Area News
Summer Hop Field Day scheduled for July 26
The UW-Madison Extension Offices of Chippewa, Dunn, and Eau Claire will host a Summer Field Day at Hoppertunity Gardens, LLC. on July 26 from 10:00 a.m. to noon with lunch to follow. Topics and speakers include Drip irrigation – basic to complex, Ken Schroeder, UW-Madison Extension, Portage County; Soil fertility focusing on a pH/Liming study;…
Read MoreColfax Health and Rehab is NOT closing
by LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Health and Rehabilitation Center is not closing. The Dunn County Board’s meeting packet for the June 21 meeting, in a discussion about the budget for 2024 pertaining to the Neighbors of Dunn County, stated that Colfax Health and Rehab had closed. While the budget discussion focused on…
Read MoreSteinhoff sentenced to life in prison for Town of Dunn murder
by LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A Dunn County judge has sentenced Ryan L. Steinhoff, age 40, to life in prison for the murder of Bruce McGuigan at a Town of Dunn residence in November of 2020. Steinhoff appeared in Dunn County Circuit Court for a sentencing hearing with his attorney, Matthew Krische, before Judge…
Read MoreJudge approves expert for testimony in sexual assault case against former Colfax man
by LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A Dunn County judge has determined that an expert in domestic violence has specialized knowledge and is qualified to give expert testimony in a case involving a former Colfax man, now a Boyceville resident, accused of sexual assault. Daniel Z. Sims, age 37, appeared in Dunn County Circuit Court…
Read MoreDunn County horse tests positive for west nile virus
Dunn County, Wisconsin — On June 27th, 2023, the Dunn County Health Department reportsed that a horse in Dunn County has tested positive for West Nile Virus (WNV) which is transmitted by mosquitoes. This is the first documented WNV activity in the state this year. No WNV cases in humans have been reported in Wisconsin…
Read MoreYarn Yak Award new at this year’s St. Croix County Fair
GLENWOOD CITY — There is a new award at the St. Croix County Fair this year, July 19-23, 2023. The “Yarn Yak Award” will be presented to the Best of Show in the Open Class Knitting and Crocheting Department (127). The Best of Show ribbon will be presented to an exhibit judged to be the…
Read MoreCompensation for new GC superintendent nears 200K
GLENWOOD CITY — Patrick Olson, Glenwood City School District’s newly hired superintendent, will receive nearly $200,000 in annual compensation. According to financial information requested by the Tribune Press Reporter, the Glenwood City Board of Education approved a salary of $145,000 per year for Olson with an additional $53,200 in benefits which will bring his first-year’s…
Read MoreGrant to improve broadband access in northern Dunn County
CLEAR LAKE — An additional 500 residences and businesses in northern Dunn County will have access to high-speed broadband services from Nextgen Broadband next year after the company’s grant application was approved recently by the state Public Service Commission. The PSC’s Wisconsin Broadband Office announced that Nextgen Broadband, a subsidiary of Clear Lake Telephone Co.,…
Read MoreBoyceville school board accepts elementary principal’s resignation
BOYCEVILLE — From CESA 11 she came and to CESA 11 she will return. The resignation of Tiffany Creek Elementary principal DeeAnn (Thompson) Sol was accepted by the Boyceville Community School District’s Board of Education at its Wednesday evening, June 21 regular meeting held in the TCE Media Center. Sol served as an educational consultant…
Read More$40,000 in meat animal sales at Colfax FFA Alumni Auction
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The sale of meat animals raised for 4-H and FFA projects sold at the Colfax FFA Alumni Auction at the Colfax Free Fair on Sunday, June 18, totaled a little over $40,000. All together, 22 animals were sold, including 13 pigs (seven market barrows and six market gilts), seven…
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