Skip to content
THAT SINKING FEELING — The driver of a dump truck belonging to Wirth Excavating of Ridgeland inspects his truck after it sank into the soft gravel on 1st Street in Glenwood City last Friday morning, August 20. The incident took place near St. John the Baptist Catholic Church where a water main was recently replaced following a break. Apparently, the ground was still saturated with water causing the truck that was filled with gravel to sink up to its wheel wells on the driver’s (left) side. It took a pair of heavy-duty tow trucks and a couple of hours to extricate the truck from the watery gravel. —photo by Shawn DeWitt

Dump truck sinks in soft gravel

By Editor | August 24, 2021
Read More
accident photo

Two die due to injuries from August 5 Town of Springfield ATV crash

By Editor | August 17, 2021

TOWN OF SPRINGFIELD – Two St. Croix County motorists have died from injuries sustained in a crash that occurred Aug. 5. The St. Croix County Emergency Communication Center received a call at about 4:28 p.m. on Aug. 5, 2021, of a crash with injuries between a motor vehicle and an ATV. The crash occurred on…

Read More
RODEO ROYALTY — 2021 St. Croix Valley PRCA Rodeo Queen Payton Gilbertson (left) and Princess is Kenna Miller. Both girls are from Baldwin. —photo submitted

Rodeo Royalty Book Reading at Hinman Park August 20

By Editor | August 17, 2021

Area youth are invited to join the St. Croix Valley PRCA Rodeo Royalty, the Miss Wisconsin Rodeo Wisconsin candidates and the Miss Teen Wisconsin Rodeo candidates for a book reading at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, August 20th at Hinman Park. Hinman Park is located at 543 – 587 Maple Street, Glenwood City. While the reading is…

Read More

Not all things were in bid for new municipal building

By Editor | August 17, 2021

What Glenwood City Mayor John Larson called a “misunderstanding” has a number of things that are needed in the new Municipal building, and were not included in the bidding process. Larson noted that the cost for the phone system and computers were not included in the bidding and neither were security cameras. “We need to…

Read More

GCSD’s mil rate set to drop significantly in 2021-2022

By Editor | August 17, 2021

GLENWOOD CITY — The mil rate for the School District of Glenwood City has been trending downwards ever so slightly since the 2016-17 school year. But, the 2021-22 projected mil rate is set to make a significant decrease. During the district’s annual meeting held Monday evening, August 16 in the high school commons area, the…

Read More
T, C, & the Heuts braved the heat to entertain at Glenhaven on August 10th. —photo submitted

Glenhaven News – 8-18-2021

By Editor | August 17, 2021

Glenhaven News Aug. 7-13 The highlight of our week was the appearance of T, C, and the Heuts on Tuesday afternoon. They were real troopers, as well as the residents, as the music had to be outside. It got a little toasty, but all went well. I personally kept looking at the sky, afraid that…

Read More

Board accepts Gretzlock resignation, approves safe-return-to-school plan

By Editor | August 17, 2021

GLENWOOD CITY — The Glenwood City Board of Education unanimously accepted the resignation of middle school/high school principal Patrick Gretzlock Monday evening bringing a quiet end to what had been a tumultuous six-month ordeal in which some district residents and parents had voiced their concerns about the district’s handling of Gretzlock’s employment status and urged…

Read More

Bail reduced to $10,000 cash for Knapp man charged with 6 drug related felonies

By Editor | August 17, 2021

By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE  — Bail has been reduced in Dunn County Circuit Court to $10,000 cash for a 58-year-old former Knapp man charged with six drug related felonies and two misdemeanors. Richard L. Skramstad was in custody and appeared from the Dunn County Jail with attorney Daniel J. Chapman before Judge James Peterson…

Read More

GC superintendent’s salary is a cause for concern among some district residents

By Editor | August 10, 2021

GLENWOOD CITY — The superintendent’s salary and benefit increases in recent years has become the latest hot-button issue to flare up between some concerned district residents and the Glenwood City Board of Education and administration. The issue came to the forefront recently when the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) showed Glenwood City superintendent Tim…

Read More

St. Croix County gains nonprofit advocacy organization

By Editor | August 10, 2021

By Cara L. Dempski HUDSON – County Circuit Court Judge, Michael Waterman, introduced a new nonprofit organization for the county, St. Croix County CASA, Inc., during the regular meeting of the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors on August 3. He explained the group will specialize in providing advocacy in child protection cases. CASA stands…

Read More