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WestCAP starts 2021-22 Operation Back to School Drive

By Editor | July 27, 2021

West Central Wisconsin Community Action Agency (West CAP) is pleased to announce that we will once again be providing kids with school supplies through our Operation Back to School program for the Menomonie, Elk Mound, Colfax, Boyceville, and Glenwood City School Districts. In 2019 we were able to give over 250 students entering pre-Kindergarten through…

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MONTY’S TRAVELING REPTILE SHOW — Glenwood City native Brian Teigen brought several of his reptiles to share with the audience at the St. Croix County Fair on Friday. These little guys were thrilled to be able to touch a live alligator. —photo by Carole Schurtz

St. Croix County Fair 2021

By Editor | July 20, 2021

The 2021 St. Croix County Fair, held July 14-18, was a huge success!   More photos of the 2021 St. Croix County Fair will be available soon on our photography site.    

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Ron Johnson visits the St. Croix County Fair

Ron Johnson visits the St. Croix County Fair

By Editor | July 20, 2021
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Boyceville ambulance district approves new bylaws

By Editor | July 20, 2021

By LeAnn R. Ralph BOYCEVILLE —  The Boyceville Community Ambulance District Board has approved new bylaws, which are expected to go into effect August 1. At the meeting in June, board members asked that an annual performance evaluation of the ambulance service director be added to the bylaws, and that addition has been made, said…

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Siren student takes on NASA challenge

Siren Middle School student takes on NASA challenge

By Editor | July 20, 2021

Editor’s Note: The following story about Siren eighth-grader Samantha Andrea originally appeared in the April 7, 2021 edition of the Burnett County Sentinel (Grantsburg). It is being reprinted with the permission of the Sentinel. Andrea is the daughter of Mary (Olson) Andrea, a 1987 graduate of Glenwood City High School, and the granddaughter of longtime…

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GCHS Class of 1950 members meet

GC Class of 1950 members meet at St. Croix County Fairgrounds

By Editor | July 20, 2021
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Senior nutrition sites reopening and Hudson Senior Center finds new home

By Editor | July 20, 2021

NEW RICHMOND – The Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC) of St. Croix County is excited to announce that we are reopening two Senior Nutrition Sites for in-person dining and have found a new home for our Hudson location. • Hudson – Opening for Grab & Go dining from our new location July 26. •…

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Glenhaven News – 7-21-2021

By Editor | July 20, 2021

Glenhaven News July 10-16 It’s Fair Time! We spent a lot of time preparing for the fair this week. Monday and Tuesday afternoon the Glenhaven Baking Club was busy making pie, muffins, cookies, bars and bread to take to the Senior Citizen building. We’ll see how we do. If nothing else, the extras make for…

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Meeting tonight to discuss EMT shortage in GC

By Editor | July 20, 2021

GLENWOOD CITY — During his report to the Common Council Monday evening, Mayor John Larson touched on the problem that the Glenwood City Ambulance Service is having with retaining sufficient numbers of Emergency Medical Technicians to staff the service. Larson told council members that he had attended the meeting at Boyceville, last week, with their…

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Glenwood city mayor proposes meeting with Boyceville ambulance district board

By Editor | July 20, 2021

By LeAnn R. Ralph BOYCEVILLE  —  Over the last several years, ambulance services around Wisconsin have been losing emergency medical technicians. The Glenwood City ambulance service and the Boyceville ambulance service are no exception. Glenwood City Mayor John Larson spoke during the public comments portion of the Boyceville Community Ambulance District’s July 14 meeting to…

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