By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Dunn County Board has approved adding a non-binding referendum question to the November ballot asking whether the Wisconsin Legislature should create a nonpartisan procedure for drawing legislative and congressional district maps. The time has come to ask the state Legislature to enact fair redistricting, said James Tripp, county…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — A committee comprised of Elk Mound school district staff members will begin meeting in mid-July to start planning for the fall semester in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. The district intends for school to start September 1, said Eric Wright, district administrator, at the Elk Mound Board of…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — An Elk Mound High School student charged in Dunn County in connection with making terrorist threats has reached a plea deal. The defendant, who was 17 years old at the time of the incident, appeared with his attorney, Shelly Tomtschik, before Judge Rod Smeltzer for a plea hearing in…
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UPDATE: Subject has been located safe in Woodville, WI. The Dunn County Sheriff’s Office and Elk Mound Police Department are requesting the public’s assistance in locating a missing individual. Austin J. Klopstein, 23 years of age, walked away from a group home in the Village of Elk Mound in the early hours of todays date. Austin…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — Elk Mound has started the ball rolling — or shall we say — the Frisbee flying — to develop a Frisbee golf course in the village. Cynthia (Abraham, village trustee) has become fond of Frisbee golf and believes Elk Mound should have a course, said Steven Abraham, village…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — While still maintaining other portions of the COVID-19 response plan, the Elk Mound Village Board has approved limited use of the library and the community center. The village should maintain the COVID-19 response plan during the two-to-four-to-six week incubation phase following the state Supreme Court’s decision to overturn…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — As part of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Elk Mound Village Board has approved offering refunds or the opportunity to reschedule events at the village park for early June. Although the village board’s next meeting was June 1, the park was rented for June 5 and…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A 40-year-old former Elk Mound man has been sentenced in Dunn County Circuit Court to one year in jail and three years of probation for using another person’s financial transaction card and for theft of movable property. Shea D. Mattice appeared by telephone from the Eau Claire County Jail…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound Board of Education has approved the sale of $9.6 million in general obligation bonds to finance a portion of the $15.7 million in referendum projects approved by voters in the April election. The Elk Mound school board approved two resolutions at the May 18 meeting…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — People who have rented the village park in Elk Mound for a date in May can extend the rental out up to two years, or they can ask for a refund. People have been asking whether they can get a refund, said Pat Hahn, village clerk-treasurer, at the…
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