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E-S Board in the hot seat amid community questions, concerns

Citing the need for budget corrections to keep its fund balance from continuing to plummet, the Eleva-Strum School District is in the process of contract negotiations to outsource its transportation and custodial services. The school board also voted last week to cut all food service staff to part-time positions in order to save money on employee benefits. There is currently about $500,000 in the district’s fund balance, school leaders say, a dangerous level for any school district.

by Beth Kraft Acronyms like RFP, RFQ and concepts like outsourcing and staffing reductions have become common conversation pieces for the Eleva-Strum School District over the past few months, but...

‘Shamrock Shuffle’ a rousing success; MBA reaches funding goal for new city signs

Members of the Ladies’ Luncheon Committee presented the Mondovi Business Association with an $1,800 donation check during the city’s “Shamrock Shuffle” event, held Thursday evening, March 17. The funds, derived from the committee’s holiday luncheon event in December, helped the MBA meet its monetary goal to obtain four new “welcome” signs for the City of Mondovi. Many other local businesses and individuals also contributed to the city signs fund.

by Beth Kraft As crowds of people continued to stroll the streets of downtown Mondovi with festive green mugs in hand, members of the Mondovi Business Association emphatically labeled the City of...

Eleva-Strum to offer all-day 4K this fall; School Board chooses compromise out of three options

by Beth Kraft Eleva-Strum’s 4K students will have the option to remain at school all day as part of a curriculum change that will take effect at the beginning of the 2016-17 school year. The all-...

Gilmanton Board approves search for new school bus

by Beth Kraft The Gilmanton School Board at its monthly meeting on Monday, March 14, gave school leaders the go-ahead to pursue purchasing a new bus on this year’s books. District administrator...

E-S Board votes to cut food service staff to part-time, outsource custodial service

by Beth Kraft Over 50 people attended the Eleva-Strum School Board’s regular monthly meeting on Monday, March 14, which was moved into the Central High School auditorium to accommodate the crowd...

Rollover crash near Fountain City injures two; speed, drugs and alcohol were factors, police say

A one-vehicle rollover crash that occurred around 3 a.m. on Sunday morning, March 13, east of Fountain City in the Town of Cross resulted in injuries for two out of four people involved. According...

Litigation of suit against City of Mondovi ongoing

by Beth Kraft The Mondovi City Council at its regular meeting on Tuesday, March 8, briefly discussed in closed session progress of a lawsuit against the city filed by a former Mondovi police...

Mondovi DI teams state-bound!

Second and third-graders on Mondovi’s “Einstein Idea Generators” squad are, front, left to right, Adella Anderson, Arianna Hipke; middle, Ethan Odegard, Julia Heike, Porter Bauer, Bethany Risen, Owen Wilken; back, advisor Sarah Snyder.

by Beth Kraft Three of Mondovi’s Destination Imagination teams recently made the cut to attend the state DI competition, set to be held at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point on Saturday,...

City Council tables action on Safe Ride vouchers, citing need for additional info

by Beth Kraft The Mondovi City Council has postponed action on a request to suspend issuing parking tickets in the city for those who use the Tavern League of Wisconsin’s Safe Ride program. The...

Wabasha County Herald

First barge of season arrives…10 days early

A small crowd at the City Fountain joined Chief Wapahasha II in watching the first barge of the 2016 shipping season pass Wabasha this past Saturday. It went by at approximately 3:45 p.m. after locking through at Alma shortly before 2 p.m. The Motor Vessel Ronald Wagonblast was pushing 12 empty barges for St. Paul. She was followed shortly afterward by the Jonathan Erickson, also pushing 12 empties. According to Lockmaster Gordon Holman at Alma Lock & Dam 4, as of Monday morning, there had already been eigh

The Motor Vessel Ronald Wagonblast locked through Lock & Dam 4 at Alma on Saturday at 1:53 p.m., and Wabasha at 3:45 p.m. Saturday, March 12. She was pushing 12 barges en route to St. Paul....

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