By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Dunn County Solid Waste and Recycling program is expecting to shut down as of January 1. Enough of the municipalities in the solid waste and recycling program decided to pull out of the program by the August 19 deadline that there would not be enough revenue to operate…
Read MoreDOWNING — A 27 year-old Glenwood City man was arrested by deputies of the Dunn County Sheriff’s Office after running his car into a home in the Village of Downing Sunday evening, August 30. Joel Rosas was taken into custody by deputies after he drove his Ford Mustang into a home at 113 Main Street…
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The Glenwood City Fire Department and Ambulance service recently responded to a pair of accidents just a few hours apart. Both accidents were single-vehicle crashes that involved just the drivers of the autos. The first occurred around 9:30 p.m. on Friday August 21 in the Town of Forest along State Road 64 about three-tenths of…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph HUDSON — Education and communication. Those are the goals of the St. Croix County Health and Human Services Board for forming a subcommittee to consider a county ordinance on communicable diseases and to form communication strategies for disseminating information on COVID-19 to residents in St. Croix County. Cathy Leaf, St. Croix…
Read MoreThis week a little history of the Havenwood unit first. It was built by a partnership with the nursing home and WestCAP. It first opened in the summer 2008. After we’ve experienced a few nice days in August we experienced some hotter days this week. So we hurried into our air conditioned rooms and enjoyed…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph HUDSON — The St. Croix County Community Development Committee has forwarded a recommendation to the county board to support a resolution calling for a two-year statewide moratorium on Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs). If the county board approves the resolution, it would be forwarded to the Wisconsin Counties Association to lobby…
Read MoreMunicipalities that received emergency services from the Glenwood City Fire and Ambulance departments met last Wednesday evening, August 19th and approved the 2021 budgets for both services. Only representatives from Glenwood City, Downing and the Town of Emerald were present at the meeting. Other municipalities that receive service include the Townships of Glenwood, Forest, Springfield…
Read MoreGoing into the third week of August we are celebrating the honey bee and the peach. On Monday we have Honey Bee Trivia hour and learned some interesting facts. I’ll share some with you. Apparently they are the largest pollinating insect. They pollinate cherries, apples, plums, blueberries, almonds and nuts. The average life span of…
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Menomonie, WI, August 20th, 2020 – Dunn County is partnering with the Boyceville Community School District and the Wisconsin National Guard to host a community COVID-19 drive-thru testing site in Boyceville, WI on Monday August 24th, 2020. The testing site will be at Tiffany Creek Elementary School, 161 East St, Boyceville, WI. The event will…
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