Bruce Fouks is seeking a supervisor’s seat on the Forest Town Board in the upcoming April 6 spring election. Fouks along with Lee Tellijohn are challenging incumbents Laverne Hoitomt and Todd Ostberg for the two open seats on the Town of Forest Board. Fouks, 52, is a life-long resident of the Forest Township. Bruce and…
Read MoreThe Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) is holding two public stakeholder meetings Monday, April 19, 2021, to discuss the WIS 35 construction project from Front Street in the city of Hudson to North End Road in the village of North Hudson. The purpose of the meetings is to provide stakeholders with information regarding the construction…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski HUDSON — On April 6, 2021, the Saint Croix County Board of Supervisors heard a presentation from research partners Yengyee Lor and Eric Giordano of the Wisconsin Institute of Public Policy regarding strategic planning for the year. The presentation occupied a large chunk of time during the April regular meeting. Lor…
Read MoreIn the absence of a statewide mask mandate in Wisconsin, St. Croix County Public Health has issued a Mask Advisory effective until June 6. Public Health recommends wearing masks as an important tool to fight this virus. Currently we are seeing an increase in COVID-19 cases and a high level of community transmission in the…
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St. Croix County is partnering with the Wisconsin Army National Guard to provide a free COVID-19 drive-through testing site in Hudson, WI. Testing will be administered by the Wisconsin Army National Guard at the St. Croix County Highway Shop in Hudson from April 15 through May 27. The site will be open on Thursdays from…
Read MoreGlenhaven News April 3-9 Several residents enjoyed visits with their families over the Easter weekend. We appreciate John and Rose McCutchin for volunteering to help check people in and direct them. We held an Easter Egg hunt outside on Monday. It was a beautiful day. The only problem was that it was so warm that…
Read MoreHi, my name is Esdyn Swenby and I am an 8th grade confirmation student at Holy Cross Lutheran Church. For my project I chose to do a “Hair Care” drive for Grace Place in New Richmond. Grace Place is a homeless shelter for the less fortunate and they are in need of hair care products.…
Read MoreGLENWOOD CITY — In a marathon session that lasted more than three and a half hours and featured several intense exchanges between some of the nearly two dozen audience members and the board as well as amongst audience members themselves, the Glenwood City Board of Education honored the Class of 2021’s top graduates. They then…
Read MoreDespite a heated campaign, Incumbents remain in office in Forest Township The St. Croix County Township of Forest was the only area municipality that had a full slate of candidate for the Town Board. At question here was the campaign to stop the proposed windmill farm that has been an effort by the current town…
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TOWN OF EMERALD — A Glenwood City man died in a single-vehicle crash that was discovered in the early Tuesday morning hours of April 6 in the Town of Emerald. Luke Loomis, 26 years-old, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident by the St. Croix County Medical Examiner. The crash happened in the…
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