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State 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…
Read MoreStagehands 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.…
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