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Boyceville’s waste water treatment facility project stalled
By Renee Bettendorf BOYCEVILLE — After hearing an update from village engineer, Eric Barclay, the Boyceville village board decided to consult the village’s attorney in regards to a sewer use agreement that is holding up the wastewater treatment facility plant (WWTF) project at their meeting held on Monday evening. “If the industrial user continues to…
Read MoreMissing River Falls man found dead in Cylon Marsh Wildlife area
On Friday, April 11, 2025 at 7:55 p.m., the St. Croix County Emergency Communication Center received a welfare check from the River Falls Police department to help locate an overdue outdoorsman believed to have travelled to the Cylon Marsh Wildlife area, just east of the Village of Deer Park. The St. Croix County Sheriff’s Office…
Read More4 fire departments respond to town of Otter Creek brush fire Saturday night
Editor’s note: LeAnn R. Ralph serves as chair of the Town of Otter Creek By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax fire department responded to a brush fire in the Town of Otter Creek Saturday night and received mutual aid from three other fire departments: Boyceville, Menomonie and Ridgeland. The call came in around…
Read More2025 City of Menomonie Arbor Day Celebration to be held on April 25
MENOMONIE – The City of Menomonie invites the public to join us for the annual Arbor Day Celebration on Friday, April 25, 2025, at the Dunn County Historical Society beginning at 9:30 a.m. This community event will be held rain or shine—festivities will take place inside Holtby Hall at the museum in case of inclement…
Read MoreSt. Croix County Assistant District Attorney charged with threatening 3 judges
By LeAnn R. Ralph HUDSON — A St. Croix County assistant district attorney has been charged in connection with threatening three St. Croix County judges. Bela Alexander Ballo, age 33, made an initial appearance in St. Croix County Circuit April 4. Ballo is charged with three felony counts of making threats to a judge and…
Read MoreMenomonie man arrested for 5th OWI near Elk Mound schools
ELK MOUND, WI – On April 8, 2025 at 8:23 a.m., a Dunn County Sheriff’s Deputy conducted a traffic stop in the Village of Elk Mound near the intersection of Highway 12 and Juniper Street. The driver, who claimed he had traveled to Elk Mound to purchase laundry detergent, was suspected of being under the…
Read MoreMenomonie contracts with Cedar Corp. for phase 2 of ConAgra water main repair
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Menomonie City Council has contracted for engineering services with Cedar Corporation in the amount of $19,500 to proceed with the second phase of the ConAgra water main repair. The contract represents a service agreement for phase two of the repair of the water man break that happened in…
Read MoreDelivery on Colfax’s new fire engine expected in late March of 2026
Editor’s note: LeAnn R. Ralph serves as chair of the Town of Otter Creek and as chair of the Colfax Community Fire District Board. By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Delivery on the Colfax Community Fire Department’s new fire engine is expected in late March of 2026. The cost of the new fire engine is…
Read MoreTainter Lake District: Dunn County Historical Society hopes to stop sediment with prairie
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Dunn County Historical Society owns 60 acres along state Highway 25 that the historical society would like to take out of row crop production and turn into a prairie with walking paths. The Community Connections and Fund Raising Sub-committee recently met with Melissa Kneeland, the executive director of…
Read MoreJudge finds probable cause in Shooters Showgirls arson
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A Dunn County judge has bound over for trial a 25-year-old Comstock man charged with arson in connection with the January 18 fire that destroyed Shooters Showgirls in the Town of Elk Mound. Colton Wayne Jansen appeared in Dunn County Circuit Court April 8, along with his attorney, Aaron…
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