Downtown Menomonie supporters are invited to attend our Annual Meeting on Thursday, February 19th. Join us for an evening of celebrating our downtown district with appetizers, networking, and awards! Appetizers will be provided, and beverages will be available for purchase at Silver Dollar. Schedule of Events: • 5:30pm–Drinks, Appetizers, Socializing • 6:00pm–Annual Meeting Presentation • 6:30pm–Winter Daze Parade and Community Awards From the Facebook event page .

The rumors are true: Ice Cream for Breakfast is back!  Mark your calendars for Saturday, Feb 7th! We’re opening the doors at 8 AM to serve up the breakfast of champions. ​ ON THE MENU: ​The Exclusive Cinnamon Toast Sundae: Cinnamon-sugar crunch meets creamy vanilla perfection. ​Waffle Sundaes: Warm, fluffy, and topped with your favorite scoop. ​French Toast Stick Sundaes: The ultimate dippable breakfast treat! Affogatos: Espresso/cold brew poured over your favorite scoop. It’

Winter maintenance is serious work—but that doesn’t mean we can’t have a little fun along the way. We’re inviting the community to help name one of Menomonie’s snowplows as part of our January Community Services spotlight. Creative, clever, and winter-themed ideas are encouraged—as long as they’re family-friendly and appropriate for a public service vehicle. The selected name may be featured on City social media, the City website, and future winter communications as we contin

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Make your way to the Tanglewood Greens clubhouse on Saturday 01/31/2026 at 6:00 pm to meet local mayoral candidate Matthew Crowe and discuss vision, platform and how to best improve the future on Menomonie. From the Facebook event page .

Do you have a stash of old t-shirts that are too bad to donate? Bring them to the store along with a good fabric scissors and let's see what we can make with them. Produce bags, grocery bags, yarn.... From the Facebook event page .

Darlene E LaBrec, age 89 of Menomonie, formerly of Arkansaw, died Sunday, January 11, 2026 at her home in Menomonie. Darlene was born at the home of her parents, Wm and Edith (King) Cataract on April 12, 1936 in the Town of Frankfort, rural Pepin County. She attended Oak Center, a one room school, and graduated from Arkansaw High School. After graduation, she worked at Fanny Farmer Candy Store in Eau Claire until she married her high school sweetheart, Lyle LaBrec, on Decembe

CAN YOU UNSEAT THE THREE-TIME GRAND CHAMPION? Break out those crock-pots and whip up your secret family chili recipe. First place winner receives over $100 in prizes and cash payouts. Prizes also for Second and Third place winners. Public voting 2 to 4pm or while supplies last. Winner announced at 4:30pm. Competition Rules Only 10 spots available - sign up by February 6th. RED CHILI ONLY. No white or green chilis may be entered. (Vegetarian/Vegan entries welcomed.) Entries mu

AI-Assisted Film and Video Production class to open summer 2026 By Abby Goers, UW-Stout Menomonie, Wis. – A new Artificial Intelligence (AI) Assisted Film and Video Production course will launch at University of Wisconsin-Stout in summer 2026. The course, possibly a first-of-its-kind in the Universities of Wisconsin, was developed by a video production  faculty trio – Keif Oss, Jonny Wheeler and  Co O’Neill . Students in the course will produce a short narrative film, using A

There will be 10 contested Dunn County Board contests, including one primary contest races in the April 2026 election.   Here are the contested districts and candidates:  District 1 : Timothy A. Lauffer , Colfax, and Jeff Foster , Colfax District 2 : Heather Seburn , Prairie Farm, and John Wurtzler , Boyceville District 6 : Dustin Shackleton , Menomonie, and Jim Zons , Colfax District 9 : Stephanie May , Downing, and Samuel S. Thompson , Knapp District 11 : Michelle Bachand ,