By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound Board of Education has approved a revenue budget and an expense budget for Fund 10 of $14,309,879 for the 2023-2024 school year that will be presented at the annual meeting in August. Total revenue and expenditures of $14,309,879 represent a 4.4 percent decrease, or a…
Read MoreCelia Mae Dresser, age 95, of Knapp, died Saturday, July 22, 2023, at Parkview Community Center Nursing Home in Woodville. Celia was born January 27, 1928, the daughter of Thomas and Clara (Kegen) Thatcher in Stanton Township, Dunn County. Celia attended the Meadow Brook Country School. On February 26, 1946, she married Delbert Dresser. Delbert…
Read MoreBOYCEVILLE — The Boyceville Community School District Board of Education breezed through its July 19 regular meeting which was held in the Tiffany Creek Elementary Media Center, taking just a half hour to clear its agenda which included the approval of the 2023-24 preliminary budget. With board president Tim Sempf absent, vice president Jeremy Mittlestadt…
Read MoreThe Boyceville Village Board meeting of Monday, July 24 had nine items on the agenda and one of them was to work on a 10-year plan for village street improvements. The agenda called for the reallocation of Local Road Improvement Program (LRIP) grant of some $14,521 that has been approved for Nordveien Drive to some…
Read MoreWilliam “Bill” Paul Satter, 68, of Chippewa Falls passed away on Wednesday, July 19, 2023 in Chippewa Falls, WI. Bill was born on June 20, 1955 at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Chippewa Falls to Joseph and Lois (Schimmel) Satter. Bill is survived by; one brother, Loren Satter of Bloomer, WI, one sister, Karen (Steven) Dahl…
Read Moreby LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A 37-year-old former Colfax man, now a Boyceville resident, has been found guilty of third degree sexual assault with a modifier of domestic abuse. Daniel Z. Sims was the defendant in a two-day jury trial in Dunn County Circuit Court July 17 and 18. Sims was charged with…
Read MoreEAU CLAIRE — After a summer of declining donations, the American Red Cross needs the public’s help to prevent a blood shortage. When a donor makes and keeps an appointment to give blood or platelets in the weeks ahead, they can help ensure trauma patients, those undergoing cancer treatment, and people with lifelong blood disorders…
Read MoreMembers of Colfax Scholastic Trap Team traveled to Marengo, Ohio to take part in the Scholastic Clay Target Program’s (SCTP) National Shoot. There they joined thousands of other athletes. Making the trip to Cardinal Shooting Center were Beau Zelm, Lane Unruh, Nathaniel Nosker, Rob Unruh, assistant coach, and Jim Nosker, head coach. All three of…
Read MoreColfax Sportsmen’s Club Scholastic Action Shooting Team returned from the Scholastic Action Shooting Program (SASP) National Match with trophies and medals. It was a 1300 plus mile round trip to Cardinal Shooting Center, Marengo, Ohio, for the July 7-15 match. They came back with a lot less ammunition then they left with, but the payoff…
Read MoreDrawing upon an unprecedented state surplus of nearly $7 billion, Wisconsin’s new state budget features a combination that might otherwise have seemed impossible: the largest increase in funding for public services in three decades, sizable tax cuts, and the preservation of abundant reserves. Following a period of record inflation, Wisconsin’s newly enacted 2023-25 state budget…
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