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Happy 103rd birthday, 19th amendment, or women’s equality day
Equal means equal! That’s the theme for the free Women’s Equality Day event set for 1-4 p.m. Saturday, August 26, at the Russell J. Rassbach Heritage Museum in Menomonie’s Wakanda Park. The League of Women Voters-Greater Chippewa Valley, in collaboration with the museum, invites the public to celebrate the 103rd anniversary of the 19th Amendment…
Read MoreDunn County Board grants Russian Slough easement for 24-7 Telcom fiber optic cable
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Fiber optic Internet service in the northeast quadrant of the Town of Tainter took another step closer with the Dunn County Board’s approval of a Russian Slough easement for 24-7 Telcom. 24-7 Telcom is seeking permission to have an easement through Russian Slough Park and for boring under the…
Read MoreDNR holds public hearing on Emerald Sky Dairy WPDES permit and proposed expansion
By LeAnn R. Ralph TOWN OF EMERALD — The biggest concern about Emerald Sky Dairy at a public hearing held by the state Department of Natural Resources is high nitrate levels in the groundwater. More than a dozen people spoke at a public hearing held by the DNR July 25 about an application from Emerald…
Read MoreDC Fair affected by hot weather and torrential rain
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Although the Dunn County Fair had just gotten started on Wednesday afternoon, by Thursday afternoon, with a heat index over 100 degrees Fahrenheit, fair officials decided to close down the fair at 5:30 p.m. A post on Facebook announced the closing on Thursday, July 27. “We regret to inform…
Read MoreEM school board approves $14.3 million preliminary budget for annual meeting
By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound Board of Education has approved a revenue budget and an expense budget for Fund 10 of $14,309,879 for the 2023-2024 school year that will be presented at the annual meeting in August. Total revenue and expenditures of $14,309,879 represent a 4.4 percent decrease, or a…
Read MoreBoyceville school board approves preliminary budget
BOYCEVILLE — The Boyceville Community School District Board of Education breezed through its July 19 regular meeting which was held in the Tiffany Creek Elementary Media Center, taking just a half hour to clear its agenda which included the approval of the 2023-24 preliminary budget. With board president Tim Sempf absent, vice president Jeremy Mittlestadt…
Read MoreBoyceville Village Board wrestles with 10-year street improvement plan
The Boyceville Village Board meeting of Monday, July 24 had nine items on the agenda and one of them was to work on a 10-year plan for village street improvements. The agenda called for the reallocation of Local Road Improvement Program (LRIP) grant of some $14,521 that has been approved for Nordveien Drive to some…
Read MoreSims found guilty of third degree sexual assault
by LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A 37-year-old former Colfax man, now a Boyceville resident, has been found guilty of third degree sexual assault with a modifier of domestic abuse. Daniel Z. Sims was the defendant in a two-day jury trial in Dunn County Circuit Court July 17 and 18. Sims was charged with…
Read MoreRed Cross needs help to avert a blood shortage
EAU CLAIRE — After a summer of declining donations, the American Red Cross needs the public’s help to prevent a blood shortage. When a donor makes and keeps an appointment to give blood or platelets in the weeks ahead, they can help ensure trauma patients, those undergoing cancer treatment, and people with lifelong blood disorders…
Read MoreNew state budget settles big issues, leaves room to keep bargaining on others
Drawing upon an unprecedented state surplus of nearly $7 billion, Wisconsin’s new state budget features a combination that might otherwise have seemed impossible: the largest increase in funding for public services in three decades, sizable tax cuts, and the preservation of abundant reserves. Following a period of record inflation, Wisconsin’s newly enacted 2023-25 state budget…
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