The City Council spent some time listing to community citizens about snow removal from city parking lots and sidewalks. Until last year, the city crew would pickup snow that was pushed into the streets from private parking lots and sidewalks. That was when the city put a new policy in place that required private business…
Read Moreby LeAnn R. Ralph BOYCEVILLE — The Boyceville Community Fire District Board has appointed Karl Hackbarth, representative for the Town of Station, as chair of the fire board. Steve Nielsen, chair of the Town of Stanton, served as the vice-chair of the Boyceville fire board and presided over the special meeting held October 17. Nielsen…
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by LeAnn R. Ralph HUDSON — Former Glenwood City school superintendent Tim Johnson has been charged with 17 felonies related to payments he received for classes he had not taken at Viterbo University as well as other fraudulent activity. St. Croix County District Attorney Karl Anderson filed the criminal complaint in St. Croix County Circuit…
Read Moreby Renee Bettendorf Sports Correspondent It was another busy week for the Boyceville cross country teams as they traveled to Cumberland on October 1 and then to Spring Valley on October 3. The varsity girls’ team won in Spring Valley and the boys placed fifth. In Cumberland, the girls placed fourth and the boys placed…
Read MoreA year ago, Glenwood City went into Boyceville and earned its lone conference volleyball victory at the Bulldogs’ expense. With Glenwood City hosting rival Boyceville last Tuesday, October 1 during homecoming week, no less, the Bulldogs figured turn about was fair play and swept their hosts in three sets. Boyceville looked to add a third…
Read MoreGLENWOOD CITY — As they say, it’s not how you start, but how you finish that counts. Well, Glenwood City got off to a bit of a rough start in its annual homecoming football game played against visiting Turtle Lake last Friday, October 4. Surrendering some long pass plays to the Lakers coupled with a…
Read MoreRobert E. Carlson passed away on Thursday, October 3, 2024, at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis. Bob was born November 10, 1948, to Edwin and Myrtle (Thorson) Carlson. He attended Ridge View Country School and then the Glenwood City school system, graduating in 1967. In 1971, he married Shirley Swenson, and they had two sons,…
Read Moreby Joel DeWitt Sports Correspondent BALSAM LAKE — The undefeated Boyceville football team’s road trip to Unity looked to be a cake walk. The Eagles came into the October 4 Dunn-St. Croix/Lakeland crossover matchup with only a single win and losers of three straight. Regardless, Unity proved up to the task and gave the Bulldogs…
Read MoreEAU CLAIRE — The American Red Cross continues to work to restock critically needed blood products uncollected due to the ongoing impact of Hurricane Helene’s devastation in the Southeast. Donors outside of affected areas are encouraged to make an appointment to give now and help keep the blood supply stable in the weeks to come. …
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph BOYCEVILLE — The Boyceville Community Fire District Board held a special meeting October 2 but took no action regarding the resignations of the fire chief and the chair of the fire board or complaints pertaining to fire district personnel. The fire board met in closed session for approximately 40 minutes. When…
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