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Thursday, December 13, 2018
The 2019 Dunn County Solid Waste Permits are in the process of being mailed to residents of participating municipalities over the next two weeks and should be received by December 31, 2018. Landlords/renters will need to contact the division at 715-232-4017 or swr@co.dunn.wi.us to request a permit for rentals. The Solid Waste & Recycling Division would like to remind residents of participating ...read more
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Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Singer from “The Voice” on Spectrum West Dec. 13, 2018 Current contestant and singer Chris Kroeze from Barron will talk about his experience on “The Voice” on Spectrum West, which airs at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 13 on Wisconsin Public Radio’s The Ideas Network, broadcast on 88.3 WHWC-FM/ Menomonie-Eau Claire and 88.7 WRFW-FM/River Falls. The program also features information about upcoming ...read more
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Monday, December 10, 2018
Dec. 10, 2018
Menomonie, Wis. — The holidays are a time for many University of Wisconsin-Stout students, faculty and staff to give back to Menomonie and Dunn County.
On Dec. 1, Andrea Bertram, a UW-Stout senior majoring in psychology, helped wrap presents at Shops Off Broadway Mall for Road to Freedom’s Motorcycle Rights Organization’s Christmas Miracle. The nonprofit organization helps ...read more
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Monday, December 10, 2018
Eau Claire, WI – Charter Bank is proud to announce and welcome Chad Plath as the Branch Manager. Plath is responsible for the administration and daily operations, including sales, service, facilities management, and purchasing.
“I am excited to join the Charter Bank family,” states Plath. “I’m looking forward to getting to know our customers and working with my team to continue to growth ...read more
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Monday, November 26, 2018
Nov. 14, 2018
Menomonie, Wis. — Tajikistan native Nilu Umarova cherishes every day she gets to live in Menomonie and attend University of Wisconsin-Stout.
“I am living my American dream right now,” Umarova said. “I love and enjoy every moment of it.”
The first-year student majoring in hotel, restaurant and tourism management graduated from Menomonie High School in May 2018 through the Future ...read more
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Monday, November 26, 2018
Nov. 26, 2018
Menomonie, Wis. — University of Wisconsin-Stout has a colossal chomping challenge for students, staff and the community with its first escape room, Jurassic Stout.
Up to nine-member teams must solve a series of puzzles and riddles in multiple rooms to restore the power before, hypothetically, back-up generators run out and release dinosaurs from their enclosures into the ...read more
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Friday, November 23, 2018
Move Over Law highlighted during Traffic Incident Response recognition
Eau Claire, WI – Nels Gunderson, owner of I-94 Towing and Recovery in Osseo, said he has seen it all in his 44 years operating a towing service and serving on the Osseo Fire Department for 42 years, including the deaths of emergency responders trying to lend aid at accident scenes.
It was because of the frightening ...read more
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Wednesday, November 21, 2018
Menomonie, Wis. — The Symphonic Singers and Chamber Choir at University of Wisconsin-Stout will host one of the official World War I Centennial Commission events at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, 910 9th St. E.Tickets are $5 and are available online, at the Service Center in the student center, 715-232-1122, and at the door.Conducted by Assistant Professor Jerry Hui, with ...read more
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Wednesday, November 21, 2018
November 19, 2018 Menomonie, Wis –University of Wisconsin-Extension and the Center for Dairy Profitability invite you to learn basic farm financial fundamentals during the Farming Your Finances workshop series. Designed for those interested in learning about and improving their farm financial management skills, this two-day series features an interactive and fun approach to learning about the ...read more
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Tuesday, November 20, 2018
Menomonie, Wis. — Carl “Energizer” Olson likes to collect dots.To the nationally known speaker, trainer and author, who has presented to more than 1.5 million people throughout the U.S. and Canada, each person he meets is a dot.“Tonight is a dot for you,” he said while speaking at University of Wisconsin-Stout Wednesday, Nov. 14, as part of School Psychology Awareness Week, which ran from Nov. ...read more
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Tuesday, November 13, 2018
A member of the bluegrass quintet Monroe Crossing looks ahead to a performance in Hudson with host Al Ross onSpectrum West, which airs at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 15 on Wisconsin Public Radio’s The Ideas Network which is broadcast on 88.3 WHWC-FM/ Menomonie-Eau Claire and 88.7 WRFW-FM/River Falls. The program also previews upcoming shows from the Chippewa Valley Symphony Orchestra and the ...read more
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Tuesday, November 06, 2018
SHOE SENSATION HOST 3RD ANNUAL SOCKS FOR TROOPS FUNDRAISER
Shoe Sensation is collecting socks for active Military and local Veterans
NOVEMBER 1st-DECEMBER 24th, 2018-Shoe Sensation, a regional chain of name brand family shoe stores, is hosting its 3rd annual "Socks For Troops" companywide. Each store will be collecting socks for active duty military or local veterans in our local ...read more
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Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Menomonie, Wis. — A University of Wisconsin-Stout graduate student has been selected to receive a fellowship from the National Board for Certified Counselors.
Megan Schilling, of Ellsworth, who is studying clinical mental health counseling with concentrations in alcohol and substance abuse and dependency and eating disorders, recently received the National Board for Certified Counselors ...read more
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Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Menomonie, Wis. — Naomi Albert, a UW-Stevens Point senior majoring in natural resource planning, enjoys the interdisciplinary approach LAKES REU offers to trying to solve environmental problems.
Albert is one of eight college students from around the U.S. taking part in LAKES, a summer research experience for undergraduate students at University of Wisconsin-Stout. The eight-week program studies ...read more
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Monday, July 16, 2018
Menomonie, Wis. — Naomi Albert hopped on a new Giant hybrid Escape 3 bicycle purchased for the University of Wisconsin-Stout StoutBikes program and took it for a spin.
“I’m impressed,” said Albert, a UW-Stevens Point senior majoring in natural resources planning who is in Menomonie for the summer as part of the LAKES REU program. “It’s really nice to be able to travel around the city over the ...read more
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Friday, July 13, 2018
Menomonie– The Menomonie Police Department will be participating in the Annual National Night Out campaign on Tuesday, August 7, 2018. The event will be from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the Cedar Corporation parking lot, located at 604 Wilson Ave.
The event will feature vehicle displays from the Menomonie Police Department and other area law enforcement and public safety agencies. Some of ...read more
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Tuesday, July 10, 2018
Menomonie, Wis. — Menomonie Middle School eighth-grader Rachael May decided to attend the intercultural leadership portion of the Summer STEAM Experience at University of Wisconsin-Stout because she wants to know how to stop bullying.
“A friend of mine was bullied because of her different culture,” May said. “I want that to stop. I want to know ways to stop bullying. Just because people are ...read more
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Monday, July 09, 2018
Eau Claire, WI – Junior Achievement (JA) of Wisconsin, Inc. received two grants totaling $7,500 from the Xcel Energy Foundation. The Northwest District and the Coulee Region received $5,000 and $2,500 from the foundation. The Education Focus Area dollars help Junior Achievement continue to reach area youth with programs teaching them about work readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy at ...read more
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Monday, July 09, 2018
MENOMONIE - League of Women Voters of Greater Chippewa Valley this week announced a forum for the five candidates participating in the Dunn County sheriff primary election. The forum is set for Monday, July 30 at 6 p.m. in the community room of the Judicial Center, 615 Stokke Parkway, Menomonie.
The five candidates for county sheriff are: Republicans Adam W. Zukowski, Kevin Bygd, and Jacob ...read more
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Monday, July 02, 2018
Menomonie, Wis. — New energy-efficient lighting being installed this summer at University of Wisconsin-Stout is expected to save the university nearly $89,000 a year in energy costs.
Light-emitting diode — LED — lighting is being installed in 10 buildings and outdoor locations such as parking lots and walkways and some outdoor wall packs on residence halls.
Buildings getting a nearly full ...read more
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Barnhart receives Lorraine Missling Award at the 2018 Delta Kappa Gamma International Sigma Wisconsi
Monday, July 02, 2018
Menomonie, Wis. - University of Wisconsin-Stout Professor Emeritus CarolynBarnhart was honored with the Lorraine Missling Award for DistinguishedService in The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International at the 82nd SigmaState Convention, held in Madison. The award recognizes and honors a memberwho has demonstrated excellence in education and leadership in Delta KappaGamma. "I am humbled and honored ...read more
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Monday, June 25, 2018
Menomonie, Wis. — To ride a unicycle, University of Wisconsin-Stout sophomore Shelley Kovacic advises learning to fall.
“Falling makes you better,” the business administration major said. “You learn from it. You have to learn to fall. Balance is one of the most important things to learn, no matter what style of riding you are doing.”
Kovacic, of Hudson, could be seen on campus last spring ...read more
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Wednesday, June 20, 2018
Menomonie, Wis. — Like most students who study abroad, Megan Luedke treasures her memories of taking classes in another country.
The University of Wisconsin-Stout student had more than a valuable international education experience, however. She had an out-of-this-world experience — helping design the mission patch for a German astronaut who in early June rocketed into space from Kazakhstan with ...read more
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Tuesday, June 19, 2018
Menomonie—On Tuesday, July 10 from 1:00-3:00 p.m., officers from the Menomonie Police Department (MPD) and community members of all ages are invited to come together at Culver’s Frozen Custard to discuss community issues and build relationships over a cup of coffee or scoop of custard. Culver’s is located at 1330 Stout Rd. in Menomonie.
Coffee with a Cop is a national initiative supported ...read more
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Monday, June 18, 2018
WESTERN WI— Construction will be underway in early September as WESTconsin Credit Union breaks ground on a 35,000 square foot, two-story Administrative Center. The new facility will be built on vacant land the credit union owns directly west of their Menomonie – East Office located at 3333 Schneider Avenue. The building will house WESTconsin’s Service Center, Human Resources, Training, Member ...read more
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Monday, June 18, 2018
Eau Claire, WI –Junior Achievement of Wisconsin, Inc., Northwest District is pleased to announce a new member joining its Board of Directors.BlayneMidthun is a local business owner and real estate investor who started Ramone’s Ice Cream Parlor in Eau Claire, WI with his wife, Kayla, in 2017 after seeing firsthand the need for the area to have a true ice cream parlor. Blayne was born and raised in ...read more
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Monday, June 18, 2018
Menomonie, Wis. — A University of Wisconsin-Stout student teacher supervisor in the areas of family and consumer sciences and health has received a statewide award.
Cindy Quilling, of Menomonie, recently was named the Wisconsin Association of Family and Consumer Sciences 2018 Leader of the Year at the organization’s annual conference in Wisconsin Dells. The award identifies and honors family and ...read more
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Monday, March 26, 2018
Menomonie, Wis. — A decades long dream came true for the University of Wisconsin-Stout chapter of the Club Managers Association of America this month.
The student organization was named the Chapter of the Year, largest chapter, at the World Club Managers Conference in San Francisco, Calif., March 2-6, earning $1,000 and a trophy. The UW-Stout chapter also won the Club of the Future contest by ...read more
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Monday, March 26, 2018
Prediabetes and You, a Hidden Risk
[Eau Claire, WI – March 26, 2018] – Tuesday, March 27, is American Diabetes Association (ADA) Alert Day®, and the Eau Claire YMCA wants residents of the Eau Claire community to know their risk for prediabetes and type 2 diabetes, as well as preventive steps they can take that day to reduce the chances of developing the disease.
In the United States alone, ...read more
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Friday, March 23, 2018
American tale to provide family-friendly entertainment opens April 6
News link: https://www.uwstout.edu/about-us/news-center/university-theatre-brings-musical-big-fish-harvey-hall-theatre-opening-april-6
March 22, 2018
Menomonie, Wis. — In “Big Fish” Edward Bloom tells tall tales of a witch, a giant, a mermaid and a werewolf.
Yet in those fantastical stories, Bloom, performed by ...read more
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Wednesday, March 21, 2018
News link: https://www.uwstout.edu/about-us/news-center/state-senate-resolution-honors-life-chancellor-emeritus-sorensen-0March 20, 2018
Menomonie, Wis. — The Wisconsin state Senate unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday, March 20, honoring the life and accomplishments of the late University of Wisconsin-Stout Chancellor Emeritus Charles W. Sorensen.The resolution was authored by state Sen. ...read more
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Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Menomonie, WI - P.G.A. Golf Professional Jim Maguire was recently hired as the General Manager and Head Golf Professional at Tanglewood Greens in Menomonie, WI. He was previously in the same capacity at Prairie du Chien Country Club in Prairie du Chien, WI.
Maguire has been a member of the P.G.A. of America since 1997, and his ties to the Chippewa Valley run deep. He served as the Head Men’s ...read more
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Tuesday, March 20, 2018
JERRY POLING | MARCH 14, 2018
The intersections of free speech, political censorship and minorities will be the topic of a presentation and discussion at UW-Stout.
The university’s Center for the Study of Institutions and Innovation will feature Walter Kimbrough, Dillard University of New Orleans, and Charles H.F. Davis III, University of Southern California, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, March ...read more
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Tuesday, March 20, 2018
CHIPPEWA FALLS, WI, March 19, 2018- Spectrum Industries is proud to announce that Brian Myhre has been named Channel Manager. Myhre has spent 30 years with Spectrum in various roles.
As Channel Manager, Myhre will be connecting partners with Spectrum and their Territory Managers. He will make working with Spectrum an easier process and help sales grow. As one of Spectrum’s top salesman the past ...read more
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