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Man sentenced for fraud involving federal crop loan

MADISON — John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Kelly Wachter, 34, formerly of Bloomington, Wis., was sentenced January 6th by U. S. District Judge James D. Peterson to three years of probation and ordered to pay $85,424.51 in restitution for fraudulent conversion and sale of crops owned…

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Two injured in car vs. truck accident on Highway 63

ELLSWORTH — Two people were injured, one seriously, in a two vehicle accident on Highway 63.  According to the Wisconsin State Patrol, they received a call on Wednesday, January 11 at 12:43 p.m. of a two-vehicle crash with injuries and road blockage on US 63 at 690 Street in Pierce County.

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Sand Lake Conservation Camp for grades 6 – 8 scheduled in June

COLFAX  —  The Sand Lake Conservation Camp for youth in grades six through eight will be held June 21 – 23, Wednesday through Friday, at the Camp Bird Youth Camp near Crivitz. This will be the 12th annual Sand Lake Conservation Camp for Wisconsin and Upper Michigan students who are attending grades six, seven and…

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An Outdoorsman’s Journal – 1-11-2017

by Mark Walters Crappie and Perch on Lake Chetac Hello friends,  I am truly blessed with many friends and family members that I do a lot of really fun things with. Looking back at that sentence, that is pretty cool. Anyways, this past week I headed up to Sawyer County near Birchwood and ice fished…

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Rockpile – 1-11-2017

Leaker’s II wrapped up 2nd quarter honors on the Hometown league last week while the Anderson Funeral Home won 2nd quarter bragging rights on the Town and Country League.

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UW-Extension offering pork quality assurance certification class

UW-Extension will be hosting a Pork Quality Assurance certification class Wednesday January 18th, 2017, 2:00 PM, at the Ag Service & Education Center in Baldwin.  We expect this training to be 2 to 2.5 hours long.  Those who certified in 2014 will be asked to re-certify again in 2017. Historically we’ve held this training over…

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St. Croix County Democratic Party to hold January 12 meeting

The St. Croix County Democratic Party will be hosting their monthly meeting on Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 7pm (6pm is social /discussion hour). The location of the meeting is Ready Randy’s in New Richmond. This month’s topic is “How Rural Issues Effect All of Us”.

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