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Cold case murder suspect pleads not guilty
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Jon K. Miller, the suspect accused of killing Mary Schlais in the Town of Spring Brook in February of 1974, has pleaded not guilty in Dunn County Circuit Court. Miller was scheduled for a preliminary hearing December 13, but Miller’s attorney, Travis Satorius, told the court that Miller wanted…
Read MoreMenomonie City Council approves $45,000 in funding for Mabel Tainter and $25,000 for Downtown Menomonie
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Menomonie City Council has approved $45,000 in funding for the Mabel Tainter Center for the Arts and $25,000 for Downtown Menomonie as part of the Tax Increment Finance District 15 budget for 2025. The Mabel Tainter Center for the Arts is an economic driver for Menomonie because in…
Read MoreSt. Croix County to host open house for Kitty Rhoades Memorial Memory Care Center
New Richmond, WI: St. Croix County is excited to announce the reopening of the Kitty Rhoades Memorial Memory Care Center, featuring a new Dementia Crisis Stabilization Unit (DCSU). To celebrate this milestone, the County invites the public to an Open House on Thursday, December 19 from 5 -7 p.m., located at 1426 N 4th Street…
Read MoreBoyceville Village Board approves 2025 tax levy at $227,034
BOYCEVILLE-At their meeting held on Monday evening the Boyceville village board unanimously approved the 2025 levy limit, which is the maximum amount of property taxes the village can collect in a year, at $227,034 with board trustee Ben Hitz absent. Village clerk treasurer Brittany Halvorson presented the 2025 budget to the board. In 2025 the…
Read MoreWheeler approves budget of $477,000 for 2025
By LeAnn R. Ralph WHEELER — The Wheeler Village Board has adopted a revenue and expense budget for 2025 of $476,770. The village board approved the 2025 budget and a property tax levy of $58,664 December 4. The property tax levy for the 2025 budget represents a $2 increase over the property tax levy for…
Read MoreBoyceville fire board receives 4 applications for fire chief
By LeAnn R. Ralph BOYCEVILLE — The Boyceville Community Fire District Board has received four applications for the position of fire chief. The Boyceville fire board received the applications for fire chief at a special meeting on December 3 at the Boyceville fire station. Karl Hackbarth, representative for the Town of Stanton and chair of…
Read MoreGlenwood City’s Fire Chief asks city to make changes to the false alarm ordinance
GLENWOOD CITY — The city council pushed through their open meeting agenda Monday evening in just 18 minutes and covered the dozen items on the agenda including a request from Fire Chief Greg Holden to make a change to the City’s False alarm ordinance. At present a location can have two false alarms per year…
Read MoreCounty 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…
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