Area News
Wisconsin Northwoods Quilts of Valor presents 4 quilts to area veterans
By LeAnn R.Ralph COLFAX — Members of the Wisconsin Northwoods Quilts of Valor have presented four more quilts to area veterans. Quilts were presented to Jon Suckow, Roger Hainstock, Alan Johnson and Rodney Johnson during an American Legion Russell-Toycen Post 131 meeting at the Grapevine Senior Center in Colfax May 16. Rodney Johnson was not…
Read MoreMan who murdered 4 and left their corpses in Town of Sheridan sentenced to 100 years in prison
By LeAnn R. Ralph RAMSEY COUNTY — The 39-year-old man who murdered four people and left their bodies in an SUV in a Town of Sheridan corn field in September of 2021 has been sentenced to more than 100 years in prison. Antoine D. Suggs was convicted by a Ramsey County, Minnesota, jury on four…
Read MoreGlenwood City superintendent tenders resignation
GLENWOOD CITY — Longtime Glenwood City school district superintendent Tim Johnson has submitted his resignation to the Board of Education according to the agenda that district posted to its website Friday afternoon, May 19. Johnson’s communication to the board reads as follows: “Dear School Board Members, I am writing to provide notice of my intent…
Read MoreGovernor Evers approves WIS 128 pavement improvement project
To invest in Wisconsin’s transportation system, Gov. Tony Evers has signed a $4.49 million contract with prime contractor Monarch Paving Co. of Amery for a pavement improvement project on WIS 128 from WIS 29 northeast of Spring Valley to US 12 west of Wilson in St. Croix County. Construction is scheduled to start Monday, May…
Read MoreGCE Student Council opens City Council meeting
The regular monthly meeting of the Glenwood City Common Council was lead by grade school students who are members of the student council at the Glenwood City schools. The students are from the second, third and fifth grades. This is the third month in which Mayor Rob Unruh has invited student council members to open…
Read MoreFour file for open seat on Glenwood City City Council
Four city residents sent letters to the city council expressing their interest in serving on the City Council. The six-person city council has one open seat and they placed an advertisement in the Tribune Press Reporter for the past three weeks asking any city resident that were interested in serving to submit a letter to…
Read MoreWood City Tavern benefit has already raised more than $10,000 for deputy’s family
By LeAnn R. Ralph GLENWOOD CITY — When Kent Kletcher decided to donate the proceeds from the Wood City Open golf tournament to Deputy Leising’s family, he was only looking for t-shirts and hats. The next thing you know, people were donating $500 crossbows and flat screen televisions. “I decided Monday or Tuesday of last…
Read MoreBaldwin, Risch slam FDA rule that allows plant-based products to use dairy’s good name, hurts consumers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On May 11, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Jim Risch (R-ID) led a bipartisan group of colleagues calling out the Biden Administration’s misguided draft guidance that allows non-dairy product imitators to use dairy names, like milk, when labeling their products. In February, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) contradicted their own…
Read MoreSenators Baldwin, Daines introduce bipartisan WWII Nurses Congressional Gold Medal Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the nation celebrates National Nurses Week, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Steve Daines (R-MT) introduced the WWII Nurses Congressional Gold Medal Act to award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the brave women who were World War II Army and Navy nurses. By the time World War II ended, more…
Read MoreVillage of Colfax sets parking restrictions on High Street for school district access
by LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — From September 1 to June 1 from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays, people will no longer be able to park on High Street west of Birch Street near the Colfax school district. It is difficult for the school buses to get through when cars are parked on…
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