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Menomonie rezones Alliance Church property from residential to commercial
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Menomonie Alliance Church property, 502 21st Street Northeast in Menomonie, has been rezoned from Family Residential (R-1) to Local Commercial (B-2) to accommodate a daycare offered by the YMCA. The Menomonie City Council held a public hearing on the request for a rezone from the Menomonie Alliance Church…
Read MoreRidgeland native trains to join U.S. Navy submarine force
By Rick Burke, Navy Office of Community Outreach GROTON, Conn. — Fireman Kelvin Klefstad, a native of Ridgeland, Wisconsin, is training to be part of the U.S. Navy’s 125-year tradition of service under the sea. Klefstad graduated from Prairie Farm High School in 2024. He is the son of Andrew and Tiffany Klefstad. The skills…
Read MoreMenomonie annexes 324 acres and rezones for proposed data center developement
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Menomonie City Council has approved annexing 324 acres along county Highway B from the Town of Red Cedar and rezoning the acreage to Restricted Industrial for the proposed development of a data center. The property is located between 650th Avenue (also known as Eagle Point Road) and 690th…
Read MoreGilbertson receives Hunter Education award
By Renee Bettendorf BOYCEVILLE — Jaime McDermid, Conservation Warden for Dunn County, presented Bud Gilbertson with a 40 Year Hunter Education Award at a recent hunter safety class held at the TCE library. Gilbertson, who is a retired Boyceville phy ed teacher, first got involved volunteering for DNR safety courses as a snowmobile instructor back…
Read MoreLog pile, tractor and snowmobile destroyed by fire
A fire that spread from a burning pile that was thought to have been extinguished spread into a log pile and also destroyed a tractor and snowmobile on property located at 1265 280th Street in Glenwood Township in the early hours of Monday morning. The Glenwood City Fire Department was paged at 3:13 a.m. Monday…
Read MoreBoyceville’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…
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