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Stagehands present “Best Christmas Pageant Ever” at the Spring Valley Theatre
Submitted by Lori Peterson, Spring Valley Stagehands SPRING VALLEY, WI –The Spring Valley Stagehands’ 2024 theatre season will conclude with the play Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Author Barbara Robinson’s popular and bestselling tale of the rowdy Herdmans has been beloved and celebrated since the book’s original release in 1972, and has subsequently been made into…
Read MoreBoyceville School Board approves final four million for referendum projects
By Renee Bettendorf BOYCEVILLE — At their meeting held on November 20 the Boyceville school board voted to approve the final four million dollars in general obligation promissory notes to pay the remaining portion of the cost of the referendum projects. Back in January the board adopted an initial resolution authorizing the issuance of general…
Read MoreElk Mound increases sewer rates by 5 percent
By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — Sewer rates will be increasing in the village of Elk Mound by 5 percent. Terry Stamm, village president, told the Elk Mound Village Board at the November 18 meeting that he was recommending a sewer rate increase of 3 percent based on conversations with Karin Wolf, village clerk-treasurer.…
Read MoreElk Mound working to resolve ammonia issues at wastewater treatment plant
By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — Over the past month, the Village of Elk Mound has been dealing with ammonia issues at the wastewater treatment plant. “We’ve been trying to work on it. It gets better, it gets worse, it gets better and then it gets worse,” said Mark Levra, director of public works,…
Read MoreDunn County could borrow $11.6 million in 2027 for highway shop and keep same debt payment
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Dunn County could borrow $11.6 million in 2027 for a highway department storage building and renovating the existing building and still pay the same amount for debt service. The goal is to maintain the debt service payment every year at $5.3 million and that includes borrowing for the highway…
Read MoreSt. Croix County judge sets bail with $25,000 bond for former GC school district administrator
By LeAnn R. Ralph HUDSON — A St. Croix County judge has set bail with a $25,000 signature bond for former Glenwood City school superintendent Tim Johnson, who is charged with 17 felonies related to theft, money laundering, forgery and misconduct in office. Johnson made an initial appearance in St. Croix County Circuit Court November…
Read MoreNeighbors of Dunn County Report: more people age 65+ and fewer nursing homes
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — In 2020, almost 17 percent of the residents in Dunn County were 65 years and older, but since 2016, 12 nursing homes within 50 miles of Dunn County have closed. In 2010, 12 percent of Dunn County’s population was 65 years and older, while in 2020, 16.9 percent of…
Read MorePreliminary hearing delayed until public defender assigned for man accused of cold case murder
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A Dunn County judge has delayed a preliminary hearing until a public defender can be assigned to represent the man accused in the murder of Mary K. Schlais in the Town of Spring Brook in February of 1974. Jon Keith Miller appeared in Dunn County Circuit Court before Judge…
Read MoreXcel Energy planning solar energy project in St. Croix County
By Renee Bettendorf HUDSON- Xcel Energy has plans for a solar energy project in St. Croix County that would include installing solar panels on 5,000 acres of land, upgrading an existing transmission line or building a new line and connecting the new solar power source to existing infrastructure at a power plant located near Stillwater,…
Read MoreDunn County Board approves 2025 budget of $111.2 million, $24.8 million property tax levy
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Dunn County Board has approved a budget of $111,160,038 for 2025 along with a property tax levy of $24,784,400. The Dunn County Board unanimously approved both resolutions at the November 12 meeting with no discussion. The approved budget for 2025 represents an increase of $11,706,683 over the 2024…
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