PRESS RELEASE DATE OF RELEASE: March 28, 2023 INCIDENT #: D23-00497 SUBJECT: Fatal Structure Fire AUTHORIZED BY: Sheriff Kevin Bygd FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ----------------------------------------------------------------------- On ...

The word freedom is tossed around quite a bit. It’s a convenient word to use when trying to make others fear they will lose their ...

In this video Dunn County Judge James Peterson explains the somewhat confusing amendments and what they will mean to Wisconsin voters. This video was produced ...

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HOW CAN YOU BE AN INFORMED CITIZEN WITHOUT INFORMATION? It’s a good question, and one Menomonie area citizens wrestled with at the second meeting of ...

Sarah Burns, Rochester Institute of Technology When House Speaker Kevin McCarthy ordered an investigation into the Manhattan district attorney’s ongoing criminal probe of former President ...

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by The Badger Project, The Badger Project March 20, 2023 The April election could alter the gender makeup of the court. Research suggests the addition ...

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In this video, Dunn County Clerk Andrew Mercil explains the new Badger Books electronic poll books that are now used in Dunn County, how they ...

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(Per Wis. Stat. § 19.84(2)) SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE MENOMONIE AREA NOTICE OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE CENTER 215 ...

by Bennet Goldstein / Wisconsin Watch, Wisconsin Watch March 15, 2023 A new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposal issued Tuesday would tighten limits on toxic ...

“WHEREAS, Equal Pay Day occurs each year on the day that symbolizes how far into the new year women must work full time to earn ...

by Melissa Sanchez and Maryam Jameel ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this ...

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The Menomonie City Council announced on Thursday that Police Chief Eric Atkinson has been selected as the new City Administrator. He will begin his new ...

Seven billion dollars! To anyone, that is a huge number, difficult to visualize or comprehend. But that’s the amount of Wisconsin’s projected surplus over our ...

by The Badger Project, The Badger Project March 6, 2023 Meanwhile, the Republican-controlled legislature in Wisconsin is still struggling to legalize medicinal marijuana. By Katjusa ...

School pride dies hard. Even now, many years after my high school graduation, when I hear of an Eau Claire North Husky that has been ...

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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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