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Dunn County amends zoning ordinance to include brewpubs and microbreweries
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Dunn County Board has approved amending the county’s zoning ordinance to include brewpubs, microbreweries and microbreweries “large.” The county board approved adding brewpubs and microbreweries to the permitted principal uses in a general commercial district and microbreweries-large as a special exception at the January 18 meeting.
Read MoreColfax students honor Wendy Lausted during Crossing Guard Recognition Week
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Wendy Lausted has been a crossing guard for the Colfax school district for 19 years. No matter what the weather — sub-zero cold, windchills, snow, rain, sleet, fog or the heat of a warm fall day — Lausted is at her post, helping students to safely cross state Highway…
Read MoreElk Mound village board appoints trustee after clarification of statute
By Cara L. Dempski ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound village board reversed its position on appointing a new trustee before the April election during its second January meeting. The board decided during its January 4 meeting that a new appointment could not be made as the seat had opened after December 1. Village clerk…
Read MoreElk Mound school board approves enrollment space openings for 2017 – 2018 academic year
By Cara L. Dempski ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound school board heard projected numbers for open enrollment spaces at each district building during its January 2017 regular meeting. The board approved the enrollment space openings for the 2017-2018 school year during its January 16 meeting. District superintendent Eric Wright said the third-, fourth- and…
Read MoreColfax school board reviews WASB resolutions ahead of state convention
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Board of Education reviewed 17 resolutions, ranging from text amendments to existing resolutions to resources for summer school to gender identity, prior to the Wisconsin Association of School Boards’ annual state convention January 17 – 20. One of the text amendments the Colfax school board reviewed at…
Read MoreColfax Public Library: is it a cellular telephone or a computer?
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Quick. What is your smartphone? Is it a cellular telephone that does a bunch of other things? Or is it a computer that happens to make phone calls? The correct answer, says Randy Simpson of 24-7 Telcom out of Menomonie, is that it is a computer that happens to…
Read MoreBoyceville fire district selects Five Bugles Design for new fire station
By LeAnn R. Ralph BOYCEVILLE — The Boyceville Community Fire District Board has selected Five Bugles Design as the architects for the new fire station. The Boyceville fire board approved Five Bugles Design January 11 after holding meetings in closed sessions with the two finalists, Five Bugles Design and Cedar Corporation, in December and earlier…
Read MoreOnly incumbents file nomination papers
Only incumbents have filed nomination papers in the City of Glenwood and the Village of Boyceville.
Read MoreGlenwood City Council has very short meeting
The Glenwood City Council spent about a quarter of an hour on regular business before moving into a closed session to discuss employee wages and benefits.
Read MoreJudge finds probable cause in hit-and-run, orders jail time for probation review
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A Dunn County judge has found probable cause in a case involving a 37-year-old Colfax woman who is accused of a hit-and-run accident that left Linda Salazar, owner of Mom’s Restaurant and Pub in Colfax, severely injured. Following a preliminary hearing in Dunn County Circuit Court January 12, Judge…
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