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Boyceville Community School Board discusses annual audit and upcoming referendum
By Renee Bettendorf BOYCEVILLE – At their regular monthly meeting held on February 21, the Boyceville School Board heard from Sheanne Hediger of the accounting firm Baker Tilly about the district’s annual audit report, discussed the upcoming referendum and heard several reports. Hediger’s firm started their field work last July and completed the audit report…
Read MoreEvers signs a GOP bill containing his legislative maps
By WisPolitics.com Most analysts a month ago considered it a longshot that Democratic Gov. Tony Evers would sign a GOP bill containing his legislative maps. But that’s what happened on Feb. 19, after majority GOP lawmakers decided the Evers maps might not be so bad considering what might come from the newly liberal Wisconsin Supreme…
Read More$4.2 million referendum question fails in Menomonie school district
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Voters in the Menomonie school district failed a referendum question February 20 to exceed the revenue limit by $4.2 million in perpetuity. According to unofficial election results posted on the Dunn County clerk’s website, the question failed on a vote of 59 percent “no” to 41 percent “yes,” with…
Read MoreEM police department evidence room planned for DPW cold storage
By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound Police Department will soon have a new evidence room in the cold storage area of the department of public works building. The Elk Mound Village Board approved building the evidence room at a cost not to exceed $7,000 at the February 19 meeting. The estimate…
Read MoreColfax High School football program has improved but now needs more help
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax High School football program has improved since the roster engagement plan was put into place in 2022, but the program still needs more help. Joe Beranek, CHS football coach and high school history teacher, spoke briefly to the Colfax Board of Education at the February 19 meeting…
Read MoreTown of Menomonie man sentenced to 25 years in prison for child sexual assault
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A 34-year-old Town of Menomonie man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after being found guilty by a Dunn County jury on four felony counts related to the first degree sexual assault of a child. Kory M. Cockeram appeared before Judge Luke M. Wagner for a sentencing…
Read MoreMeet the local Dunn County candidates on March 7
Menomonie and other Dunn County residents have been invited to meet face to face with candidates who are seeking to represent them on the Dunn County Board, the Menomonie City Council, as Menomonie Mayor, and on the governing board of the School District of the Menomonie Area. The meet-up will be held on Thursday, March…
Read MoreColfax school board declines to provide transportation to Bloomer for youth wrestling
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Board of Education has declined to provide transportation to Bloomer for fifth and sixth grade students who want to participate in wrestling. Amber Parzyck, representing a group of what were presumably parents with children interested or already participating in wrestling, spoke to the Colfax Board of Education…
Read MoreFatal crash on WIS 25 in Dunn County
DUNN COUNTY — On February 25, 2024, at approximately 12:49 pm, a 2-vehicle crash occurred on Highway 25 near Northline Road in Dunn County. The crash involved one fatality and one injury. Preliminary investigation shows a pickup truck traveling southbound pulled into the northbound lane to pass a vehicle and drove head-on into a passenger…
Read MoreDunn County asking HSHS and Prevea to “slow down and work with communities”
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Dunn County Board has adopted a resolution essentially asking the Hospital Sisters Health System and Prevea Health to slow down the process for closing Sacred Heart Hospital and St. Joseph’s Hospital along with 19 Prevea clinics. The resolution has been adopted by Eau Claire County and Chippewa County…
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