The Boyd police reports should be filling up again soon. After the resignation of Officer Hunter Imm to take a position in Neillsville, Boyd calls have been getting answered in the interim by the County Sheriff’s department—but no more. At the September 14 board meeting, the village trustees approved a replacement for Imm in Officer Tucker Teige, a native of Colfax and Eau Claire resident who also works parttime for Chippewa County.

“So we need to make a motion,” acting President Bob Geist said of the new police hire for the community known as The Friendly Town. Police and ordinance chair Casey Dorn made the motion to approve hiring, seconded by Trustee Gwen Krizan—and with that, the new local officer was approved. Officer Teige’s first day was scheduled to be Wednesday, September 16, with one of his first potential assignments the checking of ID at the upcoming village fall clean-up October 2 and 3—meant for village residents only. This past spring the village of Boyd ran into trouble when it received twice the normal load of trash that it usually took in at the twice yearly service, with the trustees speculating that this was due to out-of-towners taking advantage of the disposal service right around the time that the novel coronavirus hit.

With a new police hire to check ID and also get acquainted with local residents, that hopefully won’t be a problem this time around. Residents of Boyd are directed to the village newsletter for more information on the upcoming clean sweep.

Photo by Joseph Back.