MADISON — On Monday, March 16, 2020, Gov. Tony Evers directed Department of Health Services (DHS) Secretary-designee Andrea Palm to issue an agency order prohibiting mass gatherings of 50 people or more statewide to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. This order is effective on Tues., March 17, 2020 at 12:01 a.m. and will remain in…
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MADISON — On Friday, March 13, Gov. Tony Evers directed Department of Health Services (DHS) Secretary-designee Andrea Palm to issue an agency order mandating the statewide closure of all K-12 schools, public and private, as part of the state’s efforts to respond to and contain the spread of COVID-19 in Wisconsin. The mandated closure will…
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MADISON — On Thursday, March 12, 2020 Gov. Tony Evers declared a public health emergency in response to new cases of COVID-19, directing the Department of Health Services (DHS) to use all the resources necessary to respond to and contain the outbreak. In that week, Wisconsin has had 5 new cases of COVID-19 and Illinois…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound Village Board has approved a request to waive the requirement for installing sewer and water service at two residential lots on University Street because of the estimated cost of $250,000. Elk Mound resident Lyn Harrison received the exemption at the village board’s March 4 meeting.…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A 17-year-old Elk Mound High School student has been charged in Dunn County with one felony count of making terrorist threats after sending threatening text messages regarding school staff. The defendant waived a preliminary hearing in the case on February 11 before Judge Rod W. Smeltzer, and an arraignment…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A Whitetail deer killed during bow season near 3M in Menomonie has tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease. This was the first wild CWD deer in Dunn County, although the first CWD deer in this area was detected in Eau Claire County in 2017 with three more positives in…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — If residents in the Elk Mound school district approve the $15.7 million referendum question on the April 7 ballot, what’s next? Eric Wright, school district administrator, reported to the Elk Mound Board of Education at the February 17 meeting that he has been attending various meetings in the…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound Village Board has approved hiring Davy Engineering as consultants at a cost of $5,000 to assist the village with phosphorus discharge limits for the wastewater treatment plant. The village received the new wastewater treatment permit from the state Department of Natural Resources in October 2019,…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — An attorney representing a 22-year-old Wheeler man accused in the armed robbery of Peoples State Bank in Boyceville and U-fuel near Elk Mound is seeking to strike “use of a dangerous weapon” from the charges. David J.R. Hoffman appeared in Dunn County Circuit Court February 4 with his attorney,…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — It’s a win-win situation for both agencies. The Colfax Village Board at the January 27 meeting approved an agreement between the Colfax Rescue Squad and the Elk Mound Police Department for Colfax to supply naloxone to Elk Mound. Naloxone, also known as the brand name Narcan®, is a medication…
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