CADOTT — After handily winning the CloverCroix Conference tournament and ultimately its first-ever conference championship just a week earlier, the Colfax-Elk Mound girls’ golf cooperative found the script flipped following the conclusion of WIAA Division 2 Regional tournament hosted by Stanley-Boyd at Whispering Pines Golf Course in Cadott last Wednesday, September 27. Bloomer, who had…
Read MoreSPRING VALLEY — The Elk Mound boys’ and girls’ cross country teams both placed third in the Spring Valley Invitational held Thursday, September 28. The race featured seven of the Dunn-St. Croix’s eight schools (Mondovi was not in attendance) plus Middle Border teams from Prescott and Somerset. That gave runners and teams an opportunity to…
Read MoreSPRING VALLEY — After knocking off rival Colfax in straight sets two days earlier, the Elk Mound volleyball team had an opportunity to take sole possession of first place in the Dunn-St. Croix standing when they traveled to Spring Valley Thursday, September 28 to face the Cardinals, the conference’s other undefeated team. The Lady Mounders…
Read MoreMONDOVI — Elk Mound knew it needed to play one of its best games of the season when it traveled to Mondovi last Friday evening to take on the Buffaloes in a Cloverbelt football contest. In a game of contrasting styles, which pitted Elk Mound’s aerial attack against Mondovi’s vaunted ground game, the Buffaloes prevailed…
Read MoreSubmitted by David K. Williams A hallmark of the Menomonie Optimist Club has been honoring outstanding young people from the four high schools in Dunn County. At a recent meeting, Optimists honored Jeanette Hydukovich, a senior at Colfax High School, as the September Youth of the Month. Jeanette Hydukovich has excelled in both academics and…
Read MoreDunn County Wisconsin – Starting on September 26, 2023, the Dunn County Health Department will begin distributing sharps containers that can be returned for proper disposal. Pick up and return containers to the Dunn County Health Department, Menomonie. There will be a limited number of 1 gallon sharps disposal containers available to the community for…
Read MoreEAU CLAIRE, Wis., (Sept. 26, 2023) — The American Red Cross continues to experience a national blood and platelet shortage and asks the public to book a time to give as soon as possible. Donors of all blood types are urgently needed, especially type O blood donors and those giving platelets. The Red Cross offers…
Read MoreRiver Falls, Wis. – The 21 University of Wisconsin-River Falls students gathered outside the Lydecker Living Learning Center on Sept. 14 come from different places and have diverse future plans. They had gathered because of one commonality: their affinity for dogs. In fact, these students like dogs so much that they’re willing to live with…
Read MoreWant to get rich? Get elected! While listening to a radio talk show, last week, the conversation centered around former First Lady Michelle Obama receiving a couple hundred-thousand dollars for making a one hour long speech somewhere over in Europe. So I went to the Internet to find if she had a large fortune and…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Representatives for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources say that Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is present in 62 of the state’s 72 counties. Either deer have tested positive for CWD in those 62 counties or a deer has tested positive within 10 miles of a county, said Jasmine Batten,…
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