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All Fired Up! Boyceville Cucumber Festival August 18-20
By LeAnn R. Ralph BOYCEVILLE — The Boyceville Community Fire Department is celebrating 75 years — and the Boyceville Cucumber Festival is ready to celebrate Friday, Saturday and Sunday, August 18 to 20. Golden Pickle Clues will be posted on the Boyceville Community Action Club’s Facebook page at 9 a.m. daily. Pickle Central on Main…
Read MoreBoyceville Community Fire Department celebrates 75 years: From ladders and buckets to a new fire station
By LeAnn R. Ralph BOYCEVILLE — The Boyceville Community Fire Department is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year and will be the Grand Marshals in the Boyceville Cucumber Festival Parade at beginning at 1 p.m. Sunday. The Boyceville fire department has been housed in the new fire station on Charlotte Street since 2020. Before that…
Read MoreRed Cross: Donation shortfall may impact blood supply
EAU CLAIRE — The American Red Cross has seen a shortfall of about 25,000 blood donations in the first two months of the summer, which makes it hard to keep hospital shelves stocked with lifesaving blood products. By making an appointment to give blood or platelets in August, donors can keep the national blood supply…
Read MoreVolunteers needed for unique jail gardening program in Dunn County
MENOMONIE, Wis. — For the last 13 years, Huber Law inmates at the Dunn County jail have been tending a garden behind the jail that has yielded produce and fruit. That bounty, in turn, has been donated to the local Stepping Stones food pantry and homeless shelter to benefit those in need. “We give thousands…
Read MoreElk Mound approves annual wage and benefit negotiations
By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — Wage and benefit negotiations for village employees in Elk Mound will now take place every year. Prior to this, the Elk Mound Village Board has been negotiating with employees every three years on wages and benefits with scheduled increases for each of the three years. The end of…
Read MoreEOG Resources requesting change in reclamation permit for S&S Mine
By LeAnn R. Ralph CHIPPEWA FALLS — EOG Resources, which had been mining frac sand at the Schindler and Sikora Mine in the Town of Howard, is requesting a change in the reclamation permit to include no wetland mitigation requirements. Chippewa County Land and Water Conservation held a public informational meeting on the proposed modifications…
Read MoreVisitors from Norway make meaningful connections in Colfax
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — After traveling all the way from Norway, the Sørslett family’s visit to Colfax was everything they had hoped it would be and more. Bjørn Arne Sørslett, his daughter, Hanna Mæland Sørslett, mother, Sigrun Sørslett, and father, Gunnar Sørslett, began their visit with attending the worship service at Colfax Lutheran…
Read MoreCrash at D and DD leaves two injured
GLENWOOD CITY — Two were injuredin a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of County Road D and DD on August 7th. According to a news release from the St. Croix County Sheriff’s Office the “County Emergency Communications received multiple 911 calls at 6:14 am that morning for a crash at this intersection. Sheriff’s Office deputies,…
Read MoreRed Cross: Donation shortfall may impact blood supply
EAU CLAIRE — The American Red Cross has seen a shortfall of about 25,000 blood donations in the first two months of the summer, which makes it hard to keep hospital shelves stocked with lifesaving blood products. By making an appointment to give blood or platelets in August, donors can keep the national blood supply…
Read MoreGC school board adopts new district goals
GLENWOOD CITY — The School District of Glenwood City will have some new goals for the upcoming school year. The Board of Education unanimously approved (6-0) the new district-wide goals for the 2023-24 academic year at its August 7 regular session. These new SMART Goals, which stands for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-bound, were…
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