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Residential developer sets sights on Elk Mound TIF
By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — A residential developer proposing to build duplexes and four-plexes in Elk Mound is now considering the village’s Tax Increment Finance District on the south side of the village. Len Schreiber of Cedar Corporation, along with developers Gene Caron and Mike Ruwowski, appeared before the Elk Mound Village Board…
Read MoreElk Mound ends 2015 with $495,489 fund balance
By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Village of Elk Mound ended 2015 with a fund balance of $495,489. The Elk Mound Village Board received an audit report from the accounting firm Baker Tilly at the May 4 meeting.
Read MoreTown of Howard to spray for wild chervil
By LeAnn R. Ralph TOWN OF HOWARD — The Howard Town Board has approved spraying three miles of town road right-of-way at a total cost of about $300 to kill off the invasive plant called wild chervil. The Howard Town Board approved hiring Eric Suvada to do the spraying at the town board’s May 3…
Read MoreColfax FFA Alumni meet fundraising goal for livestock barn
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Members of the Colfax FFA Alumni have met their fundraising goal for improvements to the livestock barn at the Colfax Fairgrounds. “We were just going to do the south side, but then the donations started rolling in, so now we can do the whole thing, the sides and the…
Read MoreKragness elected president of Colfax school board
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Incumbent school board member and former vice president Todd Kragness has been elected as president of the Colfax Board of Education. Colfax school board members held their organizational meeting April 25 prior to the regular monthly meeting.
Read MoreHilson retires from Colfax Board of Education
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — After serving on the Colfax Board of Education for 15 years, Joel Hilson decided not to run for re-election in April. Hilson said he concluded he had served on the school board long enough and that it was time for him to step aside so someone else could have…
Read MoreLee appointed as new Boyceville Village Clerk
By Laura Giammattei BOYCEVILLE – Darlene Lee has been appointed as the new Village Clerk of Boyceville, Wisconsin. Lee accepted the position at the end of March, taking the reigns from previous Village Clerk, Cindy Swanepoel, who passed away in February. Swanepoel served the Boyceville community as Village Clerk for over thirty years.
Read MoreDriver in motorcycle crash near Elk Mound cited for 4th OWI
ELK MOUND — The driver in a motorcycle crash on state Highway 29 near county Highway H in the Town of Elk Mound has been cited for operating under the influence as a fourth offense. According to a news release from the Dunn County Sheriff’s Department, the Dunn County Emergency Communications Center received a report…
Read MoreEM school board approves Medica health insurance
By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound Board of Education has approved Medica as a health insurance provider for the school district. The health insurance that will be available for district employees will come with different options of deductibles and different premium increases, the Board of Education learned at the April 25…
Read MoreColfax switching to Skyward student info system for $31,000
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Switching to a new student information software system is anything but easy. And Bill Yingst, superintendent of schools in Colfax, ought to know, if anyone does, after going through the process twice since he has become superintendent. But members of the Colfax Board of Education decided at the April…
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