A new year offers a fresh start and the Boyceville wrestling team looks to take advantage of it. After finishing 10-10 in duals in the first month of the season, the Bulldogs started 2024 off with a bang as they blanked Durand-Arkansaw 84-0 in the Dunn-St. Croix Conference wrestling opener at home Thursday, January 4.…
Read Moreby Joel DeWitt Sports Correspondent Heading into the new year, the Boyceville boys’ basketball team’s future appeared to be trending down. Losers of five straight after back-to-back loses to Elk Mound, things looked bleak for the purple and white. However, a trip to Minnesota for a game against Webster on December 29 appears to have…
Read Moreby Joel DeWitt Sports Correspondent The Hilltopper boys’ basketball team ended 2023 on a sour note losing back-to-back road games against Middle Boarder conference foes. They began 2024 on more harmonious terms with a trio games. While the Toppers fell to Durand-Arkansaw in their only conference matchup, they prevailed in both non-conference games. Glenwood City…
Read MoreBoyceville – The Boyceville Community School District will put an $18 million referendum question on the April 2, 2024, ballot. The funds will be used to address capital improvements and maintenance repairs if approved. Tiffany Creek Elementary School was new in 1990, and portions of Boyceville High School are from the 1960s. With facilities up…
Read MoreGlenwood City Mayor Robert Unruh has chosen not to run for reelection in the upcoming April election. Unruh who served as council president and became mayor following the resignation of long time mayor John Larson in 2022. Unruh was elected mayor in April of last year for a one-year term. Only one person filed for…
Read MoreBy Renee Bettendorf BOYCEVILLE- At their meeting held last night the Boyceville Village Board heard from Village President, Luke Montgomery about how future development could ease budget shortfalls. “We need to stimulate growth, otherwise we are looking at some really, really big cuts,” said Montgomery, of the budget. An extension of Sykora Lane, which intersects…
Read MoreBy Renee Bettendorf BOYCEVILLE — At a special meeting held on January 3, the Boyceville School Board voted to ask voters during the upcoming April 2 election if the district should authorize general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed $18 million. If district voters vote in favor of the referendum, the funds would…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R.Ralph HUDSON — On a vote of 12 “yes” to five “no,” the St. Croix County Board has approved a public safety referendum question for the April 2 ballot to exceed the revenue limit by $896,000. Exceeding the state-imposed revenue limit by $896,000 on a continuing basis would allow St. Croix County to…
Read MoreCory Lee Knutson, age 62, passed away December 28, 2023 at his home in Colfax WI. Cory was born in Rice Lake, WI in 1961 to Don and Virginia Knutson (Flatland). The family lived in Dallas, WI before moving to the farm in Otter Creek, WI in 1972 where Cory went to one year of…
Read MoreDerrick D Fjelsted, a soul with an untamed spirit and a heart as vast as the open road, peacefully concluded his earthly journey on December 18, 2023, in Colfax, WI, surrounded by the embrace of his loving family. His valiant struggle against Esophageal and liver cancer found its quiet resolution. Born on January 14, 1966,…
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