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Colfax school board approves 237 open enrollment spaces and 0 special education
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Board of Education has approved 237 regular education open enrollment spaces in the elementary school, middle school and high school and zero for special education. The school board held a special meeting January 30 to consider the spaces available for open enrollment.
Read MoreGlenwood City student experiences Presidential Inauguration
By Cara L. Dempski GLENWOOD CITY — There are not many high school seniors who would think a week of leadership, civics and learning sessions, doing volunteer work, and seeing a Presidential Inauguration would be cool. Glenwood City High School senior Catherine Schurtz begs to differ. The 17-year-old spent January 17 through 21 in Washington,…
Read MoreSingle-vehicle crash results in injuries, citations
FOREST — Two people were injured in a single-vehicle accident Wednesday evening, January 25 on State Highway 64 in the Town of Forest.
Read MoreColfax Public Library Lego® Club inspires young builders
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Even though Legos® were invented 85 years ago in 1932, the colorful plastic building blocks still have the power to spark creativity in youngsters and hold their interest for quite a long time. Consider the Lego® Club at the Colfax Public Library. The Lego® Club meets on the second…
Read MoreNew Richmond man charged with vehicular homicide in St. Croix County’s first traffic fatality of 2017
By Cara L. Dempski HUDSON — An 18-year-old New Richmond man has been charged with one count of vehicular homicide and one count of causing injury/operating under the influence (first offense) after a one-vehicle accident in the Town of Richmond.
Read MoreColfax man pleads guilty to sex assault in Dunn, probation revoked in St. Croix County
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A 20-year-old Colfax man has pleaded guilty to sexual assault and child enticement in Dunn County and has been sentenced to incarceration and extended supervision in St. Croix County on revoked probation for a felony conviction of animal cruelty. Micah Allen Minor was scheduled January 24 for a plea…
Read MoreGlenwood City church youth club offers a “symphony of fellowship”
By Cara L. Dempski GLENWOOD CITY — The future of a youth group started this past fall at Holy Cross Lutheran Church is looking bright after tripling its attendance during its first year of existence. The JAM, or “Jesus and Music” fellowship group started in October 2016 and is aimed at giving first- through sixth-grade…
Read MorePreliminary hearing rescheduled for Boyceville registered sex offender accused of working with children
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A 57-year-old Boyceville woman who is a lifetime registered sex offender charged with two felony counts of a child sex offender working with children and strangulation failed to show up for a preliminary hearing January 23. Judge James M. Peterson issued a bench warrant in Dunn County Circuit Court…
Read MoreChicago man sentenced for fraud scheme for passing bad gift cards
MADISON – John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Fallon Witherspoon, 27, Chicago, was sentenced on January 27 by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to two years of probation for participating in a counterfeit gift card fraud scheme. Witherspoon pleaded guilty to this charge on November 4,…
Read MoreTrial date set for Trempealeau County man charged in Boyceville counterfeiting/forgery case
By Cara L. Dempski MENOMONIE — A Trempealeau County man is headed to trial for charges of forgery-uttering in a Boyceville counterfeiting ring first discovered in August 2016. Juan Antonio Campos, age 33 of Independence, attended a January 26 arraignment regarding the charge and pled not guilty. He is scheduled for trial in front of…
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