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Colfax-Elk Mound Church Directory – 6-14-2017

By Melissa | June 12, 2017

Colfax-Elk Mound Church Directory – 6-14-2017

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Colfax-Elk Mound Church Directory – 6-7-2017

By Melissa | June 5, 2017

Colfax-Elk Mound Church Directory – 6-7-2017

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Colfax-Elk Mound Church Directory – 5-31-2017

By Melissa | May 29, 2017

Colfax-Elk Mound Church Directory – 5-31-2017

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Dunn County broadband “gap analysis” survey almost ready to go live

By Melissa | May 26, 2017

By LeAnn R. Ralph BOYCEVILLE —  Do you live in a rural area and have a very slow Internet connection or maybe no Internet connection at all? You will soon have an opportunity to document that slow or nonexistent Internet connection in Dunn County by taking the “gap analysis” survey. The survey is intended to…

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Lower Chippewa Invasives Partnership to host invasive species tour June 15

By Melissa | May 26, 2017

MENOMONIE —  The Lower Chippewa Invasives Partnership will be hosting an invasive species tour June 15. LCIP invites you to come on the tour of common invasive plants of Western Wisconsin as part of invasive species awareness month in June. The invasive species tour is a bus tour, so transportation will be provided to all…

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EM village board opts to compensate former police chief

By Melissa | May 26, 2017

By Cara L. Dempski ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound village board has decided to compensate the former police chief. President Steven Abraham informed the full board village attorney Jason Brasch of Bakke Norman told him withholding payment in lieu of receipt of items, passwords and the like was not an appropriate course of action.

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EM public safety and employee relations committees discuss state of police department

By Melissa | May 22, 2017

By Cara L. Dempski ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound public safety and employee relations committees held a joint meeting last Wednesday to discuss several matters pertaining to the police department. Employee relations chairman Greg Kipp opened the May 17 meeting with discussion regarding the resignations of part-time village police officers Jesse Wnek, Corey Dechow…

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Elk Mound school board tying up loose ends as final day of school approaches

By Melissa | May 22, 2017

By Cara L. Dempski ELK MOUND — Elk Mound superintendent Eric Wright said the school board’s most recent meeting was a low-key affair focused mainly on end-of-the-year activities. The board met May 15 at the high school after the 2017 teacher recognition banquet and discussed budget plans for the 2017-2018 school year before discussing updates…

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Elk Mound Plan Commission still does not act on Independence Drive Certified Survey Map

By Melissa | May 22, 2017

By Cara L. Dempski ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound plan commission’s second meeting in a week came to an abrupt halt after a developer made allegations of a conflict of interest against an engineer present to provide expertise. The commission came together with land owner Mark Nelson and developer Gene Caron May 17, one…

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Dunn County asks state to close tax loophole for big-box stores

By Melissa | May 22, 2017

By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE —  The Dunn County Board has approved a resolution asking the state legislature to close a tax loophole for big-box chain stores. According to the resolution approved at the county board’s May 17 meeting, some big-box chain stores are successfully arguing that the assessed value of their stores for property…

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