Incumbent Congressmen, Sean Duffy and Ron Kind were returned to Congress last Tuesday. Kind, a Democrat from LaCrosse, has served the Third Wisconsin Congressional District since 1997 and outpolled his Republican opponent Steve Toft of Osseo, by a count of 187,615 to 126,879. In the Third Congressional District incumbent Republican Sean Duffy of Wausau out…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Kevin Bygd, the Dunn County Sheriff’s Department Captain of Field Services, was elected as sheriff of Dunn County in the November 6 election. Bygd, a Boyceville resident, ran as a Republican and faced Democratic challenger Rod Dicus of Elk Mound, who serves as an investigator for the Dunn County…
Read MoreELK MOUND — The School District of Elk Mound will be hosting the annual Veterans Day program on Monday, November 12, at 2:20 p.m. in the Elk Mound High School gymnasium. The keynote speaker will be Greg Quinn, Dunn County Veterans Service Officer. According to the County Veterans Service Officer Association of Wisconsin’s on-line directory,…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The November 6 election will feature a variety of races for Dunn County sheriff, the 67th Assembly District, the 23rd Senate District as well as United States Senate and Representative in Congress and statewide races for governor, attorney general, and state treasurer.
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COLFAX — Kevin Bygd is the Republican candidate on the ballot in the November 6 election for Dunn County sheriff. Bygd, a Boyceville resident, has worked for the Dunn County sheriff’s department for 29 years and is the captain of field services. He grew up in Prairie Farm and graduated from Prairie Farm High School…
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COLFAX — Rodney Dicus is the Democratic candidate on the ballot in the November 6 election for Dunn County sheriff. Dicus, an Elk Mound resident, has worked for the Dunn County sheriff’s department for 32 years and is an investigator, primarily in the area of child protection. He grew up on a farm near Ladysmith…
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COLFAX — Wren Keturi is the Democratic candidate on the November 6 ballot for representative of the state’s 67th Assembly District. Keturi grew up Chillicothe, Illinois, and graduated from Illinois Valley Central High School in 2007. She graduated from UW-Madison with an undergraduate degree in Gender and Women’s Studies and also obtained a master’s degree…
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COLFAX — Incumbent Rob Summerfield is the Republican candidate on the November 6 ballot for representative of the state’s 67th Assembly District. Summerfield is from Bloomer. He was first elected as representative of the 67th Assembly District in 2016.
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound Board of Education has set a property tax levy for the 2018-2019 school year of $3,012,408. The levy that was approved at the Board of Education’s October 22 meeting included a Fund 10 property tax levy of $1,987,210 and a debt service levy of $1,025,194.
Read MoreThe Boyceville, Colfax, Elk Mound, and Ridgeland Area Collections Stations’ winter hours begin on November 1, 2018. New in 2019, the Colfax and Ridgeland sites will keep the same Wednesday hours year-round. Winters hours are:
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