Dunn County News

A buffalo escapes from a Menomonie park Sunday afternoon, and police officers lure the animal back in its pen with food.

The High Mileage Vehicle Club, which designs and builds cars to get the best fuel mileage possible, has taken on new meaning with higher gas prices.

Project advanced through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act As part of national efforts to create jobs and provide immediate economic benefits to Wisconsin and the country, Governor Jim Doyle has signed a $2.1 million contract to improve nearly six miles of WIS 25 between County D and WIS 170 in Dunn County.

When: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Where: Five garden stops in Dunn County. Cost: Tickets are $12 the day of the tour or $10 with a nonperishable donation to the food pantry.

The Eau Claire City Council's rejection of a rezoning request for a proposed new Eau Claire County jail this week means inmates will continue to be sent to lockups in Chippewa and Dunn counties - along with the money to pay for them - until a new facility eventually is built.

The body of a missing swimmer has been found along the Chippewa River near Menomonie.

The disappearance of Travis Weier on Monday while jumping into the Chippewa River is the second such incident in a little more than a week.

A search resumed Tuesday in Dunn Co. for an 18-year-old man missing after going swimming.

A project is getting under way at Hoffman Hills State Recreation Area that will develop a 25- to 30-acre burr oak savanna and a glacial outwash viewing and interpretive area.

Part of I-94 near Menomonie was closed down Tuesday night after a woman climbed onto an overpass railing to possibly jump off.

Helping to resolve Dunn County's space needs and upgrading aging buildings could carry a price tag of $20 million to $38 million.

An outage that left hundreds of Xcel Energy customers without power in Dunn County, has been fixed.

A child in Dunn County has to be rescued after falling in a pool. Deputies say they were called to a home south of Menomonie around 5:30 p.m. Saturday.

A Dunn County prosecutor told jurors Thursday the mental limitations of a man who allegedly was sexually assaulted by a former Colfax municipal judge will be quite apparent once they hear the man testify.

It was her dream to open a petting zoo, but that dream quickly turned into something bigger - a rescue ranch.

Local farmers in some of the worst hit drought areas say if they don't get rain soon, the drought will start costing them in a big way.

The Clark County, Dunn County and Eau Claire County animal shelters have taken in nearly 30 dogs seized last month at a Richland County facility.

The Menomonie Police Department chaplain volunteer program steadily has grown in stature and scope in its five years of operation.

Work on fencing for the Menomonie Dog Park should begin within the next two weeks and will be completed by mid-July. The Menomonie City Council on Monday approved Pember Companies of Menomonie's low bid of $41,287.50 to install the fencing.

Even after two weeks of three daily feedings, Lady Jane, a miniature poodle, is thin - thin enough that the pet locator chip can be seen beneath her skin, and her ribs and backbone protrude from her body.