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The Rattlenecks set to drop new album at Broiler Fest

The Rattlenecks includes Eleva-Strum natives Jim Pullman, Todd Barneson and Gabe Koxlien. The trio of vocalists are also joined by Ethan Schmidt on bass and Davy Sumner on drums on their newest album, “Heart Lies.”

by Beth Kraft Three Eleva-Strum Central High School pals with a mutual interest in music started off playing together just for fun. When Jim Pullman, Todd Barneson and Gabe Koxlien—all E-S grads—...

Goose issue draws crowd to Mondovi City Council meeting

This pair of geese and their young were the only Canada geese visible at Mirror Lake last Thursday afternoon. The City of Mondovi still intends to conduct a goose round-up in cooperation with the USDA sometime after June 15, but if goose numbers remain low the round-up won’t take place, city leaders said last week. The City Council budgeted last fall for a round-up this year, citing public health concerns, after upwards of 300 geese could routinely be found at the lake in 2016.

by Beth Kraft Multiple community members in recent weeks have publicly denounced a planned goose round-up at Mirror Lake in Mondovi—a tactic city leaders are still on track to go ahead with...

Mark Johnson

Mark T. Johnson, 57, of Eleva, died Friday, May 19, 2017, at his home. Mark was born Feb. 12, 1960, in Eau Claire, to Donald and LaVonne (Arneson) Johnson. Mark worked as a cement finisher for...

Alice Risler

Alice Jeanine Risler, 68, of Eau Claire, Wis., passed on to eternal life on Sunday, May 21, 2017. She was born on Feb. 9, 1949, in Eau Claire, the daughter of the late Duane and Marjorie (Peterson...

Julie Hallam

Julie M. Hallam, 75, of rural Eleva, Wis., died Thursday, May 18, 2017, on the family farm, with her husband and two of her three daughters by her side. Julie was born in Milwaukee to Thomas and...

Heavy rain results in road closures, repeat of some flood damage

Water streamed over Thompson Road on the north side of the bridge that spans the Buffalo River. Several roads between Mondovi and Eleva were partially closed last week.

by Beth Kraft Storms that repeatedly assaulted the local area early last week brought heavy, prolonged periods of rain as well as small hail, damaging winds and funnel cloud sightings in some...

Bus drivers at odds with administration over proposed change to a.m. drop-off pattern

Mondovi students walk toward school buses parked in the paved playground area behind Mondovi Elementary after school. The area is also the site of a.m. bus drop-offs—the subject of an ongoing disagreement between Mondovi bus drivers and administration after school leaders earlier this month proposed moving the morning drop-off site to the sidewalk along W. Mill St.

by Beth Kraft A group of bus drivers attended the Mondovi School Board’s May 15 meeting to express their frustration over a proposed plan to adjust the morning bus drop-off site—a plan they say...

Brock Larson

Brock Cecil Larson, 36, of Minneapolis, Minn., died unexpectedly on Wednesday, May 10, 2017. He was born on March 3, 1981, in Houston, Texas, and grew up in rural Durand. He attended Durand and...

City of Mondovi files civil lawsuit against developer

Crews broke ground to begin construction on a residence in the Peeso Creek Terrace subdivision last week. The development is the subject of a lawsuit filed May 11 by the City of Mondovi against North Creek Developers LLC, seeking monetary damages from an alleged breach of contract. The majority of the lots in the 10-year-old development on Mondovi’s north side are still empty.

by Beth Kraft The City of Mondovi on Thursday, May 11, filed suit in Buffalo County Circuit Court against North Creek Developers LLC, seeking to recoup more than $500,000 in damages from an...

Gilmanton Elementary recognized as Wisconsin Title I School of Recognition

Gilmanton Schools Principal Kory Rud (left) accepted a 2016-17 Wisconsin Title I School of Recognition award for Gilmanton Elementary, presented by State Superintendent Tony Evers at a special ceremony in Madison on May 1.

by Beth Kraft Gilmanton Elementary School was recently honored by the DPI as one of 64 Wisconsin schools classified as a “Beating the Odds School” as schools across the state received Wisconsin...

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