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Colfax Village Board sets committees for 2016
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — During an organizational meeting April 12, the Colfax Village Board approved committee assignments for 2016. New village board member Casey Rihn attended his first meeting after being elected April 5 to replace Village Trustee Jeremy Klukas, who decided not to run for re-election.
Read MoreColfax still undecided about $325,000 3rd Ave. street project
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Should the Colfax Village Board move forward with the $325,000 Third Avenue street project? To help answer that question, the Colfax Village Board at the April 11 meeting scheduled a street committee meeting April 18 to further discuss Third Avenue.
Read MoreElk Mound High School inducts five into Hall of Fame
By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — Four former Elk Mound athletes and one coach, along with one football team, were inducted into the Elk Mound High School Hall of Fame April 9. The event included a reception in the afternoon for the inductees and their families at Elk Mound High School and a banquet…
Read MoreVillage of Boyceville looks at new false alarm fees
BOYCEVILLE — The village board discussed increasing the fees for the police and fire departments responding to false alarms in the village. Board member Bud Gilbertson informed the board that his committee was not yet ready to bring this to the board Monday evening because of needed changes in the village’s code book.
Read MoreGlenwood City students present DECA accomplishments to school board
By Laura Giammattei GLENWOOD CITY — Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) students conducted a presentation to the school board on what the club is about and their accomplishments this school year.
Read MoreSingle vehicle accident on I-94 sends one to hospital
A 46-year-old man received life-threatening injuries when the 1997 Honda he was driving struck a tree along I-94 on April 8th.
Read MoreDC PR&D recommends county board adopt farmland preservation plan
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Recognizing that agriculture as an important part of Dunn County’s economy, the Dunn County Planning, Resources and Development committee is recommending that the county board adopt a new farmland preservation plan. The PR&D committee held a public hearing on the proposed farmland preservation plan April 5.
Read MoreChippewa Falls man pleads guilty on Boyceville storage unit burglaries and others
By LeAnn R. Ralph HUDSON — A 35-year-old Chippewa Falls man who previously lived in Knapp has pleaded guilty in St. Croix County Circuit Court to three felony counts of burglary, including burglaries of storage units in Boyceville. Patrick P. Haynes pleaded guilty in St. Croix County March 31 before Judge Scott Needham as a…
Read MoreRepublican presidential candidates getting 57 percent of votes cast
Of the 29 states that have completed either their Presidential Primary or the party caucus, Republican Presidential Candidates have collected 57.1 percent of the 40,050,708 votes cast nationwide. With Republican candidates collecting 22,855,846 votes, the Democratic candidates had a count of 17,194,862 as of last Tuesday’s Wisconsin Primary.
Read MoreTown of Grant candidate wins District 1 seat on the Dunn County Board
By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Brian Johnson, a resident in the Town of Grant north of Colfax, has won the election for District 1 supervisor on the Dunn County Board. Johnson faced incumbent Carol Anderson in the April 5 election. Compared to a total of 208 votes for Anderson, Johnson gathered 266 votes.
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