n this photo provided by Wausau Mayor Doug Diny, Diny uses a dolly to remove the city's lone drop box from in front of City Hall in Wausau, Wis., on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (Doug Diny via AP)
Sep 30, 2024 1:53 PM - 400 words By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An absentee ballot drop box that the mayor ...
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to speak at a rally on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Sep 30, 2024 11:03 AM - 1145 words By The Associated Press Hurricane Helene is shifting the presidential candidates’ plans this week. Democratic nominee Kamala ...
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Wisconsin Farmers Union hosted Investing in Rural America at the Chippewa River Distillery in Chippewa Falls on September 25. The event featured the personal stories ...
Governor Tony Evers
New program to provide low-interest loans to eligible homeowners to make structural repairs and energy efficiency updates MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers, together with the ...
Janet Berkeley stops by a voter registration desk during a Comeback California Tour event at Revival Fellowship, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024, in Menifee, Calif. (AP Photo/Zoë Meyers)
Sep 29, 2024 7:20 AM - 815 words By DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press Ballot gathering or ballot collecting is a practice in where a voter ...
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Prairie du Chien, Wis. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Sep 28, 2024 8:18 PM - 875 words By TODD RICHMOND and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, Wis. (AP) — Former President Donald ...
By Smithsonian Environmental Research Center - Dreissena polymorpha_(I1957)_0265, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=76839795
The beleaguered ecosystem of Lake Menomin has developed another problem. This time it is an invasive species, zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha). Zebra mussels were found ...
FILE - Shipping containers are stacked at a port in Tianjin, China, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
Sep 27, 2024 5:12 AM - 1263 words By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has identified what he sees as ...
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives for a town hall event at Macomb Community College Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in Warren, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Sep 27, 2024 11:12 PM - 608 words By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A day after Vice President Kamala Harris discussed ...
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Sep 27, 2024 4:33 PM - 460 words By SCOTT BAUER and TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled ...
City ATV Notice
A reminder from the CIty of Menomonie and the Menomonie Police Department: Starting October 1st, 2024, it will be legal to drive ATV/UTVs on designated ...
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Nonprofit agencies in Dunn and Pepin counties this fall are eligible for a special one-time grant of up to $2,500, the United Way St. Croix ...
FILE - Then-Wisconsin state Sen. Tom Tiffany, R-Hazelhurst, speaks at the State Capitol in Madison, Wis. on May 29, 2015. (Michael P. King/Wisconsin State Journal via AP, File)
Sep 26, 2024 10:39 AM - 576 words By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The mailing of about 2,200 duplicate absentee ballots ...
n this photo provided by Wausau Mayor Doug Diny, Diny uses a dolly to remove the city's lone drop box from in front of City Hall in Wausau, Wis., on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (Doug Diny via AP)
Sep 26, 2024 11:12 AM - 254 words By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin district attorney said Thursday that her ...
Jason Schmitt is UW-Stout’s new dean of the College of Arts and Human Sciences.
Menomonie, Wis. — A new dean of the College of Arts and Human Sciences has been named at University of Wisconsin-Stout. The appointment of Jason ...

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Steve Hanson 11/20 - 2:08pm
As you may know, a group of Dunn County residents has been working for some time on what has been called the Local News Project. Their intention is to plug ...
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Steve Hanson 11/19 - 4:34pm
Eye On Dunn County is proud to be sponsoring scholarships for a Citizen Journalism Course at UW-Stout. The course is open to the public and is designed to equip local ...
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Steve Hanson 11/19 - 1:13pm
At the moment I am still on Twitter, but to escape the Musky smell I have opened a Bluesky account for Eye On Dunn County. Unfortunately the social media tools ...

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