MoreDunn County PR&D recommends rezone for former solid waste and recycling site
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Dunn County Planning, Resources and Development Committee is recommending to the county board that the former solid waste and recycling site be rezoned as General Commercial in anticipation of selling the property. The PR&D committee first discussed the possibility of a rezone for the former solid waste and…
Read MoreDunn County has no legal authority to pause refugee resettlement
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — According to a legal opinion from the corporation counsel’s office, Dunn County has no legal authority to pause refugee resettlement in Dunn County. The Dunn County Health and Human Services Board on the November 21 agenda included two items about refugee resettlement. The first item was requested by Luke…
Read MoreNumber of fields in Dunn County used by septic haulers now down to fewer than 120 per year
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Although the number of fields initially approved by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources in Dunn County for septic haulers to land spread sludge was 400, that number is now down to fewer than 120 per year. Neil Koch, a retired hydrogeologist and a resident of the Town of…
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