By Cara L. Dempski ELK MOUND – The Elk Mound School Board approved an additional day off for students during its March 15 meeting. District Administrator Eric Wright recommended the move citing the fact that students in the district would still be exceeding the number of state-mandated instruction hours with the additional vacation day. The…
Read MoreWisconsin driver licenses or IDs are the most common form of identification used for voting purposes. Wisconsin Department of Transportation Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) encourages voters to check and be sure that they have the proper identification needed to vote in next month’s election (April 6). A federally compliant REAL ID card is not…
Read MoreMENOMONIE – Ahead of elections on April 6, the League of Women Voters Greater Chippewa Valley offers the nonpartisan election resource VOTE411.org. This “one-stop shop” for election information provides simple, helpful tools to help Wisconsin voters navigate the voting process. VOTE411 provides candidate information, a voter registration tool, polling place information, and other helpful election…
Read MoreDonald Trump made a lot of outrageous statements, made bad twitter BUT he knew how to run the government. He loves our country he made peace in the middle east, gave us vaccines in record time and the plan to distribute it. Now I’ve had president Biden a figurhead who is lost in space without…
Read MoreTrump would have been impeached for allowing what Biden has by opening the border! House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy notes, “President Biden announced that it was his top priority to offer citizenship for eleven million undocumented immigrants, what did he think would happen? Just last month alone 100,000 migrants were encountered attempting to illegally cross…
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by Coach Vicki Seston HUDSON — The Colfax Varsity Dance Team competed in the WACPC Western Regional Dance competition in Hudson this past Saturday, March 20. The Vikings took the advice from the judges at the Dunn-St. Croix Conference competition, made some adjustments to their routines, and had a fantastic day in Hudson. The team…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Dunn County has found itself in the position of finding candidates to appoint for county treasurer and for county clerk. April 2 will be the last day of work for Doris Meyer, Dunn County treasurer, said Paul Miller, county manager, at the Dunn County Board’s March 17 meeting. Meyer…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph EAU CLAIRE — A 51-year old Elk Mound man is accused in Eau Claire County of three felony counts related to human trafficking, abuse of an at-risk individual and identity theft for financial gain. Daniel J. King is scheduled for an initial appearance in Eau Claire County Circuit Court on March…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Racing fans will once again be able to attend events at the Red Cedar Speedway — to a greater or lesser extent — depending on the number of cases of SARS-CoV-2 in Dunn County. The Dunn County Board at the March 17 meeting approved standard operating procedures for the…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski ELK MOUND – On March 15 the Elk Mound Board of Trustees discussed options for refinancing approximately $910,000 in debt. The issue was tabled until the April meeting, when hopefully Sean Ehlers of Ehlers and Associates would be able to present trustees with more details regarding available options. The Board agreed…
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