By Marlys Kruger MONDOVI – Playing matches against two teams from the Dunn-St. Croix Conference Sept. 6 in the Mondovi Triangular gave Elk Mound coach Donna Weix and her team a chance to see where they stand as they get ready for conference play this week. It appears they have some work to do, however,…
Read MoreBy Marlys Kruger When they left Elk Mound, the cross country teams were thinking they would be competing for a second meet in a row with high humidity and temperatures in the 90s as they headed to the Bloomer Invite Sept. 4. But things changed quickly as a storm passed through Chippewa County, delaying the…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — After months of hard work, the Dunn County Planning, Resources and Development committee has approved a draft of an ordinance for a nonmetallic mining overlay district. The PR&D committee put the final tweaks on the ordinance September 5 during a meeting that lasted more than three hours.
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A Dunn County judge has scheduled a half-day restitution hearing for a former Colfax resident convicted of transferring another’s personal property with a value exceeding $100,000.
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound Village Board has approved selling the lot where the old warning siren was located to the adjoining landowners for closing costs and for the cost of the title report.
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A new trial date has now been set in Rusk County in February for a former Colfax resident. Michael Fodness, 44, has been charged in Dunn County with 14 counts that include child enticement and repeated sexual assault of the same child. He was scheduled to go on trial…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound Village Board has selected King’s Court as the street project for 2013 at an estimated cost of $28,000 to $30,000.
Read MoreNicole Dahl and Cory Holerud are happy to announce their engagement.
Read MoreMONDOVI—Playing matches against two teams from the Dunn-St. Croix Conference Sept. 6 in the Mondovi Triangular gave Elk Mound coach Donna Weix and her team a chance to see where they stand as they get ready for conference play this week.
Read MoreThe new sign above Main Street for the Colfax Firefighters Ball and the Colfax Twister Run was donated by the Colfax Fire Department and the Colfax Kiwanis. A picture of the sign published in the September 5 edition of the Colfax Messenger incorrectly identified the sign as being donated solely by the Colfax Kiwanis. The…
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