Live Music with Brett Tuttle and Friends featuring Greg Manning,Justin Denesen, & Steve Bateman at Market Social Club
Opening the evening : Spirulina
From the Facebook event page.
Barn Dance: January 3, 2025, at the Family Learning Center, 523 Cedar Ave. E, Menomonie.
No experience needed, all dances taught.
5:00 pm potluck downstairs followed by dancing upstairs at 6:00 pm.
Suggested donation $10 with a sliding scale of $5-50
Caller: Mattie Rynkiewicz with old-time string band music provided by The Boxelder Band with Dean Langby on fiddle.
This is a super fun community event. Hope to see you there!
From the Facebook event page.
Free in The Spirit Room:
Chris Herriges began playing various musical instruments at age nine, at the gentle urging of artistic parents. Over the years, he has put out multiple CD’s and performed throughout the Twin Cities. He continues to perform today, and will be in the Spirit Room on January 31st at 7PM!
From the Mabel Tainter Theater website.
Single Stem is Marjorie Craemer, bringing you an intimate evening of Folk, Americana, and original songs.
From the Mabel Tainter Theater website.
Kevin Arnold Henderson, 57, of Menomonie, Wisconsin, was called to heaven in his sleep in the early hours of December 25, 2024, to spend Christmas Day with Jesus after a battle with Multiple System Atrophy.
Kevin was born to Arnold and Marlene Henderson on August 17, 1967. He spent his early years milking cows on the family farm, playing football and basketball for the Menomonie Indians, dating the assistant principal’s daughter, Catherine, and going on to technical school, where he earned degrees in electromechanical engineering and paramedicine. He then worked as a paramedic in Madison, Eau Claire, and Hudson, Wisconsin. He married Catherine Mehne on October 12, 1991, and together they raised two wonderful daughters, Kenya and Carissa.
He started his landscaping company, Henderson Excavating & Landscape Supply, in 1997 and spent the remainder of his career doing what he loved most: playing in the dirt with his excavators and working with customers. The family traveled often, usually fishing at Press Lake, Canada, scuba diving in Cozumel, Mexico, or driving side-by-sides out West. Kevin maintained his positivity, his kindness, his great love for his family and friends, and his faith until the very end. Even as his family grieves his death, they rejoice in the eternal peace he has stepped into.
Kevin was preceded in death by his aunt Marion Heitkamp, uncles Fred Heitkamp, Verdell Oakland, and Verlyn Williams, as well as his sister, Lisa Henderson.
He is survived by his wife, Catherine Henderson; his daughters Kenya Holderbecker (Tanner) and Carissa Henderson; his brother David Henderson (Jody); his parents Arnold and Marlene Henderson; his in-laws Herb and Judy Mehne, Stephanie and John Clark, Sharleen and Paul Diel, Kent Mehne; nieces and nephews Juli Wilson (Drew), Brooklyn Cauwels (Matthew), Daniel Henderson, Sean Clark (Amber), Ryan Clark, Marlayna Diel, and Jacob Diel.
A visitation will be held at Olson’s Funeral Home on Thursday, January 2nd, from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm. The funeral will be held at Living Hope Lutheran Church in Menomonie on Friday, January 3rd, at 4:00 pm, with a short visitation beginning at 3:00 pm.
The family invites all who knew Kevin to a celebration of life at the Off Broadway Banquet Center in Menomonie immediately following the funeral. Please bring your favorite Kevin memory to share.
In lieu of flowers, please consider contributing to a memorial in Kevin’s honor.
To share a memory, please visit obituaries at www.olsonfuneral.com.
The Menomonie Police Department is saddened to announce the unexpected off-duty death of Officer Sam Miller. Officer Miller served with the Menomonie Police Department since January of 2024, and had prior law enforcement experience starting in 2014 with the Pepin County Sheriff’s Department, Durand Police Department, Boyceville Police Department, and the Dunn County Sheriff’s Department.
Due to the sudden and unexpected death of Officer Miller, the Menomonie Police Department has requested assistance from neighboring law enforcement agencies to assist with the public safety needs in the City of Menomonie for the next several days. You will notice police vehicles from partnering law enforcement agencies in the community to help ensure law enforcement services continue without disruption.
As the staff at the Menomonie Police Department processes the grief of losing Officer Miller, we ask for the patience and understanding from the community, and to respect the privacy of Officer Miller’s family.
On December 24th, 2024, the Dunn County Sheriff’s Office lost one of its own.
Correctional Officer Jeff Reynolds was Westbound on US Hwy 12/ State Hwy 29 at 02:44 a.m. en route to fill a shift at the Jail when his vehicle was struck by a Northbound vehicle on CTH E that failed to stop at the posted stop sign.
Jeff began his career with the Sheriff’s Office in 2007 and was a valued member who will be missed greatly.
The operator of the striking vehicle, 40-year-old Mark A. Sokolowski of Eau Claire, has been charged with Homicide by Intoxicated Use of a Vehicle and is currently being held at the Eau Claire County Jail. Three other passengers in his vehicle, including his wife, were also injured in the crash.
Sokolowski had his initial appearance today, and Dunn County Judge Wagner issued a $75,000 Cash bond. The crash investigation is being conducted by the Wisconsin State Patrol. The Sheriff’s Office would like to thank the Wisconsin State Patrol, Menomonie Fire Department, and Menomonie Police Department for their support and assistance.
Richard (Dick) C. Nehring passed away peacefully with Lynn at his side on Friday, December 20, 2024, at The Neighbors of Dunn County, Menomonie, after a six-year battle with cancer.
Dick was born February 15, 1934 to Julius and Mabel (Hockenbrock) Nehring in the Town of Cleveland, Chippewa County. He graduated from Baldwin High School in 1952 and worked in a grocery store for one year before he enlisted in the U.S. Army, serving from 1953 to 1956. He worked odd jobs in a cannery, creamery and pea factory. Dick completed one year of a Machinist program at Voc Tech. He worked as a machinist from 1959 to 1999 at McDonough Manufacturing in Eau Claire.
He married Mary Lou Morissette in 1960. Together, they had three daughters, Denise, Karen, and Julie. They lived in the Eau Claire area, where they were members of St. John’s Lutheran Church. He enjoyed doing things with his family and friends. His hobbies included fishing, hunting, vegetable gardening, woodworking, and watching basketball and football games. He was an avid Green Bay Packer fan, and he was quite the fisherman! Dick lost Mary Lou to cancer at a young age.
In 1985 Dick married Lynn (Maves) McMahon. They lived in the Colfax area about 38 years. After retiring, Dick became more interested in landscape work and preparing perennial garden areas for Lynn to plant. Together, they created a place for others to visit and tour their gardens. Dick enjoyed the friendships that developed through these garden visits. He was a long-time member of the Northern Wisconsin Hosta Society (NWHS). He was also a member of the Eau Claire Garden Club (ECGC) for a brief time. Dick was a member of the Tainter United Methodist Church, where he and Lynn created garden areas around the church and maintained them for about 10 years.
Dick enjoyed spending time with his family, getting together with friends to play cards or enjoy a meal out. Friends were amused by his quiet humor. He loved going to his grandchildren’s basketball games as well as attending their cross-country competitions. He enjoyed visiting gardens and arboretums with Lynn, always looking for ideas for their own gardens. They spent endless hours planning garden spaces and watching birds, deer, and other wildlife at home.
He is survived by Lynn Nehring; three daughters, Denise (Todd) McMahon, Karen (Brian Nelsen) Nehring, and Julie Enloe; five grandchildren, Nissa, Karissa, and Tala Enloe, Nathan (Cassie) McMahon, and Sarah (Mike Capobianco) McMahon; three great-grandchildren Catalina Enloe, Sabrina Larson and William McMahon.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Julius and Mabel Nehring; first wife, Mary Lou Nehring, son-in-law Dennis Enloe, brothers Carl, Howard, Allen, Phillip, William, Oliver, Harold, and Arthur Nehring, sisters Ruth Auburt, Dorothy Hop, and Ramona Britton.
The family wishes to thank the Mayo Clinic Health System Cancer Center staff, especially Ruta Kirstein, for their wonderful care and support throughout the last six years and, more recently, the staff of The Neighbors of Dunn County and St. Croix Hospice for their care and support.
Memorial services will be held on Thursday, January 2, 2025, at 12:00 noon at the Tainter United Methodist Church, rural Menomonie, with Pastor Hae Jin Bahng officiating. Visitation at the church from 11:00 a.m. to noon. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Olson Funeral Home in Menomonie, WI, is serving the family.
To share a memory, please visit obituaries at www.olsonfuneral.com.
Join Sylvia Tiala (UW Stout professor) for an introduction to genealogy research. Find your family roots and start building your family tree. Sylvia will give a presentation on Jan 11th from 1-2pm in the Library meeting room.
She’ll also offer help sessions on the 2nd Saturday of each month from 9-11am starting Feb 8th in the storytime room (or by appointment [email protected]).
From the Facebook event page.
Join the challenge for a chance to win a $20 Amazon gift card & a signed copy of a William Kent Krueger book!
Sign up HERE.
From the Menomonie Public Library Facebook page.
