MENOMONIE – Dunn County Farm Bureau held their annual meeting on Tuesday, September 25th at Dean & Sue’s in Menomonie.
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound Village Board has approved a three-year audit contract with Baker Tilly Virchow Krause for $53,335. The total cost for the 2018 audit will be $15,830; the total cost for the 2019 audit will be $18,330; and the total cost for the 2020 audit will be…
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By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Unbelievable as it may seem, LeRoy Butler, a member of the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame and recently nominated to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, started out life in a wheelchair. Butler spoke to elementary, middle school and high school students in the Colfax High School gymnasium…
Read MoreThe following baby was born at Mayo Clinic Health System.
Read MoreTOWN OF SPRING BROOK — A 20-year-old rural Elk Mound man died Friday morning in the Town of Spring Brook when a tire being inflated blew up and struck him in the head.
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound school district will soon be expanding its boundary by a dozen properties. Eric Wright, district administrator, reported at the Elk Mound Board of Education’s September 17 meeting that the Eau Claire County Planning and Development office had contacted him with a question about a property…
Read MoreGreen Bay Packer season is here! Local Law Enforcement and 24-7 & West Wisconsin Telcom have a new deck of 2018 Packers Trading cards to give away. These special Green Bay Packer Player trading cards include pictures of 20 different Packers players and Coach McCarthy. On the reverse side, the cards have crime prevention tips…
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By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — Five new staff members will begin their duties in the Elk Mound school district when school starts September 4. The new staff members include McKayla Brunner (financial literacy, career explorations, AP principals of marketing and computer applications at Elk Mound High School); Abe Ferguson (fifth grade English…
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By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound Board of Education has accepted the resignation of high school principal Paul Weber. The school board accepted Weber’s resignation during the regular monthly meeting August 20 held prior to the school district’s annual meeting.
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — Electors approved a property tax levy of $2,905,117 for the 2018-2019 school year at the Elk Mound school district’s annual meeting August 20. The property tax levy, representing an increase of $27,524, is based on a revenue and expense budget of $12.8 million for this year. The anticipated…
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