GLENWOOD CITY — Families throughout St. Croix County enjoyed the Family Fun Carnival recently held at Glenwood City Elementary School. The event featured an animal maze, sensory stations, cotton candy and numerous hands-on activities for young children. Hosted by the St. Croix Early Childhood Interagency Council and Glenwood City School District, the event was designed…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A probation review hearing has been scheduled in Dunn County Circuit Court in June for a 34-year-old Hammond man who pleaded guilty in a sexual assault case involving a six-year-old and an eight-year-old in Boyceville. Michael Allen Powell appeared before the Honorable William Stewart, Jr. on April 22 for…
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Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound Board of Education has ratified a contract with the school district’s teachers that gives a $500 raise for 2011-2012, a $1,000 raise for 2012-2013 and a $500 raise for 2013-2014. The $500 was put on the grid for last year, but none of the teachers…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A Dunn County judge says he will allow the attorney for Michael Fodness to withdraw from the case if the public defender’s office agrees to assign another lawyer to represent Fodness. Shirlene Perrin, the fourth attorney to represent Fodness in a case of alleged multiple sex crimes against young…
Read Moreby Marlys Kruger, Messenger Sports Elk Mound native and 2001 UW-Stout graduate Brad O’Connell was one of five athletes inducted into the University’s 2012 Athletic Hall of Fame last fall. O’Connell played baseball for the Blue Devils from 1997-2001 and was a two-time first team all Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) and All Region player.…
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Read MorePRESCOTT — By the way the Elk Mound baseball team started the long awaited 2013 season, it could be a pretty good one for them. The Mounders went into extra innings to take an 11-5 win over the team that knocked them out of the playoffs last year, the Prescott Cardinals. The game was played…
Read MoreARCADIA — Finally getting some warm weather to compete in, the Colfax boys and girls track and field teams went south to compete against 11 other teams at the Schultz Invitational held in Arcadia April 26. With the top eight places counting for team points, the girls placed seventh while the boys were eighth in…
Read MoreMONDOVI — Aggressive base running, timely hits and consistant pitching allowed the Elk Mound softball team to roll over the Mondovi Buffaloes in a double header at Mondovi April 25.
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