Ice Age Trail anniversary celebrated

The Thorp Courier

The Thorp City Council recently passed a resolution vacating five alleys in that city. +++ The Thorp High School, Landscaping Class is hard at work installing a Healing Garden at the school. Families can remember relatives or friends on stones that will be etched with names. Costs range from $105$150. +++ The Thorp Community Thanksgiving Dinner this year will only be curbside pickup or by home delivery. The event will be held on Thursday, November 26. Call 715-669-5093 to place your order for the free meal. +++ Because Thorp area farmers answered the call, through Grow Rural Education, Bayer Fund awarded a $15,000 grant to the Thorp School Agriculture Program. The grant is being used to expand the greenhouse by incorporating a large aquatics facility, to allow students to grow more food for the school lunch program. One of the 2020-21 school year goals of the local FFA is to plan four locally-grown meals.

Courier Sentinel

The 40th Anniversary of the Ice Age Trail, that runs through Cornell, was celebrated at the Cornell Visitors Center on Sunday, October 4. Cornell has a new sign recognizing it as an, “Ice Age Trail Community.” +++ On October 5, the side rails over a creek in Cornell were removed, as work on the last of four culvert replacements between Cadott and Cornell began. This project has closed Highway 27 for most of the summer. The project was delayed because of weather and other issues. +++ Reigning as the 2020 Cadott Homecoming King and Queen were seniors Nelson Wahl and Jada Kowalczyk. +++ Cadott School Board Members learned at a recent meeting that the district has had four positive cases of COVID – one in the elementary and three in the junior/senior high school. They also were told that the district’s student population is down nine students and there are 65 students enrolled in eSucceed full-time.

Bloomer Advance

Paul Salm, a Bloomer resident, and an employee of BMO Harris Financial Group in Chippewa Falls, was recently awarded a 2020 Citizen Leadership Award, from the International Economic Development Council. Salm was nominated for the award by the Chippewa County Economic Development Corporation, which he has served as a past chairperson and has been on the Board of Directors, for the last 20 years. +++ The new New Auburn Dollar General Store is about to be enclosed. The store is slated to open in late 2020, depending on construction progress.

Tribune Photograph

The owner of Abbyland Foods has plans to build two apartments buildings for its workers in Curtiss. Harland Schraufmangel is proposing that the development be located just east of the El Norteno restaurant, which closed earlier this year. One of the buildings would be 16 units and one would have between 12 and 14 units. +++ Dorchester has agreed to spend up to $4,000 a month for police protection from the Clark County Sheriff’s Department, which offered to assign a deputy to the village for an average of 30 hours per week, including nights and weekends. +++ In a year with many unpredictable trends, one in Clark County will stay stable – the county’s property tax rate. After a public hearing, the tax rate for 2021 will be almost identical to not only 2020’s but the one in place for the past eight years. The plan calls for 2.4 percent increase in overall county spending – to $70.2 million – but with a tax rate that will stay identical to last year's thanks to use of fund balances and the slight tax levy increase allowed by the state based on new property value growth over the past year. The proposed budget calls for a property tax rate of $8.043 per $1,000 of property value.

The Sentinel & Rural News

After a COVID-19 shutdown, the transportation provider for the O-W Schools, school buses are rolling again as of Wednesday, October 14. Two bus drivers are still quarantined, but to cover them, their rural routes will be run first, then make a swing through the city and village to pick up town kids. +++ Matt Cihlar, 6-12 O-W School’s Principal, suggests you can support your child by doing a few simple things: Ask them how their day was. Give them a quiet place to do homework. Look at their grades on-line. Communicate with school personnel if you have any questions.

Trempealeau County Times

Fifteen new teachers have joined the faculty in the Arcadia School District. Of the new teachers, eight are in the district's elementary school, six in the middle school and one in the high school. +++ The new Ashley Furniture Outlet & Clearance Center in Arcadia is holding its grand opening on Friday, October 30, at 11 am. An ad reads: Unbeatable offers – up to 70% off and take it home the same day. Store hours are Friday, Saturday and Sunday 11 am to 7 pm.

Tri-County News A nice variety of vendors set-up during the Augusta Fall Fest. Beautiful fall weather was enjoyed by all. Also set-up on lamp posts were scarecrows that will remain up until Halloween. +++ Stockman’s Farm Supply in Osseo, recently had a new parking lot installed.

Buffalo County News

Buffalo County agriculture officials are working to think outside the box when it comes to research plots currently in progress. Three projects seek to develop solutions for different problems, or solve unanswered questions. The three projects involve soybeans, hemp research and a demo pollinator site that looks to manage steep hillsides with native prairie plantings. The projects are a cooperative effort of Buffalo County, UW-Extension – Buffalo County and Dairyland Power that is looking to study the effects of power plant scrubber material as a fertilizer. +++ St. Elizabeth’s Hospital and Clinics of Wabasha, MN are the newest affiliates of La Crosse based Gunderson Health System.

Banner Journal

The Ho-Chunk Nation Legislature approved a resolution on October 6, stating that there would be no per capita distribution for 7,868 members in November. Typically, gaming revenues are used for specific purposes, such as a per capita distribution. The decision was the result of determining that there was need to fund tribal government operations and programs. +++ Black River Falls is moving forward with building a new municipal utilities building at a cost of $5,472,992.

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