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DNR asks public to report black bear dens
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) encourages the public to report any black bear den locations across Wisconsin to help with an ongoing black bear reproduction study. While reporting all den locations is critical to the success of this study, there is a particular need for reports in Clark, Taylor, Wood,…
Read MoreWisconsin’s State and Local Tax Burden Remains Near Historic Low
After falling in 2022 to its lowest level in more than a half century, the share of Wisconsinites’ incomes that they paid in state and local taxes effectively held steady last year, according to a new Wisconsin Policy Forum report. This ratio, the state and local tax burden, rose slightly in 2023 to 10.0%, up…
Read MoreColfax Commercial Club seeking nominations for 2023 J.D. Simons Community Volunteer Award
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Commercial Club is once again seeking nominations for the J.D. Simons Community Volunteer Award. The J.D. Simons Community Volunteer Award for 2023 will be the seventh awarded by the Colfax Commercial Club. The award is intended to provide recognition to an individual either living in Colfax or…
Read MoreRed Cross: Emergency blood shortage may delay medical procedures
EAU CLAIRE — The American Red Cross is experiencing an emergency blood shortage as the nation faces the lowest number of people giving blood in 20 years. The Red Cross blood supply has fallen to critically low levels across the country, and blood and platelet donors are urged to make a donation appointment to help…
Read More13 of 29 Dunn County supervisory districts have 2 candidates
By LeAnn R.Ralph MENOMONIE — Out of the 29 supervisory districts representing the Dunn County Board, 13 have two candidates, while one district has no candidate for the April 2 election. Districts 2, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 18, 21, 24, 25 and 28 all have two candidates. District 20, which covers Ward…
Read MoreBurglary in Dunn County
On Friday, January 5th, 2024, shortly before 10:00 a.m., deputies from the Dunn County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to an address in the Town of Elk Mound for a report of a male subject who had approached a residence and removed the doorbell security camera. The male then walked around the side of the residence…
Read MoreIncumbents running for Colfax and Elk Mound village board and school board
By LeAnn R.Ralph COLFAX — Incumbents will be on the ballot April 2 for the Colfax Village Board, the Colfax Board of Education and the Elk Mound Village Board, while the Elk Mound Board of Education had one incumbent who filed notification of non-candidacy. All of the candidates filed their paperwork by the January 2…
Read MoreColfax paramedic appointed as interim director of the Colfax Rescue Squad
By LeAnn R.Ralph COLFAX — Chrystal Smith, a paramedic with the Colfax Rescue Squad, has been appointed as the interim director following the resignation of Don Knutson. Knutson officially resigned as of January 1 and served the Colfax Rescue Squad for 34 years. On January 2, Knutson started his new position as clerk-treasurer for the…
Read MoreOne couple’s journey from Elk Mound to Australia to Malaysia to Colfax
By LeAnn R.Ralph COLFAX — How did a young man who graduated from Elk Mound High School end up living in Australia and marrying a brilliant young woman from Malaysia with a doctorate degree in Social Psychology? Alex Tandberg and Hema Preya Selvanathan live in Brisbane, Australia, and were married in Malaysia on December 7,…
Read MoreA review of the top news headlines for January, February, and March 2023
JANUARY January 4: MCCANDLESS ASKING FOR NEW TRIAL IN TOWN OF SPRING BROOK MURDER: MENOMONIE — Ezra J. McCandless, who was convicted by a jury in the fall of 2019 in the first degree intentional homicide of Alexander Woodworth in the Town of Spring Brook in March of 2018, is asking for a new trial.…
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