Menomonie News

Writes Christy of Menomonie, Wis.: "With the holiday cooking and baking season approaching, I keep seeing wonderful pictures of perfectly prepared recipes in magazines and newspaper supplements.

Michael Madsen is the "star power" in "Clear Lake," but don't expect to see much of him.

A Wisconsin lawmaker is on board with the effort to clean up local lakes. Residents in Menomonie say blue-green algae has led to poor water and air quality around lakes Menomin and Tainter.

On October 29, 1959, drivers started making a shorter, and safer trip between the Chippewa Valley and the Twin Cities.

A 36-year-old rural Menomonie man was ordered to stand trial Tuesday on four felony charges stemming from the alleged repeated sexual assault of a girl that started when she was about 12.

The Dunn County Sheriff's Department says it happened around 10:30 Monday morning at the Steven Weinzirl Farm in the town of Eau Galle southwest of Menomonie.

H1N1 vaccine clinics at Red Cedar Medical Center in Menomonie are full; no walk-ins will be accepted during clinics scheduled Wednesday and Friday.

All hospitals in Eau Claire, Chippewa Falls, and Menomonie are asking that children under the age of 16 not visit hospital patients.

As if Hoboken didn't have enough of it's own nutty political sideshows, an extremist group from Kansas is coming for a visit.

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation will be conducting routine maintenance and repairs on the Red Cedar Bridge near Menomonie this week.

Low's branching out from rock clubs to the legitimate theater. The band put together the vocals and the music for Heaven , a dance piece headed up by choreographer Morgan Thorson, that, true to its title, explores all sorts of spiritual matters.

Menomonie - Red Cedar Medical Center-Mayo Health System will host a 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine clinic for people who are in a CDC priority group on Monday, Oct.

Police in Menomonie say they have busted a drug house near the edge of the University of Wisconsin-Stout campus.

Investigators are searching for a suspect in a bank robbery Wednesday afternoon.

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Oct. 12--In the late 1800s and early 1900s, the people of Wisconsin started to crave the finer things in life.

Writes Christy of Menomonie, Wis.: "Years ago, hubby's grandparents rented a side-by-side duplex where the owner lived on the other side.

Four-year-old kindergarten offset enrollment drops in other grades at two Chippewa Valley school districts.

Unemployment numbers have doubled in Rusk, Barron and Washburn counties this year, which has caused many people in that region to lose their medical insurance, said Bette Colville.

Bergeson, who heads the West Central Wisconsin Radon Information Center in Menomonie, believes all homes should be tested for radon.

A local mayor is being honored for his devotion to the arts. Menomonie Mayor Dennis Kropp and former Dunn County Board Member Jane Hoyt are being given an Arts in the Community Award.