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Menomonie Police warn about casualty training exercises Wednesday

map of training area

Press release today from the Menomonie Police:

Attention Menomonie Community!

On Wednesday, August 21st, there will be two mass casualty training exercises taking place behind Mayo Clinic in Menomonie. These exercises will involve local EMS, law enforcement organizations, and Mayo Clinic staff.

Please

UW-Stout faculty members receive promotions, tenure

Monika Herrmann has been promoted to professor at UW-Stout, one of 18 faculty members to receive a promotion. She teaches in the engineering and technology department.

Menomonie, Wis. — The Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents has approved promotions and tenure recommendations for 18 University of Wisconsin-Stout faculty members effective for the 2024-25 academic year.

The professors and their departments are:

Promoted to professor

  • Monika Herrmann, engineering

Governor Evers statement on the failure of referenda

Governor Tony Evers

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today released a statement regarding Wisconsinites’ rejection of two constitutional amendments added by Republican lawmakers to the August primary ballot in an effort to erode checks and balances and the ability of the governor of Wisconsin to accept and allocate federal

Primary election today - be prepared to vote

ballot box

The Wisconsin Elections Commission would like to remind all Wisconsin voters of information for Tuesday's Primary Election:

MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Elections Commission today released a list of the top things Wisconsin voters should know for the Partisan Primary on Tuesday, Aug. 13.

 

  1. Voters

Culvert work on WIS 85

work ahead sign

Culvert work to result in WIS 85 lane closure in Dunn County

Flaggers will direct motorists through work zone west of Rock Falls

Maintenance crews from the Dunn County Highway Department plan to replace a culvert on WIS 85 about a mile west of Rock Falls.

Weather permitting, the work will take place

WEC Administrator Wolfe Receives Unsung Heroes of Democracy Award

Meagan Wolfe

On Friday, Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe was formally presented with an Unsung Heroes of Democracy Award by the American Bar Association at a luncheon in Chicago.

 

According to the ABA, the award “recognizes those individuals and organizations who work every day, often