Colfax-Elk Mound Church Directory – 3-14-2018
Read MoreTOWN OF WHEATON — A 56-year-old Elk Mound man died Monday morning when he pulled out with his pickup truck in front of semi tractor and trailer westbound on state Highway 29 in the Town of Wheaton. At about 8 a.m. March 5, the Chippewa County Sheriff’s Department received a call about a pickup truck…
Read MoreMENOMONIE WI — Elk Mound High School’s pirate-themed Rube Goldberg machine sailed away with the treasure at a regional competition Friday, March 2, hosted by University of Wisconsin-Stout. The school’s machine took first place and earned two other awards to lead six teams in the technology and engineering challenge at the Memorial Student Center. Elk…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — It all started with a field trip. A 13-year-old Elk Mound Middle School student involved in a verbal and physical altercation on a bus returning from a field trip to the middle school last Wednesday carried the altercation into the school and threatened the possibility of a shooting…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski ELK MOUND — Eric Wright, superintendent of the Elk Mound Area School District, said the board agreed to try something new during its most recent gathering. On February 26, the board approved a measure Wright and the administrative team believe might help students through transitions to new buildings, or even into…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph EAU CLAIRE — The state Department of Natural Resources has tentatively approved a Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit for Squires Farm to expand to 2,975 animal units and discharge into the Muddy Creek Watershed. Squires Farm Inc., owned and operated by the Ullom family, is located at E6393 240th Avenue,…
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Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — For the last 135 years, since 1883, Dunn County has been keeping the minutes of the Dunn County Board’s proceedings. The oldest of the Dunn County Board’s books of minutes are quite fragile, said Julie Wathke, Dunn County Clerk, during her annual report to the Dunn County Board at…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Dunn County Board has approved increasing the salary of the clerk of court by 8 percent and increasing the salary of the sheriff by 7.5 percent. The increases in salary are similar to surrounding counties, said Steve Rasmussen, chair of the Dunn County Board, at the Dunn County…
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