The mission of St. Croix Valley Master Gardeners Association is to provide community service through education, environmental stewardship, and provide information on horticulture to the residents of Pierce and St. Croix counties. The Grant Committee is currently accepting applications for 2020 SCVMGA Community Service Grants. The SCVMGA will consider applications for the following: beautification of…
Read MoreSenator Patty Schachtner (D-Somerset) will host two public listening session in St. Croix County. One session in Somerset will be focused on K-12 education issues, while the second session in Baldwin will be open to all topics of state concern. Senator Schachtner will share updates on her work over the past year and listen to…
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Glenhaven News Feb. 8-14 Sunday was busy with Catholic Communion in the morning, and the Menonite Singers in the evening. They do an awesome job. On Monday afternoon Carol Schmidt was here with her Papillion dogs to entertain. She has 5 of them at present, and brought four with her. They kept her very busy,…
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By Amber Hayden GLENWOOD CITY — For Makayla Sina, the opportunity of a lifetime came during the summer of 2019 when she was able to take part in an exchange program through Youth for Understanding (YFU). “I am so lucky to have been provided the opportunity to participate in a cultural exchange program,” said Sina.…
Read MoreGLENWOOD CITY – At the regular monthly meeting of the of the City Council, they learned that one million dollars could be requested from the Community Development Block Grant program to fund a municipal building. The only catch is that the city would have to come up with a half a million dollars in matching…
Read MoreGLENWOOD CITY — Kevin Oium of Cedar Corporation out of Menomonie presented the results of a recent survey that the Council had requested to find out how local citizens felt about what should be done with the former school building along east Oak Street. Mayor John Larson noted that the city had sent out more…
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Glenhaven News Feb. 1-7 The weekend started out with entertainment by Jim Ehlers. Sunday was busy with Catholic Communion, the Super Bowl, Ying’s 104th Birthday and Ground Hog Day. Residents had a pizza party for supper, as that is what Ying always liked for her birthday party, and was also a good treat for Super…
Read MoreJoin St. Croix Valley Genealogical Society on February 20 to learn about “Mortuary Customs and Records/Tombstones”. Lisa and Bill Benedict from O’Connell-Benedict Family Funeral Home, River Falls will speak about burial customs and traditions through the years, and how they have changed. They will also talk about the importance of funeral and burial records, such…
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