Ralph Haas Menomonie Middle School English teacher Ralph Haas has been selected as a 2022 Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Teacher Fellow. Mr. Haas was one of 100 teachers in Wisconsin to receive this honor and will automatically become a Wisconsin Teacher of the Year candidate. The Herb Kohl Teacher Fellowship recognizes educators who have demonstrated a superior ability to motivate students and inspire a love of learning in them and for the leadership and service they provi

By Barbara Lyon Menomonie is among four Western Wisconsin cities to be awarded a grant from the state’s Neighborhood Investment...

By Josiah McClelland and Kyra Price, UW- Stout Harvey News Service A new exhibit will bring back some childhood memories to those who...

Menomonie resident Scott Bast has always loved to draw. As a young boy, he dreamed of being a comic book artist. Bast also loves the Green Bay Packers. Today, he combines his two passions into making Packers-related art. In 2016, he created an Instagram account to showcase his work. That same year, Bast was contacted by Heaven Daniels, wife of then Packers player Mike Daniels. She was looking for a Christmas gift for her husband and asked to buy a drawing Bast had done of Dan

Landmark Conservancy has purchased a 364-acre Meridean Barrens property from Xcel Energy, protecting important habitat in Dunn County. The area is part of the unincorporated community of Tyrone that existed along the Lower Chippewa River. The majority of the funding for the purchase was secured through a North American Wetland Conservation Act (NAWCA) grant with additional support from the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Fund administered by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Res

A StoryWalk® has been added to Lakeside Park in Menomonie thanks to Health Dunn Right, the Dunn County Community Health Coalition. Health Dunn Right was looking to establish an activity that families could enjoy together and would also promote reading and the outdoors. With help from the Community Foundation of Dunn County, Mayo Clinic, the City of Menomonie, and the Menomonie Public Library, Health Dunn Right was able to secure funding for the StoryWalk® and install it early

By Pam Powers, UW-Stout A University of Wisconsin-Stout senior discovered the Lakebank Nature Trail near downtown Menomonie in 2018 at...

By Jerry Poling - UW-Stout Menomonie, Wis. — Fifty years ago, the school now known around the state and country as University of...

Girl Scouts from Troop 3415 along with Menomonie Transportation are working to raise awareness about bus safety in Menomonie. Last year...

By Kate Edenborg If you’re looking for something to listen to on your drive to Chippewa Falls or Eau Claire, you might want to consider a podcast that gives you new insights about people and places in Menomonie. Dustyn Dubuque and Becca Schoenborn started Downtown Menom: The Podcast earlier this year. “I had the idea when the Menomonie Library podcast went defunct," said Dustyn, executive director of Downtown Menomonie. “I felt there was an untapped market.” He recruited Bec

If you're looking for ways to spark your kids (or your own!) creativity, look no further than Fulton's Workshop at the Rassbach Heritage Museum in Wakanda Park. The workshop opened its doors as a new addition to the museum back in December 2017, thanks to a generous donation by Fulton Holtby. Mr. Holtby, a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Minnesota, was intrigued by UW-Stout's hands-on approach to learning and developed a connection with the polytechni

The Board of Trustees of the Menomonie Public Library is pleased to announce a new director. Joleen Sterk will take over the role from...

Girl Scout Troop 3015 was recently recognized for completing their Bronze Award project. The Bronze Award is the highest award Girl Scout...

With 14 years in the books, Ted Stark, director of the Menomonie Public Library, will be retiring on May 31st. Stark moved with his...

This article was written by Don Steffen and used with the permission of the Dunn County Historical Society. When a teenaged Edith Conway...

Local artist Laurel Fraher's children, Lily and Henry, never met their sister Julia, who passed away from cancer before they were born. Laurel wanted them to know that Julia would always be a part of their lives and that they could see her in the world around them. "I wanted them to understand why we think of their sister when we see a butterfly, blossoms in the spring, or a beautiful sunrise," Laurel explained. She wrote a poem about those connections we have with the loved

Officers with the Menomonie Police Department can now offer children involved in stressful situations some comfort, thanks to the efforts...

Menomonie resident and cookbook author Coltan J. Schoenike will be featured on Wisconsin Public Radio’s Morning Show on January 29th at 8:00 am. Schoenike, who recently completed their Master's degree at UW Stout and is a Marriage and Family Therapist, put their passions for baking and helping people into a new cookbook called “Spread Love (And Buttercream!): Recipes and Reflections Where Love is the First Ingredient and a Sweeter World is Ours for the Baking.” “Shortly befor

When Barbara Bauer-Chen and her family moved to Menomonie from Virginia two years ago, they noticed that their new hometown lacked a candy store. They had the idea in the back of their minds that it would be fun to open one. When the pandemic struck they were looking for something that would spread a little joy and decided it was time to act. Thus, C&J's Candy Store was born, opening this past July next to the former Chamber office on Main Street. Barbara and her husband John