ELK MOUND — Cindy Bourget, school counselor at Elk Mound Middle School has been recognized as the 2023 Wisconsin School Counselor of the Year. Annually, the Wisconsin School Counselor Association (WSCA) awards this honor to a school counselor who has demonstrated a profound impact on the profession of school counseling. The winners have devoted their…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — Based on recommendations from the employee relations committee, the Elk Mound Village Board has approved pay raises for village employees. The employee relations committee, which includes Village Trustees Cynthia Abraham, Pat Lien and Jesse Jenson (chair of the committee), met and are recommending pay raises in addition to…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — It takes a while to complete $15 million in referendum construction projects, but now the time has come. The Elk Mound school district has scheduled an open house for October 27 so that people can see the result of the work put into construction and remodeling, said Eric…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound Village Board has decided to hold off for now on providing an administrative assistant for the police department. The agenda item at the Elk Mound Village Board’s September 6 meeting was to have discussion and action on changing the clerk-treasurer’s office assistant position to full-time…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Village of Elk Mound has completed the survey process for the update of the village’s Smart Growth comprehensive land use plan. According to state statutes, comprehensive plans must be updated every 10 years, and the last time Elk Mound’s plan was updated was in 2012, said Karin…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound Village Board has increased the fines for parking tickets by up to $15 and by various amounts for other violations. In certain parts of the village, there are chronic parking issues, said Elk Mound Police Chief Chad Weinberger at the Elk Mound Village Board’s August…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The total property tax levy for the Elk Mound school district is expected to decrease by 3.16 percent for the 2022-2023 school year. The budget is expected to decrease by 1 percent, and the local levy is expected to be $1,657,049 with a debt levy of $1,515,000 for…
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By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — A mother and daughter who died as a result of a Chippewa County car crash in the Town of Cleveland were an employee and a student in the Elk Mound school district. According to a Facebook posting dated June 13 by the Elk Mound school district, Sara LeMay…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound Village Board has asked village staff and one volunteer from the village board to work on writing survey questions to begin the process for updating the Smart Growth comprehensive plan. State law requires comprehensive land use plans to be updated at least every 10 years,…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Whenever Patti Stangel releases an owl, a bird, a badger — or any of the other wildlife she rehabilitates — she always says, “Good Luck. God bless. Long life.” Stangel, of Wildlife Rehabilitation and Release Inc., spoke to the Merry Mixers at their June 2 meeting. Stangel’s wildlife rehabilitation…
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