By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — After only a couple of weeks, Bryanna Hoeper is extremely pleased with the progress of the mustang mare, Sandy. Hoeper, who lives in the Albertville area, participated with Sandy in the Horse & Hound-a-Thon & Adoption Day sponsored by Pony Tales Refuge & Rehab Inc. April 22 at the…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A Dunn County judge has extended the probation for a Boyceville woman found guilty of stealing $48,000 from Bremer Bank in Elk Mound and who has paid $5,500 of the restitution after three years of probation. Amber C. Goodell appeared in Dunn County Circuit Court before Judge Rod Smeltzer…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound village board voted to accept the part-time police chief’s resignation in a special meeting held last Thursday. It was a very short meeting that started with a motion and ended with a warning to not speak with local media. President Steve Abraham opened the April…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound Board of Education elected officers for the 2017-2018 school year as part of a special meeting held prior to its most recent board meeting. The officers will remain the same, with Tim Sivertson as president, Kyle Jenson as vice president, Pat Rhude as clerk, and…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The number of drug cases in Dunn County has doubled since 2014 and has almost quadrupled since 2012. Methamphetamine has spread all over West Central Wisconsin, said Dunn County Sheriff Dennis Smith at the Dunn County Board’s April 20 meeting during his annual report for 2016. According to statistics…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — We have it backwards in Wisconsin, says Steve Rasmussen, chair of the Dunn County Board. “Politicians are picking their voters instead of the voters picking their politicians,” Rasmussen said at the Dunn County Board’s April 20 meeting. Rasmussen was referring to the redrawing of legislative districts done in Wisconsin…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Who are the five most important women in your life? Mother? Grandmother? Sister? Aunt? Girlfriend? Spouse? Friends? Now think about the statistic that one in five women nationwide will experience a rape in her lifetime.
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski ELK MOUND — If the Elk Mound Village Board was balking at offering its part-time police chief the full-time position created in December 2016, it no longer needs to worry. Police Chief Travis Hakes and part-time patrol officers Cory Dechow and Kory Evans resigned ahead of the April 19 regular board…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — When Cedar Country Cooperative (Elk Mound), Lakeland Cooperative (Ridgeland) and United Ag Cooperative (Almena) merge, the new cooperative’s service area will stretch from Superior to south of Menomonie. The three cooperatives announced the merger, which will be effective October 1, in a news release dated April 18.
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