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190 reported COVID-19 cases in Pierce County

school children during first month of school year
School children in Pierce
County have experienced
record numbers of COVID-19
cases in the first month of the
school year. During Septem-
ber, 190 school children tested
positive for COVID-19, which
was about one third of the total
cases identified in the county
during that time period.
“As you can see from the
school case charts on our
county COVID-19 dashboard,
this is significantly higher than
any previous month during the
pandemic” said Rebecca
Tomasek, Public Health Nurse
who leads data analysis for the
department.
Several factors are likely to
have led to the larger increase
in infection of this age group
compared to other age groups.
The Delta variant is now the
predominately circulating vari-
ant, which is two to three times
more infectious than the strain
circulating last year. Several
school districts have opted to
forgo mitigation strategies that
had been used during the past
school year to limit spread of
the virus, such as universal
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and have them tested if they available for younger children, strated that pediatric emer- nities with higher vaccination to talk to their doctor or make drug.as.me/schedule.php).
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By Melissa Thorud
SPRING VALLEY - The
old Spring Valley Elemen-
tary School demolition
of time and a minimum of
$7,000,” said Superintendent
John Groh.
Demolition has resumed
and should be complete by
early November. Emmaus
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nity resource once again.”
After reviews and permits
were fast tracked and com-
pleted, it reduced a safety
risk the building poses to
community members in its

progress was put on hold in

early September for issues Church originally bought current state.
with the Department of Nat- part of the property before “Once those two entities
ural Resources and the pos- demolition started and now talked and were able to see
no

sibility of historical status for
the building.
However, the school dis-
trict can now resume the
demolition process after Sen.
Jeff Smith and his team
helped facilitate a conversa-
tion between the DNR and
the State Office of Historic
Preservation.
“Sen. Smith’s team saved
us approximately one month
that the process has contin-
ued, the church can continue
with their renovating and
construction process.
“The other main reason
for continuing the demolition
is that Emmaus Church is
turning these grounds into a
worship/community center,”
Groh said. “The longer the
delay, the more it could cost
them. We are excited to see
this site become a commu-
pictures of the current state
of the building, the permit
was approved almost imme-
diately. Basically, everyone
involved could see that in
this particular case, it made The former Spring Valley Elementary School is slowly coming down, with piles of bricks and
debris scattered about the once bustling school lawn. Photos by Sarah Nigbor
no sense to continue to hold
up the project. This was im-
portant to me because the
building poses a safety risk
to the community in its pres-
ent state,” said Groh.
The district started the
historic review process with
a company, but immediately
put the review on hold when
Smith’s team offered help;
the process moved quickly
and efficiently, saving
money for many groups in-
volved.
Demolition started up
again Thursday, Sept. 30 and
will consistently continue
throughout October. More
details are available on the
district’s Facebook page.

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Back in business?
Road to recovery
for Wisconsin’s
restaurant and
bar industry
The COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented
challenges for restaurants and bars in Wisconsin. Due in
part to support provided through federal relief funds, em-
ployment in this industry has recovered considerably
since nosediving by nearly 50% in April 2020.
Still, employment in the “food services and drinking
places” subsector remains below pre-pandemic levels. It
was still down by nearly 20,000, or 8.8%, in August 2021
compared to the same month in 2019.
Job recovery in this subsector also has been weaker in
Wisconsin than nationally, where employment was down
only 6.1% in August 2021 relative to August 2019.
It also lags job recovery for other major sectors in
Wisconsin. Total nonfarm employment in Wisconsin was
down by 3.5% in August 2021 relative to August 2019.
While no data source is currently available that could
show precisely how many restaurants and bars in Wis-
consin did not survive the pandemic, limited data from
the state’s Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Con-
sumer Protection suggests that hundreds more restau-
rants closed in Wisconsin than opened in 2020. However,
the same database shows new restaurant openings out-
paced closures in 2021 through August — another posi-
tive indicator of the sector’s recovery.
Now, a summer surge in new coronavirus cases sug-
gests the difficulties that have plagued the industry since
March 2020 are not yet in the rearview mirror. Anecdotal
and empirical evidence also points to an increasingly
tight labor supply, as demand for workers at restaurants,
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tion campaigns.
Today we add another big challenge to the list -- one
that neither Gov. Tony Evers, the Democratic incumbent,
nor his leading GOP challenger, Rebecca Kleefisch, ad-
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dressed in theircampaignannouncements:
Homelessness.
The problem hasn't improved much in recent years
sincethe state launchedan unprecedented yetlargely un-
finishedeffort to ensure stable housing for thousands of
desperate people across Wisconsin, includingmany chil-
dren.
The human misery from not having a safe place to
sleep, eat or study for school isintense and traumatic. At
the same time, the tragedy of homelessness costs taxpay-
ers more in social and emergency services than ade-
n-
quately addressing the problem would.
That's why the candidates for governor -- along with
municipal leaders, state lawmakers and members of Con-
no
Immigration desperation does not make it right
Dr. Glenn Mollette  stocked? What if you have trouble saving enough money
Imagine a family of six people coming to your house.
They knock on the door. They look tired, frail, dirty and
very hungry. They are desperate. Two of the six people
are under six years old. Their clothes are rags and their
shoes are barely still on their feet. They tell you about
their plight. They have traveled a long way. They left
their country in search of a better life. They need you to
help them. They need you to give them shelter, food,
clothes and some cash. They need to stay with you for a
while. What if your sole income is $2,000 a month in So-
cial Security? What if your pantry is no longer over-
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bars, and many other businesses has grown sharply in re-
cent months. This dynamic may be exacerbated, in part,
by workers seeking better employment conditions in
other industries.
The return of Wisconsin’s restaurants and bars to op-
erations that are closer to the pre-pandemic “normal” has
been welcomed by residents throughout the state. While
their recovery warrants some cautious optimism, the loss
on
in state-licensed businesses in 2020, current labor short-
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gress -- must do more. And now is the time for our polit-
ical leaders to outline their plans and commitments as the
2022 election cycle approaches, and asWorld Homeless
Dayarrives Oct. 10.
The good news is that Evers and Kleefisch understand
this difficult issue and have tried to address it in the past.
Everssought $70 millionin his latest two-year state
budget for affordable housing, shelter grants and other
programs aimed at assisting homeless individuals in the
state -- most of which Republicans rejected. Instead, the
GOP increased housing assistance programs by just $1.2
million and suggested the governor steer more federal
stimulus money to the cause.
Kleefischchairedthe Interagency Council on Home-
lessness when she was lieutenant governor in 2018. The
council's strong work led to eight homeless bills clearing
the GOP-led state Assembly. Unfortunately, the Repub-
lican-controlled Senateapproved only oneof those meas-
ures, adding $1 million in support for emergency
homeless shelters.
The problem isn't going away.
In Madison, more than 65 people have crowded Rein-
dahl Park on the Far East Side, turning it into a makeshift
campground of tents that has led toviolenceand frequent
calls for emergency responders. The city hopes to
movethe homeless campers from the park to a safer lo-
each month to pay your utility bills and keep your car
running? Your heart goes out to these people. You would
like to help them, but you don’t have the means to care
for yourself and so you have to say, “I can’t.” The reason
I can’t is because seriously, I just don’t have the financial
means to do so.”
The next thing that happens is they totally ignore what
you’ve just said and come into your house anyway. They
scatter out to your bedrooms and begin to make them-
selves at home. They open your refrigerator and eat the
food you have and then ask you to fix them more. Next,
they need money. “Do you have money you can please
give us?” they ask.You ask them to leave but they re-
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cation using $2 million in federal coronavirus relief
money. The city also ispursuinga permanent and modern
shelter with robust services to steer people to better lives.
A developer and social service agencywant to converta
hotel into affordable housing.
In Oshkosh, advocates arepushing for a larger, full-
time shelterand more affordable apartments. The city's
vacancy rate is less than 2% -- a much tighter market than
in past years, the Oshkosh Northwestern recently re-
ported.
Near Green Bay, the Oneida Nation used federal
COVID relief money to renovate a tribal building into a
shelter, the Green Bay Press-Gazettereported.
In Milwaukee, more than 90 people living in a "tent
city" under the Marquette Interchange have received help
finding apartments, transitional housing or moved in with
family members,according to WISN-TV(Ch. 12).
Wisconsin needs to step up its search for lasting solu-
tions as winter approaches, and as the coronavirus pan-
demic continues to limit how many people can be housed
indoors together.
What will the candidates for governor do for the
homeless, and how will they get it done? We want to
know. We'll be asking them for their ideas and commit-
ments in the coming year.
Votersshould demandanswers, too.
mind you they are desperate people who need for you to
help them.
Next they insist you go to the bank and draw out your
life savings and hand it over to them. They are desperate
and need money. They promise they will leave. Now you
are scared. You wonder what’s next? You call the White
House. You talk to Joe Biden and he lets you know that
Kamela Harris is on top of this and hangs up. Of course,
you don’t see any of them moving in with him. Delaware
is a long way from the border. He doesn’t figure immi-
grants will be much of a problem up there when he re-
tires.
At least 60,000 immigrants are coming to the border
of Mexico to enter the United States. They are all desper-
ate people in search of adequate housing, jobs, free edu-
cation, free medical insurance and more. Panama’s Prime
Minister sounded a warning that a massive group is pass-
ing their county and many of them are coming from Haiti.
Erika Mouynes is reported to have notified the White
House of the most recent migration surge.
Prime Minister Mouynes recently described how her
country has seen 80,000 Haitian immigrants and evac-
uees crossing from South America, through Panama,
headed to the United States this year.
Outlaws rob out of desperation. Drug addicts steal and
kill out of desperation. Rapists assault out of deranged
desperation. We don’t overlook these criminal acts in
America.
They are coming here. They are moving in. They are
desperate for shelter, food, free education, free Medicare,
free transportation and more. Their desperation doesn’t
make it right.
America is a nation of immigrants. Most of them have
come legally and followed an orderly process. If our na-
tional leaders do not gain control of our border crisis a
further humanitarian crisis unlike, we’ve ever seen is fast
approaching.
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Editor’s Desk BY SARAH NIGBOR Again BY DAVE WOOD

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Rejoice journo nerds everywhere, it’s Na-
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newspapers’ service and their employees
across North America.
Who cares, you might be thinking. Well,
you should. And I’ll tell you why.
First off though, thank you to all of our
loyal Journal readers for opening up our pages
each week or clicking through our E-edition.
We couldn’t do this without you.
It’s not a secret that newspapers across the
country are facing tough times. Local papers,
some more than 150 years old, have merged
into others, leaving community coverage min-
imal at best, nonexistent at worst. Over the
past 15-plus years, more than one in five
United States newspapers has closed and the
number of journalists has been cut in half, ac-
cording to the University of North Carolina’s
School of Media and Journalism. Many com-
munities and counties, especially in rural
areas, have been left without a local newspa-
per.
I’m thankful to work for a publisher and
company that values local news, who is beat-
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and advertisers.
City council and school board meetings.
Small-town sports and the big Friday night
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and honor rolls. Tragic fires and triumphant
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tabs on local government, hold elected offi-
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all with the goal to entertain, protect, enrich
and educate our readers.
Unless you have time to attend every vil-
lage board, school board, county board, plan
commission, city council meeting, how will
you stay informed on decisions local boards
are making that may affect you? We go to
those meetings for you. How do you know
where trustees and supervisors stand on hot
local issues? We report what happens at meet-
ings and how those decisions are made. Who
the heck do I vote for? You can read about the
candidates and make an informed decision.
Your local reporters are not strangers. We
are your neighbors. We are your customers.
We are your constituents. We are your friends.
We live here too. We care about our commu-
nities as much as you do. That’s why it’s even
more important to us to get things right and
correct ourselves if we get it wrong. I don’t
want to be in line at the grocery store and have
some lambast me for a job poorly done.
The newspaper industry will no doubt con-
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will evolve and change with it, providing you
the local news you want to read. If there is a
way we can improve, please let us know.
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Recently my columnist colleagues on the op-
ed page of the Journal sparked my interest in
writing about my home state. Publisher John
McLoone wrote a story about being a dad,
whose daughter's bank account was hacked,
leaving her with only $4. McLoone recollected
that a few decades back he could purchase a
whole case of Red, White and Blue beer for less
than $4: $3.50 to be precise. I was able to one-
up him on that score. In Eau Claire back in my
day a whole case of Walter's — “The Beer That
is Beer” -- went for three bucks flat, in bottles,
cold.
McLoone's editor Sarah Nigbor wrote on the
same day an account of her much-deserved
weekend off and a trip around Minnesota, be-
ginning in the Minnesota River Valley, where
the famous river was a mere dribble and Blue
Earth has a Green Giant statue, but no Green
Giant factory. And no place to eat breakfast, for
that matter.
That didn't surprise me, because I spent sev-
eral years traveling in the Gopher state and writ-
ing stories about its towns and people. It wasn't
a cushy job, like the late, great Anthony Bour-
dain’s network TV gig, because Minnesota has
a dearth of sleeping accommodations that don't
exactly match up to the Waldorf Astoria. Years
ago, I checked into the motel in Tracy, Minn.,
where the clerk presented me with a fly swatter,
which I used all night long killing flies which
migrated to the motel from the nearby city
dump.
In St. Peter at the AmericInn, Sarah discov-
ered frozen beers in her room's fridge left by a
previous tenant, which the clerk joked was the
above Rice Lake and hard by metropoli like
Brill and Haugen.
Next to the town's only filling station and on
the canal that dams up the Red Cedar Lake,
where I have actually caught fish, sits a remark-
able place called “My Last Resort,” a small col-
lection of cabins created by Barbara Dierks and
managed by her daughter Lisa, who now acts as
manager.
We've been staying at My Last Resort for
about ten years and wouldn't change for some
elegant place like Tagalong across the lake be-
cause Barb created it soon before our arrival out
of a collection of old-fashioned cabins and a sin-
gle dock. She completely remodeled four cab-
ins, built a six-unit condo, installed private
showers, new appliances, comfortable furniture.
Each unit has two bedrooms, a modern kitchen
and all sorts of extra amenities, like Weber
Grills, fish cleaning house, pontoons, free
kayaks, fire pits and beautiful lawns that get
mowed right on time every week.
And because it's located in the heart of Wis-
consin vacationland, there are restaurants galore,
including famous ones like Lehmann's in Rice
Lake and Stout lsland Lodge on Red Cedar
Lake. Little Mikana even has a Fourth of July
celebration with a parade and fireworks pro-
vided by one of the lake residents named
Cargill. Yeah, that Cargill. For a fabulous break-
fast, try Lona's Cafe in Haugen, the only mom-
and-pop operation that doubles as a gourmet
cheese house I've ever encountered, or the
Birchwood Cafe in nearby Birchwood.
I suppose by now it’s obvious that we're loyal
customers. That's because the folks at My Last

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Your local paper is your eyes and ears in ranks of rural counties without a local paper.
motel's “free beer” feature. Worse, she discov- Resort are loyal to us. Each year Lisa calls us to

the community, a mirror of your everyday
lives. We help you stay informed about what
is going on in your own backyards. We keep
We hope you take this week to reflect on what
local journalism means to you.
on
ered that her bed's comforter had blood stains on
it. “Disgusting,” wrote Sarah. The high point of
her trip came at its end, when she and her friend
got all the way to Darwin, Minn., to see Min-
nesota's largest ball of binder twine, rolled up
ly
know if we're coming this year. “We do that
early because we fill up so fast, we don't want
to leave our regulars behind.”
There are no twine balls as attractions, just
logging museums, water sports, what's left of

Reimagining unemployment insurance by the late Francis Johnson. It weighs 17,400

pounds. Sits in a glassed-in gazebo and attracts
the Stout empire, which developed the area, and
huge farms. Some of them even have milk cows.
us l,

150 visitors PER DAY in the summer. In a phone conversation with Editor Sarah, I said
By State Rep. Warren Petryk who find part-time work. This I told Sarah that I, too, had seen the giant ball that if she's still interested in twine balls and
al a
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Representing Wisconsin State helps businesses access addi- of twine, about fly swatting in Tracy and how such, she should head to southern Wisconsin to
Assembly District 93 tional labor while keeping Sauk Centre has closed my favorite Minnesota Dickeyville, on the Iowa border, where the Sta-
those on UI attached to the
ci on

The unemployment insur- labor market.
ance (UI) program was created Furthermore, this piece of
in order to help Wisconsinites legislation provides an incen-
who have lost their job through tive for employers to hire those
who recently had their UI ex-
er rs
tourist destination, the Sinclair Lewis Interpre-
tive Center, to make way for a fast-food joint.
What a shame! The Center contained hundreds
of editions of Sauk Centre native Lewis's novels,
in many, many languages. I'm not certain, but
tions of the Cross reside outside the church
made of concrete and broken beer bottles, and
then slide over to Spring Green and visit the
nearby House on the Rock to see the “diversity”
(I kid you not) of its collection. On the way

no fault of their own receive I'd bet it will be replaced with a Maid-Rite shop, home, stop at Fountain City and take a gander
some assistance while they tensions end. This includes the
so it can compete with Iowa. at The Rock IN the House.
apply for and transition to a 40,000 people in Wisconsin,
some of whom have been out So what should the deserving Ms. Nigbor do You can tell I’m a Badger backer. So, back
new job. Since the pandemic, on her next weekend off? to Mikana. Here are the latest 2021 prices: A
of the workforce for over 70
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it has become clear that the UI
program has strayed from this
core mission under the current
I told her to travel Wisconsin because it is cabin for two people costs $825; $50 per week
State Rep. Warren Petryk weeks. The additional funding
more interesting (like it has trees) and it treats for each extra guest or $125 per night, $15 per-
for employers can be used to
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administration. The UI pro-
gram needs to be positively re-
formed so that it can better
accomplish its original pur-
pose—to help people find a re-
sition period as a whole.
This legislation mirrors
ideas implemented by other
states that have successfully in-
corporated reemployment sup-
co Fo
help cover the costs of addi-
tional training people might
need, or to help remove a bar-
rier that is keeping someone
from their job.
its tourists with more fun, food and excitement.
I also told her that her trip to Gopherland in-
spired me to take an undeserved but very lovely
weekend in one crown jewel of northern Wis-
consin, a tiny place called Mikana, a few miles
son for each extra guest. Other options available.
All cabins are non-smoking. Dogs are $25 per
day, subject to approval.
Call Lisa Dierks at 715-651 7345, for a real
joy ride to northern Wisconsin.

warding, family-supporting job
in our state.
That is why I recently
joined Sen. Roth and Rep. Pen-
terman in introducing the
Reemployment Assistance Act.
As the state continues to battle
the current workforce shortage,
we need to make sure that all
of our state's benefit programs
provide the necessary tools for
people to successfully seek
reemployment. This legislation
ports into their UI programs. In
a study by the U.S. Department
of Labor, claimants who partic-
ipated in reemployment assess-
ments found employment
faster and earned more money
in the long run. Knowing this,
our bill puts a greater emphasis
on these reemployment assess-
ment services for those in UI.
Additionally, this bill will
help people find customized
jobs based on their unique skill
n-
Wisconsin has a critical
workforce crisis right now and
we need to make sure that we
do everything we can to get
people off of the labor market
sidelines and into employment
We can build back better
as quickly as possible. With By State Sen. Jeff Smith in turn, negatively affected
more jobs right now in Wis- Representing Wisconsin’s businesses and the local econ-
consin than before the pan- 31st District omy. When parents lack reli-
demic started, we need to take able childcare, they’re less
this opportunity to reform the The COVID-19 pandemic likely to be at work, putting a
existing unemployment insur- has disrupted our lives in burden on their employer.
ance program in our state, more ways than one. I think Like many essential services,

makes various changes to Wis-
consin’s UI program and fo-
cuses on putting a greater
emphasis on workforce train-
sets. After someone uploads
their resume onwww.JobCen-
terofWisconsin.com, they will
get weekly customized job op-
no
which has failed under the many of us, myself included, childcare access has often
leadership of the current gov- expected to pick up right been overlooked and
ernor, and help those folks get where we left off, but it’s now providers have been taken for
the workforce support they very clear there’s a lot we granted. Even before the pan-

ing by providing individuals
with a customized employment
plan that gives unemployed
Wisconsinites more direction
for their job searches and tran-
portunities in their area based
on skills included on their re-
sume. This bill also changes
how people receive their UI
payment by rewarding those
need to land their next career
as quickly as possible so they
can support their families and
fulfill their dreams and aspira-
tions.
need to do to help recover
from the pandemic and ad-
dress the challenges that ex-
isted long before this crisis.
In March, President Biden
signed the American Rescue
demic, many employers were
concerned by the lack of
childcare options. The Jack-
son County Childcare Task-
force was formed without
knowing it would have such
State Sen. Jeff Smith
worker or childcare provider.
Only when we missed them or
saw that they worked right
through the pandemic did it

LETTERS to the Editor

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To the editor,
Since the 1940’s the School District of River
Falls has owned about 70 acres of a pristine sec-
tion of school forest property. This is considered
to be the first school forest of Pierce County.
Our community has held the decades-long
dream for this land to be an accessible place for
our students and community to learn, recreate,
and cultivate an appreciation and respect for our
environment.
This past January, with the collaboration of
many individuals and organizations in our com-
munity, that dream became one step closer to re-
ality. Through a purchase of adjoining land by
the Kinnickinnic River Land Trust, the school
forest is no longer land-locked. It’s now time to
dream big and help shape the future of this land.
Please join us for the Big Dream Event at 6
p.m. on Oct. 12, 2021 at River Falls High
School. The evening includes a history of the
school forest, the mission and vision for the fu-
ture, and how we can all work together to
achieve the dream.
Help shape the future of our beautiful school
forest. I invite you to dream big and join us on
Oct. 12.
Jamie Benson
Superintendent
School District of River Falls
Plan Act (ARPA) into law, an important role in pandemic
recovery efforts. Now it’s be- become more obvious
which directed relief to work- howessentialessential serv-
ing families and small busi- come abundantly clear that if
businesses are to be success- ice workers really are in our
nesses. ARPA also included lives.
emergency funding for states ful, access to affordable and
reliable childcare is essential. Essential workers’ service
and local governments to re-
34-.34 3223. spond to the pandemic. Of course, other essential was undervalued and unap-
preciated before the pan-
So, how should this relief needs must also be met and
2*-/42*-2 be distributed to help our the ARPA funding is vital in
the success of our recovery
demic, and made worse by it.
Many workers have been re-
communities recover? How luctant to return to the same
To the editor, can our local municipalities efforts. Thus, decisions made
now by elected officials will job for the same pay now that
We all want the best for our kids and our best allocate these dollars to they know how much their
communities. help Wisconsin move for- have a lasting effect on all as-
pects of our economic recov- work is really worth. Some
But when Wisconsin politicians from the ma- ward? These questions are have made life changes like
ery.
jority party spend valuable time passing a bill to currently being asked and retraining for new jobs they
If any municipality is
ban particular words and ideas, such as “equity” studied throughout the coun- going to help the community hope will better support their
and “social justice” and “abolitionist thinking,” try. Local leaders have formed recover, they must prioritize family. Childcare, along with
from our schools, as they did last week, they are committees and created web- the projects that have the long-term care services, are
drawing attention away from the needs of our
sites in search of ideas that perfect examples of jobs that
match the needs of their com- greatest impact for all of its
community, such as health care, infrastructure, munities. There are opportu- residents. Maybe it’s partner- have become increasingly
and justice.Which benefits you more person- nities for you, as citizens, to ing with Internet Service hard to fill. Employers, work-
ally:Your child being prevented from learning add your input to the mix. Providers to lay fiber to every ing with community stake-
about why 91,000+ Wisconsin soldiers fought household and business. It holders and local elected
And your input really can officials, have gotten creative
for the Union Army in the Civil War OR accept- make a difference. In Jackson could be using ARPA funds to
ing federal money for Medicaid expansion, thus County, right here in western improve aging and inadequate to attract and retain workers;
improving the health of our residents? infrastructure or boost our the Jackson County childcare
Wisconsin, the County Board initiative is one example, and
We can keep our eyes on the important issues listened to the needs of its res- Main Street businesses. Or,
like Jackson County, elected I hope there’ll be more.
and not be distracted by red meat being thrown idents and agreed to direct I applaud local elected of-
to make us hate each other.We are better than $105,500 toward improving officials can ensure essential
workers, like childcare ficials, like the leaders in
that. We can come together to demand of our childcare access. Marianne Jackson County that are mak-
representatives those things that strengthen us, Torkelson, who leads the providers are paid properly
and parents can hold a family ing these decisions for the re-
such as fair maps and a fair shake for everyone. Jackson County Childcare covery and advancement of
Taskforce said, “These dollars supporting job.
Maureen Ash Before 2020 I’m not sure the community. That is what
Town of River Falls will go directly to providers in real leaders do; they solve
Jackson County for retention everyone recognized essential
workers’ invaluable role in problems and look to the fu-
bonuses and for new ture with their solutions. We
providers to help with start-up our lives. I doubt people
thought twice of the work per- will recover and build back
costs.” better with leaders that make
The pandemic directly hit formed by a custodian, gro-
cery store clerk, warehouse wise investments.
the childcare industry which,
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WEATHER
PIERCE COUNTY Court Reports
Initial appearances
A $500 signature bond was
reinstated for Zachary Allen
Frey, 30, Cadott, after he was
returned on a warrant for an
operating while revoked (alco-
hol related) charge Sept. 23. A
pre-trial conference is set for
10:30 a.m. Oct. 20.
A $500 signature bond was
reinstated for Michael L.
Griggs, 42, Maiden Rock, on a
possess drug paraphernalia
charge Sept. 24. A plea hearing
is scheduled for 3 p.m. Oct. 8.
Aiden Alexander Jones,
17, Hastings, Minn., posted a
$10,000 signature bond on re-
sisting or obstructing an officer
and disorderly conduct charges
Sept. 27. A pre-trial conference
is set for 10:30 a.m. Nov. 2.
Ethan Michael McMullen,
17, Red Wing, Minn., posted a
$100,000 signature bond on a
felony first degree child sexual
assault – intercourse with per-
son under 12 charge Sept. 27.
A preliminary hearing is sched-
uled for 11:30 a.m. Oct. 28.
A $1,000 signature bond
was reinstated for Kyran M.
Murphy, 38, Stillwater, Minn.,
on disorderly conduct and dis-
orderly conduct (domestic
abuse) charges Sept. 23. A sta-
tus conference is set for 3 p.m.
Oct. 26.
A $10,000 signature bond
was reinstated for Tricia Lee
Pawlowski, 36. Chaska,
Minn., on felony possession of
PIERCE COUNTY Traffic
Lucas Charles Anderson,
29, Red Wing, Minn., operate
without valid license, $200.50;
operating left of center,
$213.10; OWI-first, $937.50.
Jordan James Cloutier,
29, Red Wing, Minn., OWI-
first, $937.50; speeding,
$225.70.
Elijah James Durnbaugh,
41, Deer Park, failure to keep
PIERCE COUNTY
Monday, Sept. 27
Tyesha Shatara Davis, 30,
River Falls, by PCSO, con-
tempt of court – disobey order,
released on $263.50 cash bail.
Ethan Michael McMullen,
17, Red Wing, Minn., by
PCSO, first degree child sexual
assault – intercourse with per-
son under 12, released on
$100,000 signature bond.
Montrel Juan Willis, 35,
Minneapolis, by PCSO, oper-
ate without valid license (two
counts), released on $500 sig-
nature bond.
Tuesday, Sept. 28
Amelia Senait Bury, 20,
Plymouth, Minn., by PCSO,
possession of
amphetamine/LSD/psilocin,
possess drug paraphernalia, re-
October 7, 2021
Forecast
methamphetamine and possess
drug paraphernalia charges
Sept. 22. A status conference is
slated for 2 p.m. Oct. 25.
A $5,000 signature bond
was reinstated for John Ed-
ward Stein, 59, River Falls, on
felony possession of metham-
phetamine, possession of THC
and possess drug paraphernalia
charges Sept. 27. A preliminary
hearing is scheduled for 11
a.m. Oct. 26.
Kayla Lois Stewart, 32,
River Falls, posted a $2,500
signature bond on resisting or
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obstructing an officer and dis-
orderly conduct charges Sept.
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27. A pre-trial conference is
slated for 1 p.m. Nov. 9.
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Montrel Juan Willis, 35,
Minneapolis, posted a $500
signature bond on two operate
without valid license (third
within three years) charges
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Sept. 27. A pre-trial conference
is scheduled for 1 p.m. Nov.
15.
A $2,500 signature bond
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was reinstated for Daniel
Chase Zelm, 39, Menomonie
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on an operating while revoked
(alcohol related) charge Sept.
28. A status conference is
scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Oct.
29.
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Closed cases
Tyson J. Elman, 22, River
Falls, was sentenced to six
months in jail (with 96 days
credit) at a probation revoca-
vehicle under control, $213.10;
OWI-first, driver’s license re-
n-
voked six months, alcohol as-
sessment ordered, $937.50.
Nicholas John Hannigan,
36, St. Paul, OWI-first,
no
$937.50.
Jonathan Fredrick Kinne-
man, 46, Hager City, speeding,
$200.50.
Michael Victor Langer, 51,
leased on $1,000 signature
bond.
Miguel Angel Contento
Lapo, 28, River Falls, by
PCSO, operate without valid
license, released on $500 sig-
nature bond.
Wednesday, Sept. 29
Chad Douglas Stewart,
39, Cottage Grove, Minn., by
Prescott police, forgery – utter-
ing, released on $5,000 signa-
ture bond.
Andrew Phillip Vaughn,
42, Brooklyn Center, Minn., by
RF police, OWI, released to re-
sponsible party.
Thursday, Sept. 30
Andrew Scott Langley, 25,
Menomonie, by PCSO, failure
to appear – warrant.
tion hearing Sept. 22. Elman
did not fulfill a deferred judg-
ment of conviction agreement
on a felony possession of
methamphetamine charge. The
court will stay the remaining
jail sentence if in-patient treat-
ment is completed success-
fully. The charge stemmed
from an Oct. 22, 2019 incident.
Kevin Matthew Prender-
gast, 37, River Falls, waived
on
extradition to Minnesota Sept.
27.
Joshua J. Reeverts, 25,
Beldenville, was convicted of
disorderly conduct and fined
$443 Sept. 22. The charge re-
sulted from an incident March
16.
Deferred prosecution
Eric Wayne Williams, 39,
Newport, Minn., pleaded
guilty to and entered into a de-
ferred judgment of conviction
agreement on an operating
while revoked (alcohol related)
charge Sept. 22. An ignition in-
terlock device tampering/fail-
ure to install/violate court
order charge was dismissed.
The charges resulted from an
incident Sept. 6, 2020.
Two battery charges against
Lucas Michael Schmidt, 28,
Minneapolis, were dismissed
Sept. 22 upon completion of a
deferred judgment of convic-
tion agreement. The charges
stemmed from an incident Feb.
15, 2020.
Wilson, speeding, $175.30.
Next Level Excavation
LLC, Mondovi, violate Class
A highway weight limits,
$263.50.
Kevin Paul Smetana, 56,
Spring Valley, unnecessary ac-
celeration, $213.10.
Matthew James Preston,
35, Durand, disorderly con-
duct, $175.30.
Jail Log
Shannon Marie Olson, 42,
River Falls, by RF police, bat-
tery, disorderly conduct, re-
leased on $1,000 signature
bond.
Kyle Richard Swanson,
32, River Falls, by PCSO,
OWI, released to responsible
party.
Deontae Lakeith Thomas,
32, Red Wing, Minn., by
PCSO, operate without valid
license, released on $500 sig-
nature bond.
Friday, Oct. 1
Dalton Dean Knutson, 29,
Trego, by PCSO, misdemeanor
bail jumping, released on $500
signature bond.
Saturday, Oct. 2
Allen Gene McCuen, 35,
Elmwood, by PCSO, felony
bail jumping (two counts), pos-
session of methamphetamine,
possession of burglarious
tools, possession of THC, pro-
bation violation.
Sunday, Oct. 3
Travis Michael Gans, 23,
Hager City, by PCSO, disor-
derly conduct.
Aaron Ryan Glynn, 32,
Prescott, by Prescott police,
misdemeanor bail jumping, re-
leased.
PIERCE COUNTY Land Transfers
The following property
transfers were recorded by the
Pierce County Register of
Deeds Sept. 27 through Oct.
1.
Sept. 27
Fieldstone Family Homes
Inc. to David Virdeen, Lot
15, Great Rivers Replat of
Lots 1-12, City of Prescott.
Jean E. Blegen to Melissa
A. & Brian J. Blegen, Lots 6
& 7, Block 4, Hodgdon’s Ad-
dition, Village of Spring Val-
ley.
Sept. 28
Brad & Teresa Fogarty to
Sean McKenzie & Bethany
Smith, Lot 10, Mines Creek
Village Addition, Pt. Lot 11,
Mines Creek Addition, Vil-
lage of Spring Valley.
E.W. Homes Inc. to Sta-
cia Rogers, Lot 26, The Pal-
metto, City of Prescott.
Elmwood Holdings LLC
to Elmwood Area Schools,
Lots 5-6, Block 16, Original
Plat, Village of Elmwood.
Joint School District No.
6 Elmwood; Joint School
District No. 6 of the Village
of Elmwood & Towns of
Rock Elm, Spring Lake &
Weston to Elmwood Hold-
ings LLC, EH-NE, Sec. 36,
Village of Elmwood.
Kenneth L. & Susan M.
Mullen to Michael L. &
Kathleen A. Baumer, Lot 19,
Greenridge Homes Condo-
minium, City of River Falls.
Marjorie J. Downs Estate
to Joseph Isaac Miskowiec,
S ½ of SW, Sec. 6, Village of
Spring Valley.
Kenneth V. & Lisa C.
Bodin to Bradley & Jennifer
Wright, Lot 82, Falcon
Heights Third Addition, City
of River Falls.
Gerald A. Glatzmaier Es-
PIERCE COUNTY
Marriage Licenses
The Pierce County Clerk’s
office issued the following
marriage licenses in Septem-
ber 2021.
Daniel Eric Rogers, 25,
Hastings, Minn., and Haley
Kathryn Knack, 26, Wood-
bury, Minn.
Nathan Scott Hove, 34,
Andover, Minn., and Emily
Marie Hudalla, 36, Andover,
Minn.
Cole William Shon-
kwiler, 22, Prescott, and El-
lynn Fay Braunreiter, 22,
Prescott.
Justin Alan Lamb, 37,
Ellsworth, and Stephanie
Althea (Wood-Marko) Nel-
son, 28, Ellsworth.
Tyler Daniel Johnson, 26,
town of Oak Grove, and
Amanda Rae Popp, 25, St.
Paul Park, Minn.
Joshua Alan Davidson,
30, Spring Valley, and Shelbi
Lyn McGuire, 27, Spring
Valley.
Jason Leroy Lincoln, 48,
town of Hartland, and Dag-
mar Goldie Marcella John-
son, 35, town of Hartland.
Terry Andrew Johnson,
32, Lake City, Minn., and Jil-
liane Marie Paquet, 27,
Lake City, Minn.
Travis Jon Qualle, 35,
town of Salem, and Kelsey
Elizabeth Vanberg, 33, town
of Salem.
Jordan Allan Kirchoff,
26, River Falls, and Megan
Patricia Hammons, 23,
River Falls.
Matthew Allen Nyhus,
37, town of Gilman, and
Edria Lenora Stordahl, 32,
town of Gilman.
Sebastian Christopher
McGrath, 26, Prescott, and
Lilian Mae Thaemert-
Hansen, 25, Prescott.
Alexander Bailey Harris,
38, Minneapolis, and Jessica
Leah Ringgenberg, 34, Min-
neapolis.
Nicholas Gregory Schwe-
ich, 26, town of Oak Grove,
PIERCE COUNTY Divorces
The following divorces
were recorded in Pierce
County in September 2021.
Amy Janel Weber, River
Falls, and Christopher Allan
Weber, River Falls, Sept. 3.
Elizabeth C.M. Bowden,
River Falls, and Jerome
Bowden, Sept. 8.
Chelsea Marie Richter,
tate to Kenneth V. Bodin, Pt.
of lots 90, 91 & 92, Golfview
Heights Fourth Addition, City
of River Falls.
Carol F. & Ogden W.
Rogers to Sherry Mattison
& Ken Hinkle, Lot 100,
Rocky Branch Fifth Addition,
City of River Falls.
Randall T. Bredahl to
David & Melinda Van Eeck-
hout, Pt. NW-NE, Sec. 16,
Town of Clifton.
Oevering Homes LLC to
Sean Culkin, Lot 62, The
Highlands First Addition, Vil-
lage of Ellsworth.
Sept. 29
Hillary J. Hunter & Jon
D. Breimhorst to Amil John
& Carla Elaine Henderson,
Pt. NW-sE, Sec. 10, City of
Prescott (two parcels).
Brady S. & Miranda
Coulson to Caleb B. & Alli-
son M. Odmark, Lot 18,
Block 1, EC Ames Addition,
Village of Ellsworth.
Brady S & Miranda Coul-
son Caleb B & Allison M
Odmark Lt 18, Bk 1, EC
Ames Add,
Sept. 30
Scott H. & Lisa M. Bents
to Ryan Williams, Pt. NE-
SE, Sec. 21, Town of Clifton.
Mark S. Kelly to Eliza-
beth Burch & Nathaniel J.
Tully, Lot 82, Cudd’s River
Hills Second Addition, City of
River Falls.
Thomas H. & Lillian M.
Chukel to Gary L. Lund-
.
gren, Pt. NE-NW, Sec. 26,
ly
Town of Spring Lake.
Kenneth & Lisa Bodin to
Kenneth & Lisa Bodin, Pt.
Lots 90, 91 & 92, Golfview
Heights Fourth Addition, City
of River Falls.
Kenneth J. & Deborah
M. Gerhardt to Bradley &
and Sarah Jeanne Scherbel,
23, town of Oak Grove.
Daniel David Larson, 43,
Ellsworth, and Carrie Ann
Peterson, 46, Ellsworth.
William Larry Feiler, 53,
River Falls, and Kayleen Jo
(Fleming) Schoeder, 57,
River Falls.
Jordan James Stahl, 31,
town of Trenton, and Caitlin
May Turner, 27, town of
Trenton.
Connor Alan Thielfoldt,
24, Richfield, Minn., and
Megan Rose Olson, 22,
Apple Valley, Minn.
Jordan Anton Burr, 27,
Burnsville, Minn., and Jessie
Marie Lundberg,
Burnsville, Minn.
Jeremy Paul
27,
Had-
owanetz, 37, Prescott, and
Rebecca Ann Nolan, 35,
Prescott.
James Robert Blanken-
ship, 25, Minneapolis, and
Leah Charlotte Bartlett, 24,
Minneapolis.
Michael Duane Rudesill,
66, River Falls, and Patricia
Lee Graf-Palmer, 65, River
Falls.
William Robert Ray, 43,
town of El Paso, and Kami
Renee Place, 44, town of El
Paso.
John Edward McCabe,
44, town of Salem, and Brea
Lea Meyers, 34, town of
Salem.
Christian Thomas
Grognet, 24, town of
Gilman, and Jessica Faith
Peterson, 29, town of
Gilman.
Chase James Lanz, 27,
town of Union, and Emily
Mercedez Kent, 27, town of
Union.
Frederik Allen Huff, 44,
Bay City, and Carrie Ann
Van de Walker, 36, Bay City.
Jonathan James Strusz,
38, town of Trenton, and
Emma Goodheart Hutter,
25, town of Trenton.
Roberto Salazar II, 27,
Bloomington, Minn., and
River Falls, and Phillip Gor-
don Richter, Amery, Sept. 8.
Joshua Mark Larson,
Plum City, and Kasey
Megan Mitchell Larson,
Eau Claire, Sept. 10.
Samantha Ann Stewart,
Spring Valley, and Mitchell
Aaron Stewart, Elmwood,
Sept. 10.
Lucas Gary Larson,
Lyndsey Yanish, NW-NE &
S ½-NE, Sec. 7, Town of
Trimbelle.
Dennis R. & Tami R.
Langer to Bruce B. & Dana
M. Davenport, Unit 12, The
Pines of Ellsworth, Village of
Ellsworth.
St. Paul’s Evangelical
Lutheran Church Inc. to
Kwik Trip, Inc., Lots 3, 4, 5
& 6, Block 7 and Lots 3-4,
Block 8, Borner’s Addition,
City of Prescott.
Oct. 1
108 West Park Street
LLC to Paul P. Bjerke, W ½-
Lots 1 & 2, Block 11, Joel
Foster’s Addition, City of
River Falls.
Kristen R. Kaszynski to
Rachel E. & Brian D. Tri, Pt.
NW-NE, Sec. 15, Town of
Rock Elm.
Mishek Properties II
LLC to R & H Residential
LLC, Unit 5, River Hills
Condo, City of River Falls.
Mishek Properties II
LLC to R & H Residential
LLC, Unit 2, River Hills
Condo, City of River Falls.
905 State Street LLC to
Wilson Properties Group
LLC, Lot 34, Bartosh’s Third
Park View, City of River
Falls.
Matthew J. & Kerry J.
Feuerhelm to Tyler Burgess
& Andrew Gottwalt, Outlot
191, Assessor’s Plat, Village
of Ellsworth.
701 South Main Street
LLC to Wilson Properties
Group LLC, E ½, Lots 1-2,
Block 11, Joel Foster’s Addi-
tion, City of River Falls.
Elizabeth A. Guberud to
Ryan J. Kariesch & Erica
M. Wohlers-Kariesch, NE-
NW & SE-NW, Sec. 13, Town
of Oak Grove.
Brooke Kristine Troyer, 24,
Bloomington, Minn.
Dar Allan Dekok, 46, Las
Vegas, Nev., and Christa
Ann Heffernan, 43, Las
Vegas, Nev.
Brian Lee Brown, 39,
town of Salem, and Jessica
Leigh Brown, 39, Maiden
Rock.
Griffin Garth Christen-
son, 27, River Falls, and Jor-
dyn Marie Munneke, 28,
Hudson.
Grant George Klacan,
32, River Falls, and Emily
Caitlin Roycraft, 32, River
Falls.
Mason Joseph Fahey, 29,
Prescott, and Ashley Allison
Darst, 29, Prescott.
Phillip Joshua Pena, 22,
Prescott, and Kinzie Joy
Gray, 19, River Falls.
John Partick Boogren,
54, town of Oak Grove, and
Michelle Marie Keiper, 50,
town of Oak Grove.
Sean Toshiro Kiernan,
39, Prescott, and Nicole
Marie Ehrmantrout, 37,
Prescott.
Donald Harley Hanson,
64, Elmwood, and Carrie Jo
(Kruger) Best, 64, Elmwood.
Ryan John Thompson,
28, River Falls, and Khendra
Megan Johnson, 28, River
Falls.
Alexander Jeffry Wilson,
32, Woodbury, Minn., and Ja-
clyn Marie Stoetzel, 31,
town of Trimbelle.
Ryan Clarke Bailey, 27,
River Falls, and Andrea Elis-
abeth Kopacz, 26, River
Falls.
Mason Evan Libke, 25,
St. Paul Park, Minn., and
Breanna Darlene Baker, 27,
St. Paul Park, Minn.
Jose Asuncion Gordian
Gonzalez, 47, River Falls,
and Tami Marie (Kell)
Duran, 47, River Falls.
Derek Thomas Borst, 35,
town of Rock Elm, and Kayla
Jean Johnson, 32, town of
Rock Elm.
Prescott, and Janeth Gomez,
Hidalgo, Texas, Sept. 10.
Wade O. Frevert, River
Falls, and Michelle L. Fre-
vert, East Moline, Ill., Sept.
21.
Candella J. Jarocki,
Ellsworth, and Matthew E.
Jarocki, Burlington, Sept.
30.

RIVER FALLS Police Department Reports
The following incidents were reported to River Falls Police
Department Sept. 19-27.
Correction
Officers responded to a two-vehicle crash at 3:35 p.m. Sept.
10 at Cascade Avenue and South Wasson Lane between a 2005
Jeep Grand Cherokee, driven by Jacob Harlan Landgraf, 18,
River Falls, and a 2006 Toyota Corolla, driven by Briana Jo Pe-
tersen, 23, River Falls. Landgraf was stopped at the stop sign on
Wasson Lane at Cascade facing southbound, behind another ve-
hicle. Petersen was stopped at the stop sign on Wasson Lane at
Cascade, facing northbound and indicating a left-hand turn. After
the third vehicle went south through the intersection, Petersen
began to turn left and Landgraf also proceeded into the intersec-
tion and they collided, resulting in disabling front-end damage
on both vehicles. Both drivers wore seat belts and reported no
injuries. Landgraf was not cited, as previously reported.
Sunday, Sept. 19
At 2:31 a.m., officers responded to 128 Emory Drive, where a
complainant reported unwanted people in the home. The com-
plainant said her roommate had invited two men over, who were
acting weird and she suspected were on drugs. The men said they
would and leave and Brianna Jade Lindquist, 22, River Falls,
was arrested for violating bond conditions of absolute sobriety
on three felony court cases. She was taken to Pierce County Jail
without incident.
Officers responded at 9:46 a.m. to a two-vehicle crash at Main
and Walnut streets between a 2018 Ford Edge, driven by Monica
All Elliot, 61, River Falls, and a 2010 Chrysler Sebring, driven
by Katie Lynn Jerrett, 18, Gratiot. Elliot said she was stopped
in traffic on Walnut facing west toward Main Street when Jerrett
backed out of a parking space and struck her vehicle. Both driv-
ers wore seat belts and reported no injuries; both vehicles had
minor damage.
At 1:08 p.m., a resident residing at 1758 Kimberly Circle re-
ported two teenage males caught on camera coming up on their
back porch at 3 a.m. Nothing appeared to be taken; however, a
neighbor at 1881 Kimberly Circle had reported at 9:15 a.m. the
theft of three yard signs: A BLM sign, a multicolor Pride sign
and two “Hate Has No Home Here” signs. The neighbor was in-
formed of the video footage caught by the neighbor. The suspects
have not been identified.
At 12:02 p.m., police reported to 715 S. Main St. for a domes-
tic not-in-progress where a man had allegedly thrown a mi-
crowave and vacuum when returning belongings. Officers
forwarded domestic disorderly conduct and criminal trespass to
dwelling charges to the district attorney for review after inter-
viewing both parties.
At 2:14 p.m., officers responded to the walking path behind
Family Fresh (303 S. Main St.) where a man was reportedly
sleeping beside the path. His pillow was three Four Loko cans
in a plastic bag; he smelled of alcohol. He was annoyed the offi-
cer woke him up and saw no problem with his napping spot. He
us l,
admitted to drinking three beers; since he had violated the ab-
solute sobriety term of his bond, a bail jumping charge will be
al a
referred to the Pierce County District Attorney.
Monday, Sept. 20
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Officers responded at 12:08 p.m. to a vehicle vs. school bus
crash at East Maple and North Third streets between a 2013 Ford
Escape, driven by Renee April Brooks, 22, River Falls, and a
River Falls School District bus, operated by Kory Allen
Pechacek, 32, River Falls. Brooks was heading northbound on
er rs
North Third; when she approached a yield sign at the Maple
Street intersection, she did not see the bus and proceeded into
the intersection, where she struck the bus, which was heading
m e
westbound on Maple Street. Both drivers wore seat belts and re-
ported no injuries. The bus had minor damage, while Brooks’ ve-
hicle had to be towed due to disabling damage. Brooks was cited
m rp
$98.80 for fail/yield at yield sign.
At 2:37 p.m., an officer witnessed a pickup at North Main
Street/Highway 35 with a cracked windshield and expired regis-
tration head toward the Park & Ride. The driver, Jayne Monique
Buckley, 41, River Falls, who had an active arrest warrant. A red
co Fo
SUV pulled up next to Buckley; when they saw the officer ap-
proach, they both took off at a high speed. Buckley turned onto
Main Street, then on Highway 35 North. The other driver, a
known drug user, went straight and continued onto the frontage
road. The officer pursued and caught up to Buckley and pulled
her over. The officer could smell a marijuana odor in the truck.
A male passenger complied with officers’ request to show them
items from inside the truck. Many items were seized for exami-
nation for possible relation to local burglaries. Buckley was ar-
rested and taken to St. Croix County Jail.
At 5:50 p.m., officers responded to 906 State St. for a theft.
The complainant reported her purse and a black Cannon T7 cam-
n-
era had been taken from the unlocked vehicle sometime between
midnight and 5 a.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 21
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Officers responded at 9:30 a.m. to a two-vehicle crash on East
Walnut Street between a 2021 Honda Ridgeline, driven by Paul
Adam Strouf, 45, River Falls, and a 2016 Honda Accord, driven
by Margaret Ann Ruschmeyer, 62, River Falls. Both drivers
were backing out of their respective parking stalls when they col-
lided, causing minor damage to both vehicles. Neither driver re-
ported injuries.
At 11 a.m., officers received a theft report from 623 Oak Knoll
Ave. An older, red Trek bike with a blue Kangaroo child trailer
attached was taken sometime in the past week. It had been parked
in front of the house near the steps.
At 3:15 p.m., a domestic incident was reported that had oc-
curred at 11 a.m.at 531 High Ridge Road. A person reportedly
threw multiple items in the yard, such as a box of decorations, a
table, a chair and a Cricut machine. The decorations and Cricut
were damaged. Someone was also knocked to the ground. No
one wanted to press charges; the two parties’ accounts differed.
The incident was reported for documentation purposes.
Wednesday, Sept. 22
Manuel Ignacio Contento Lapo, 33, River Falls, was arrested
for OWI-second after a traffic stop at 1:28 a.m. An officer on pa-
trol encountered a sedan parked partially off the roadway facing
west on East Cascade Avenue near South Wasson Lane. Two oc-
cupants were passed out in the vehicle with the vehicle running
and head lights on. The officer found many full Corona bottles
in the back seat. When the officer opened the passenger door, the
dome light came on and neither occupant awoke. After some ef-
fort, police were able to wake them up. The vehicle smelled
heavily of alcohol. With the help of a translator, the officer con-
ducted field sobriety tests on the driver, Contento Lapo, who
eventually stopped the tests and said he was too drunk to do
them. Police handcuffed him and took him to Pierce County Jail.
EMS transported the passenger to River Falls Area Hospital.
At 9 a.m., police responded to 1336 Oak St. for a vandalism
complaint. A Habitat for Humanity representative told police the
organization’s trailer had been damaged while parked at that lo-
cation sometime between 5 p.m. Sept. 21 and 7 a.m. Sept. 22.
At 3:48 a.m., a resident reported a theft from W10296 897th
Ave. Sometime between 2-4 a.m. that morning, someone had
taken $675 cash from his house. The cash had been in his jeans’
front pocket, which were on the floor. During the night he heard
his dogs bark a little, but never saw anyone in the house. When
he awoke, the home’s door was locked but not latched. A suspect
was identified.
At 4:45 p.m., a complainant reported a theft from 319 S. Main
St. (Fairview Clinic). The caller said he and his wife were at the
clinic and she went to get the car while he waited for her. She
had her purse inside the clinic and when she left to get the car.
When they were driving home, she noticed the purse was miss-
ing. The caller was unsure if someone took it or if it was mis-
placed.
Officers responded to a two-vehicle crash at 5:31 p.m. at Pow-
ell Avenue and St. Croix Street between a 2015 Ford Edge,
driven by Marian Ellen Peterson, 77, Stockholm, and a 1999
Ford F250, driven by Benjamin Paul Borgardt, 29, Pickett. Pe-
terson was exiting the Walgreens parking lot onto Powell Avenue
to the east, while Borgardt was heading east on Powell Avenue
approaching St. Croix Street. Borgardt saw Peterson pulling into
his lane of traffic, but thought if he tried to stop, they’d collide
so he accelerated. Peterson struck the right rear corner of Bor-
gardt’s truck. She said the sun had blinded her and that she didn’t
see him coming. Both drivers wore seat belts and reported no in-
juries. Both vehicles had minor damage.
At 8:48 p.m., a caller reported a flag and flag pole had been
stolen from 203 N. Dallas St. The flag was a Pride flag with
multi-colored lines and a black fist in the middle. The flag pole
was black and 5-to-6 feet tall. The estimated value of both items
was $30. The caller said this is the second time a flag and flag
pole were taken from his house. The first time, four boys admit-
ted to taking the items, apologized, but never returned them. The
resident, however, did get them back earlier when they were re-
turned by police.
Thursday, Sept. 23
Officers responded to a two-vehicle crash at 12:15 p.m. in the
Kwik Trip parking lot (1238 N. Main St.) between a 2011
Chevrolet Malibu, driven by Sheri Lynn Cain, 65, Hudson, and
a 2015 Ford F250, driven by Jeffry Jay Crooke, 59, Beldenville.
Cain was heading eastbound in the parking lot when she collided
with Crooke’s truck (owned by City of River Falls), that was
backing out of a parking stall. Neither driver saw the other. Both
drivers wore seat belts and reported no injuries. The truck had
no damage, while Cain’s Malibu had minor damage.
At 12:54 p.m., police were called to 1482 Riverside Drive for
theft of a catalytic converter. The theft occurred sometime during
the night.
Friday, Sept. 24
At 4:37 p.m., police responded to a two-vehicle crash at 707
St. Croix St. between a 2015 Convention Frht semi/tractor-trailer,
driven by Travis John Nicolai, 43, Eau Claire, and a legally
parked 2000 Dodge Caravan, owned by Chef Leone LLC, River
Falls. The semi was traveling northbound on St. Croix Street
north of Summit Road when Nicolai attempted a left-turn into
707 St. Croix St. The trailer struck the Dodge’s rear-end, causing
minor damage. Nicolai said he was distracted while talking with
someone outside the vehicle. The semi had no damage and Nico-
on
lai reported no injuries.
At 4:33 p.m., officers received a failure to stop for school bus
complaint from the River Falls Bus Garage. At 7:29 a.m. that
day, a Kia Soul failed to stop for the bus, which had its stop arm
extended and flashing, on Greenwood Valley near Raymond Av-
enue. Anjelica Mae Kinney, 26, River Falls, was cited $250 for
e
failure to stop for a school bus.
At 6:50 p.m., police were called to a crash at 3427 Kingsbarn
Ave. A 2013 Toyota Tacoma, driven by Austin Allan Miller, 23,
Circle Pines, Minn., was heading west through the parking lot.
When he attempted to turn around next to the building, he struck
Unit 7’s garage door. Miller said he hit the accelerator instead of
the brake when turning around. He struck the garage door and
wall adjacent, causing minor damage to his truck. He had no in-
juries.
Saturday, Sept. 25
At 1:32 a.m., an officer saw two people walking on the South
Main Street bridge, one of whom was carrying a sign. The officer
turned around and came back; one person was sitting on the
bridge’s east side and the other was hiding behind a tree near the
Kinni. The sign was gone and both people smelled like alcohol.
They claimed to have no identification and provided the officer
with false information. The officer handcuffed them and placed
them in a squad. Dispatch identified them as Samuel Roan
Collova, 18, Stillwater, Minn., and Tyson Larry Stene, 20, Still-
water, Minn. Both men took a PBT; Collova registered a 0.117
and Stene a 0.140. Both men were cited $187 for underage drink-
ing – possession and $250 for resist or obstruct an officer. They
apologized for providing false names. The officer gave them a
courtesy ride to Kwik Trip, where they waited for a ride.
At 2:11 a.m., officers reported to Swede’s Service (428 S.
Main St.) for a possible burglary. A caller reported someone had
broken the glass at the gas station and he saw a person walking
around the parking lot. When police arrived, they saw a man sit-
ting inside an office in a chair, along with shattered glass on the
floor and a shattered window near the west entrance. Officers or-
dered the man out of the building and he complied. No one else
was located inside. Police identified the suspect as Brady
Richard Agrimson, 21, River Falls. He told police he was down-
town River Falls celebrating his 21st birthday at the bars. He said
the window was already busted out at Swede’s when he arrived
and he thought the building was abandoned. He at first said he
went through an open door, but later said he crawled through the
broken window. He denied taking anything and said he was just
looking around. He submitted to a blood alcohol test, which
showed a .157 result. He was apologetic and appeared confused
due to his intoxication level. Video surveillance showed Agrim-
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son approach the window, peer inside, attempt to open the door,
which is locked. He then tried to use his shoulder to break the
window. When that didn’t work, he shattered the window with a
1-by-4-inch board. He looked inside for a while before reaching
in and unlocked the door. Nothing was stolen; the door damage
was estimated to be $1,000. Agrimson was arrested for criminal
damage to property and entry into/onto building/construction
site/room. He was booked and released to a sober roommate.
Grace Elizabeth Shamrock, 21, Greenleaf, struck a deer at
9:10 p.m. Highway 35 northbound, one-third east of Quarry
Road, with a 2013 Nissan Rogue. The vehicle was towed due to
disabling damage. Shamrock wore a seat belt and reported no in-
juries.
At 9:44 p.m. officers responded to Broz Bar (127 S. Main St.)
for an ID card violation. When confronted at the bar, the suspect
fled the bar. He was later identified as Travis Scott Cernohous,
18, Amery. Police contacted him and cited him $187 for ID card
violation.
At 9:50 p.m., a caller reported a stolen firearm from 745 S.
Wasson Lane. The all black Walther 9mm semi-automatic pistol
was in a black, carbon fiber holster, valued at $625. The firearm
was taken from an unlocked vehicle sometime in August.
Sunday, Sept. 26
At 2:20 a.m., an officer assisting at a traffic stop in the 100
block of South Second Street saw a vehicle heading south on
North Second Street with a flat tire. It turned west onto East Elm
Street and stopped in front of 125 E. Elm St. The driver exited
the vehicle, checked the front tire, then continued west on Elm
going toward Main Street. As officers attempted to catch up with
the vehicle it turned onto East Maple Street, then failed to stop
at the stop sign at East Maple and Second streets, speeding
through the intersection. An officer followed, activated his lights
and attempted to pull the vehicle over at South Third and East
Elm streets. The vehicle didn’t stop and pulled into a driveway
at 112 S. Third St. The driver was identified as Caleb William
Dockett, 23, River Falls and a passenger as Jacob Talan Dock-
ett, 25. The driver said he’d had nothing to drink that night, but
smelled of alcohol, had bloodshot, glassy eyes and slurred
speech. After failing field sobriety tests, he asked the officer if
he could just go home and denied driving. He was uncooperative
as the officer placed him the squad, yelling “rape.” The officer
saw moderate damage to the front driver’s side fender and quar-
ter panel of Dockett’s vehicle. The driver’s side tire was flat and
had a large hole in it. Police also found a beer behind the drier’s
seat. While being transported to the station, Dockett vomited sev-
.
eral times in the squad. Once at the station, he refused a breath
ly
test. After a blood test at the hospital, Dockett was cited for fail
to stop at a stop sign, operating without a valid license and OWI-
second. The officer gave him a courtesy ride back to his resi-
dence.
At 1:53 a.m. officers observed a vehicle turn northbound onto
North Second Street from East Walnut Street without stopping
at the stop sign. The officer pulled the vehicle over and identified
the driver as Josiah Jonathan Pease, 37, Baldwin. His speech
was slurred and slow and an unopened Pabst Blue Ribbon was
in the cup holder. He had bloodshot, glassy eyes and smelled of
alcohol. He was cooperative during field sobriety tests and reg-
istered a PBT of 0.222. In the vehicle, officers found a suspected
drug grinder and glass pipe, with THC residue in each. Pease was
cited for OWI-third, failure to stop at a stop sign and possess
drug paraphernalia. He was released to a sober friend after book-
ing.
At 9:43 a.m. an officer found John Edward Stein, 59, River
Falls, sleeping in a car at 262 Summit St. (River Falls Mini Stor-
age). He had an active warrant for his arrest and a back of meth
in the breast pocket of his jacket. He was arrested for the warrant,
possession of methamphetamine, felony bail jumping and mis-
demeanor bail jumping.
Officers responded at 12:10 p.m. to 929 Fairchild Drive for a
missing mailbox. When officers arrived, they saw the mailbox
at 939 Fairchild Drive was broken. The complainant said he no-
ticed the missing mailbox when he returned home that afternoon.
After the officer left, the complainant called back to report dam-
age to the home’s west windows. Nine puncture marks were
found in the window screen that looked like they’d been made
by rocks being thrown. Two rocks were found between the screen
and glass, along with several marks on the window. Officers
found six to eight rocks in the grass near the window. The com-
plainant’s wife said she heard a vehicle with a loud muffler leav-
ing the neighborhood at 2 a.m. Officers interviewed the neighbor
at 939 Fairchild Drive with the damaged mailbox. She also heard
a vehicle with a loud muffler in the neighborhood around 2 a.m.
Two possible suspects were identified.
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The fishing pier at Nugget Lake is a popular spot for fisher-

men to cast their reels, but it may not be so if dredging isn’t
The surface of Nugget Lake’s upper end is dominated by algae, which grows in abundance in shallow, warm water. The lake performed to remove excess sediment from the landlocked
is filling with sediment and needs dredging to maintain its recreational opportunities. Photo by Sarah Nigbor impoundment. Photo by Sarah Nigbor

Nugget Lake needs dredging, says parks superintendent

cessive weed growth has restricted access to
Residents ask board the main body of water for boats and other
watercraft. As access is restricted, fewer peo-
ple will use the lake, Schoepp said. Access is
basically restricted to the lower end of the
to support internet
lake, diving the lake in two. During ice fishing
expansion season, Schoepp tested the lake’s depth and in
many places where it had been 5- to 7-feet
deep, it’s only 2- to-3-feet deep.
“In addition to the loss of the recreational
By Sarah Nigbor
acre of lake. Natural lakes typically have a
20:1 ratio, which is less problematic when it
comes to run-off and sediment.
“The bottom line is that impoundments re-
quire periodic maintenance if your desire is to
utilize them for recreational purposes,”
Schoepp said.
In 1991, a water quality/lake management
study determined that between 1972, when
Nugget Lake was built, and 1991 that nearly
ment to be removed, it was “out of line.” He
wants to see the lake preserved for county res-
idents and visitors.
“We either fix or we lose it,” Holst said.
“We have made multiple uses out of some-
thing that maybe wasn’t designed for that pur-
pose, but it has served the county well.”
County Administrator Jason Matthys sug-
gested Schoepp take his proposal to fund en-
gineering costs to the Parks Committee, who

ELLSWORTH – Pierce County Park Su-
perintendent Scott Schoepp asked the Pierce
County Board to consider dredging Nugget
Lake, which is filling with sediment, at the
Sept. 28 meeting.
opportunities for the public, the park would
lose a significant amount of revenue over the
next several years,” Schoepp wrote in a report.
“If left too long, it would become essentially
useless as a recreation lake. Eventually the
40 percent of the lake’s water volume had
been reduce because of sediment. The study
estimated the lake’s upper end would be com-
pletely filled in by 2002, without dredging. In
response to the study, the county authorized a
could then recommend it be taken up by Fi-
nance & Personnel.
Town of River Falls resident Katie Pata
Broadband support

The county parks department manages the
Lee-Kay Educational Forest, the Martell
County Forest, the Ellsworth Demonstration
Forest, the Pierce County Shooting Range and
the Trimbelle Recreational Area, but the
crown jewel is Nugget Lake County Park,
home to Pierce County’s only inland lake.
The 117-acre lake, which is encompassed
by the 752-acre county park, is the central at-
picnic area would be surrounded by a weedy
swamp, rather than a lake.”
He also said many park visitors are already
finding the upper end of the lake undesirable.
The lower two-thirds of the lake is mostly
weed-free with clear water. Schoepp said it’s
because the water there is cold, deep and lacks
excess nutrients. The lake’s upper one-third is
choked with weeds, algae and the water is
dredging project, which took 33,500 cubic
yards of sediment out of Nugget Lake.
Schoepp said he wanted at that time to remove
78,000 cubic yards of sediment, but the DNR
wouldn’t allow it. The sediment was piled and
leveled on park property and planted with
trees and shrubs.
Much of the sediment running into Nugget
Lake is the result of streambank erosion along
asked the board during public comment time
to support bringing reliable and affordable in-
ternet access to all Pierce County residents.
“It will never be easier or more affordable
to tackle our need for reliable and affordable
high-speed internet,” Pata said.
Families were crippled during the early
days of the pandemic shutdown, when work,
church and school all moved online. Many

.
traction for visitors, Schoepp said. It provides muddy brown. It’s also shallow, warm and the two feeder streams, Rock Elm and Plum residents had no way of accessing those essen-

opportunities for fishing, boating, canoeing,
kayaking and wildlife viewing, and is bor-
dered by the park’s picnic area. The lake was
constructed on Plum Creek in 1972 to help
control erosion and flooding, which has saved
Plum City and the surrounding area much
damage, Schoepp said.
contains excess nutrients and sediment.
The only access for boats and other water-
craft is on the upper end of the lake; the rest
on
of the lake is surrounded by steep bluffs with
nowhere else to put a boat landing. According
to Schoepp, the passageway through the upper
end to the lower end of the lake will probably
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creeks, running into the lake. Streambanks are
eroding after the more frequent and powerful
rain events that have occurred the past few
years, which causes huge amounts of water to
rush down waterways at an extreme velocity,
Schoepp said. The ideal solution would be to
put a lake above Nugget Lake to catch sedi-
ly
tial services. She also spoke of people she
knows refusing to move to Pierce County due
to lack of reliable internet.
Pata, who grew up in Max, Minn., said the
tiny town (which is 60 miles from the nearest
grocery store) made an early investment in
fiber by using grants and federal funds. Even

“The economic impact is immense,” be inaccessible in a few years due to insuffi- ment, but that’s not feasible. though it’s a small, rural town, it has excellent
Schoepp said of the lake. “And there is a di- cient water depths as a result of excessive sed- The Pierce County Land Conservation De- internet access for its residents. She hopes
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rect correlation between lake-related recre- iment runoff. Schoepp’s had complaints from partment is planning to explore possible fund- Pierce County can do the same.
ation and park revenue.” visitors that it’s already nearly impassable. ing sources for watershed improvements to Town of Trimbelle resident Lisa Mueller
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However, the upper end of the lake is fill-
ing with sediment again, Schoepp said. In
2007, the county dredged and removed 33,500
cubic yards of sediment from the lake at a cost
of $362,186. As the lake becomes shallower,
A vehicle actually fell through the ice this
past February, Schoepp said, because the
water is shallow and warm, unable to support
a good ice layer. The vehicle fell through after
weeks of sub-zero temperatures.
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reduce streambank erosion and sediment load-
ing. The LCD will also assist with the initial
surveying for the dredging project.
Corrective measures taken already include
the installation of dams on park property to
said she had two children home during the
pandemic, a senior in high school and a senior
in college. Both struggled to complete works
and tasks online with their internet, especially
when Mueller worked from home.

it allows for greater weed growth at or near
the lake’s surface, resulting in excessive algae
and weeds.
Since the lake is electric motor only, the ex-
Nugget Lake is considered an impound-
ment lake, Schoepp clarified. The ratio of wa-
tershed area to lake surface area is 100:1. This
means, runoff from 100 acres of land feeds 1
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prevent sediment loading, farmers reducing She recounted “almost tackling” ATT
tillage and building their own dams, said workers in her desperation to have high speed
Parks Committee member and Supervisor Mel internet service brought to her home. Pierce
Pittman. County is a “service hole,” she said. She had

The project in 2007 cost roughly $362,000, to go work in town sometimes, just to have ac-
of which $115,900 was funded by a grant. cess to the internet.
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That resulted in $125,000 being returned to “Several people I know have been nega-
ELLSWORTH Police Department Reports the county’s general fund. Schoepp’s proposal
asks the county board to consider re-authoriz-
tively affected by lack of internet,” Mueller
said. “Struggling to find a decent connection
The following incidents Street. The items were taken to
were reported to the Ellsworth the lost and found. At 12:15 p.m., officers were ing the $125,000 to go toward a future dredg- for internet is not something we should have
ing project in the next two to three years. It to worry about anymore.”
Friday, Oct. 1

Police Department Sept. 27 At 9:13 a.m., an Ellsworth asked to speak with two stu-
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through Oct. 3. Middle School student walked dents involved in a fight at would go toward engineering services, map-
out of school without permis- Ellsworth High School (323 ping and permitting costs. Schoepp would also
sion. Police found the student Hillcrest St.) The school will apply for grants, though he couldn’t guarantee •The board proclaimed its support of the
Other business

At 7:59 a.m., a complainant and returned them to school. take care of discipline. a certain amount. Incorporating the LCD for Fair Housing Act.
surveying, planning and design would allow •The board approved the purchase of a 35-
Monday, Sept. 27

reported a “bad smell” coming
from 232 N. Wallace St. The
wind was coming out of the
northeast. Whey was floating
in the air as well.
At 10:09 a.m., an officer
helped the warden dispatch a
skunk at the Pierce County
Fairgrounds (364 N. Maple
At 9:40 a.m., a woman re-
ported to staff at 456 W. Main
St. that her cell phone was
taken from her vehicle while at
the gas pumps. She appeared
to be under the influence. She
refused to wait for officers to
respond and was gone when
they arrived.
n-
A power line was found
down at 9:27 p.m. at Ellsworth
Elementary School 445 S.
Piety St.) Xcel Energy re-
moved the downed wire.
A caller reported someone
Saturday, Oct. 2
ringing her doorbell at 12:19
for in-kind funding, which would reduce the
county’s share when calculating final grant al-
locations.
Schoepp reiterated the lake and park’s eco-
nomic impact. The campground has 55 camp-
sites and seven cabins, which have been
booked solid from April 15 through Oct. 30
the past few years.
ton drop deck moving trailer with hydraulic
bi-fold loading ramps. The trailer, from
Roland Machinery Company, will cost
$78,500.
•The board approved a resolution to accept
McDonough K-9’s donation (Worth $17,500)
of a K-9 dog and training for the Pierce
County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Program. K-9 Jet

St.)
At 11:23 a.m., a sick skunk
was reported again at the
Pierce County Fairgrounds
At 4:56 p.m., police assisted
EMS at 167 W. Humble Ave.
where a woman reportedly fell
in the backyard.
no
a.m. at 511 Vincent Lane. No Board Chair Jeff Holst said when the DNR will replace K-9 Odin.
one was observed in the area. didn’t allow for 78,000 cubic yards of sedi-
A 2:20 a.m., a caller re-
ported juveniles pounding on a

(364 N. Maple St.) It could not trailer and breaking wood at

be dispatched because it was 579 Vincent Lane. A man re-
on cement. The area was coned
off until it the skunk died and
At 5:03 a.m., a caller re-
Thursday, Sept. 30

ported two suspicious people

could be disposed of.
A theft was reported at 1:42
leaving the Pierce County
Highway Department (621
ported the juveniles had been
pounding on the door of his
house. He followed them in his
vehicle but lost them near
PRESCOTT Police Department Reports
The following incidents streets.
were reported to the Prescott Mustapha, 20, Lauderdale,
Adedolapo Abdulone

p.m. at 621 Cairns St. Cairns St.) area. One had a Pierce County Veterinary Hos- Police Department Sept. 27 Minn., was cited for speeding fethren, 29, Eagan, Minn.,
Joshua Kenneth Tre-

Two of four Corvette tires
were found at 3:16 p.m. under
the pines at the northeast cor-
ner of the building at 706
bike and one had a cart. Police
made contact with one person,
who said he was alone. Offi-
cers noticed “free stuff” in the
pital.
Police responded at 2:29
p.m. to 146 E. Main St. for a
welfare check. The resident
through Oct. 3. on city highway after a traffic was cited for operate without
stop at 9:40 p.m. at Dexter and valid license after a traffic stop
Jefferson streets. at 10:04 p.m. at Jefferson
Officers investigated a sus- Street and 570th Avenue.
Monday, Sept. 27

Cairns St. They were returned area. said he had been having dis- picious activity complaint at
to Pierce County Sheriff’s Of- At 6 a.m., a caller reported a putes with people over the 2:13 p.m. at Flora and Orange Todd Alan London, 45,
Thursday, Sept. 30

fice. man jumping out from behind phone and may have been streets. Nothing was located. Prescott, was cited for speed- Megan Ann Nestingen, 24,
Saturday, Oct. 2

Police responded at 5:53
p.m. to the Kosicak Farm
(1330 N. Maple St.) for a sus-
picious person complaint. A
man who had just been re-
leased from jail said he was
looking for a spot to smoke.
Police advised him to leave the
a dumpster at 349 W. Main St.
The man was on a bike, wear-
ing a headlamp. Police didn’t
locate him.
At 1 p.m., police responded
to Mayo Clinic (530 Cairns
St.) where a patient had be-
come upset. Staff told the man
loud. Officers returned to the
residence later for a report of a
verbal fight between the man
and a woman outside. The
woman left spinning the tires
of her car. The man wouldn’t
elaborate on the argument.
At 9:03 p.m., an officer
Ian Rumeliote, 43, Mason
City, Iowa, was cited for
speeding after a traffic com-
plaint at 3:10 p.m. at Dexter
Street and Highway 10.
Police responded at 11:41
Tuesday, Sept. 28
ing after a traffic stop at 11:52
a.m. at Dakota and Oak streets.
At 4:35 p.m., police col-
lected a bag filled with cam-
eras at 368 Wacota St.
Joshua Paul May, 43,
Becker, Minn., was cited for
speeding on city highway after
Hastings, Minn., was cited for
operate without valid license
after a traffic stop at 12:19 a.m.
at Broad and Kinnickinnic
streets.
A 17-year-old Prescott juve-
nile was cited for possession of
drug paraphernalia after a traf-

property.
An officer removed a dead
Tuesday, Sept. 28
he couldn’t be seen until he ob-
tained a COVID test. When he
was asked to leave, he opened
the door hard and dislodged
watched a juvenile get out of a
vehicle and try to steal a traffic
cone at Broadway Avenue and
Main Street. The officer
a.m. to Philander’s Grill & Bar
(1000 Highway 10) for an ani-
mal complaint.
A suspicious vehicle was re-
a traffic stop at 7:12 p.m. at
Dexter and Jefferson streets.
18, Hudson, was cited for op-
Eric Thomas Newbauer,
fic stop at 8:38 p.m. at Borner
and James streets.
At 10:47 p.m., officers wit-
nessed a person refusing to

rabbit from the road at 4:30
a.m. at Panther Drive and Piety
Street.
the handle. He was gone when
police arrived
Mark K. Schomberg, 59,
La Crosse, was making a de-
livery in a Reinhart tractor
stopped the car and warned the
juvenile.
At 10:12 p.m., a caller re-
ported pounding on the door at
882 N. Brown St. The caller
ported at 3:41 p.m. near Can-
ton and Hilton streets.
A complainant reported a
broken pane in a four-pane
window at 7:11 p.m. at 728
erating while suspended after a
traffic stop at 10:44 p.m. at
highways 10 and 29.
leave 117 Broad St. The person
eventually left.
A 15-year-old Ellsworth ju-
Sunday, Oct. 3

Officers received a com- trailer at 1:37 p.m. at 135 S. had observed three juveniles in Kinnickinnic St. At 4:53 a.m., police investi- venile was cited for operate
Wednesday, Sept. 29 Friday, Oct. 1

plaint about the odor coming
from the Creamery (232 N.
Wallace St.) at 3:40 a.m. An
officer spoke to employees
outside the Creamery, who
said they would work on the
Chestnut St. when he struck a
legally parked vehicle.
Tejay A. Skordahl, 37,
Ellsworth, was cited after po-
lice received a harassment
complaint about him at 4:47
the area before the pounding.
Police searched the area but
found no one.
Officers responded at 9:47
Sunday, Oct. 3
Suspicious activity was re-
ported at 11:28 p.m. at 945
Dexter St.
Patrick Dean Barrett, 53,
Wednesday, Sept. 29
gated a suspicious activity
complaint at 163 Linden Road.
Police searched but found
nothing.
Joseph W. Rucker, 75,
Hudson, was cited for a park-
without valid license after a
traffic stop at 1:05 a.m. at Jef-
ferson and Warren streets.
A suspicious vehicle was re-
ported at 2:29 a.m. at 445 N.
Court St.

issue. A voicemail was left for p.m. A woman reported he had p.m. to 540 Cairns St. where Little Canada, Minn., was ing violation at 9:40 a.m. at
CEO Paul Bauer. been following her to the gas thefts had occurred from un- cited for operate without a Front and Ash streets. 19, Cottage Grove, Minn., was
Marcus Francis Mulvihill,

At 4:09 a.m., an officer col-
lected a Homelite chainsaw,
Visio DVD player, Hach Flow
controller, a bird bath and part
of a lampshade from behind
the Pierce County Highway
Department sign on Cairns
station over the past week.
A caller reported a little girl
yelling at 10:47 p.m. at 140
Evergreen Estates St. The res-
ident said he was playing with
his son, who was yelling.
locked vehicles. One person
reported 75 cents and a lighter
missing, while another re-
ported $1 in paper money and
$3 in coins missing. They were
advised to lock their vehicles.
valid license after a traffic stop
at 1:03 p.m. at Jefferson and
Warran streets.
Police were called at 2:22
p.m. for a standby/keep the
peace request at 1020 High-
way 10.
Officers responded to a do-
mestic incident at 7:39 p.m. at
730 Borner St.
Jody Marie Fluekiger, 44,
Alma, was cited for speeding
after a traffic stop at 9:43 p.m.
at Jefferson and Lawrence
cited for speeding after a traf-
fic stop at 5:23 p.m. at 570th
Avenue and Jefferson Street.
Aaron Ryan Glynn, 32,
Prescott, was arrested for a
bond violation at 8:42 p.m. at
657 Dexter St. S.
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The 2021 Elmwood High School Homecoming Court took a moment at the Homecoming Dance to pose for a photo. (Front): Elmwood High School students chose Jacob Thiry as the 2021
King Jacob Thiry and Queen Halle Gilles; (back, from left): Royce Buum, Christopher Nunez, Salvador Stillday, Emily Homecoming king and Halle Gille as the queen during festiv-
Miller, Lily Webb, Morgan Dux and Cadie Asher. The dance was held in Elmwood’s Lien Gym on Saturday, Sept. 25. Photo ities the week of Sept. 20-24. Photo courtesy of Elmwood School
courtesy of Elmwood School District District

THEATER From Page 1

to bury some special treasure. After Jeremy Jacob helps

The play begins with Jeremy
Jacob playing on a beach
when suddenly, some pirates
dock their ship, take him
along on a trip and teach him
the pirates find exactly where
the treasure should be buried,
they remind Jeremy Jacob that
they will never be too far
away. They let him know ex-

.
to become a real pirate. actly where he can find them

After a long trip learning to
be a pirate, Jeremy Jacob
learns how to talk like a pirate,
what pirate duties are, and
how to act like a real authentic
pirate. He learns that pirates
don’t have bedtimes, they
ly
when he needs another pirate
adventure.
The show is great for the on
whole family and reminds the
audience that there really is no
place like home. Turner said,
“I chose this show because it
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don’t say please or thank you allows me to continue work-

and they definitely don’t play ing on shows for kids and with
al a
e
his favorite sport, soccer. kids.”
The play features several She added, “We have do-
ci on

musical numbers that range
from learning to talk like a pi-
rate, how to play soccer to
reading a treasure map and
burying the treasure. Along
nated the book to all the local
libraries so kids can continue
to enjoy the story.”
This show was ready for
the stage a year ago, before Jeremy Jacob (Ezra Sauve) meets a group of pirates on North Beach in the Spring Valley Stagehands production “How I Be-
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the trip Jeremy Jacob learns
that although he loves the pi-
rate life, he misses being
home on North Beach. In the
the COVID-19 pandemic
surged in November 2020.
The cast and Spring Valley
Stagehands are excited to be
m e
came a Pirate,” directed by Ann Turner. Photo by Melissa Thorud
have been working on for of the weekend. Admission is bers to wear masks to ensure ing,” also directed by Ann
more than a year. $15 for adults and $12 for stu- safety. Turner, and “A Candle in the

The musical will be show- dents and seniors. The organi- Spring Valley Stagehands Window.” More information
end, the pirates bring him back after a long break and to ing on Oct. 7, 8, 9 and 10 at zation encourages and is currently casting for future is available at
home safely. showcase the musical they several times over the course recommends audience mem- shows “Miss Nelson is Miss- svstagehands.org.
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contacting the owners. Each weekend they are featuring “U

ORCHARD Pick” and anyone can come pick their own apples and explore
the orchard throughout October.
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“We are really trying to get our arms around the apples this
From Page 1 year and once winter hits, we will do the Christmas trees and
after that we can focus on everything else to be ready for
“This community is so strong and supportive of each other,” spring; we have a lot of ideas,” said Rachel Dias Bandaranaike.
she said. For more information visit youngacres.com or visit the
The orchard is operated by Rachel Dias Bandaranaike’s Facebook Page at Young Acres.
family; they all contribute to the everyday operations. Young
is her maiden name and acres is actually an acronym of her
siblings' names.
“So my maiden name is Young and that is my side of the
family and Acres stands for Amy, Carrie, Rachel and Eric. It
was kind of a meant to be situation,” she said.
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Her sister Carrie Young helps with harvesting and other op-
erations around the orchard, while her other sister Amy Young
will be moving from Washington to help the family as well.
Rachel Dias Bandaranaike’s parents Dennis and Rita Young
no

round out the operation with maintenance and harvesting.

“My dad wanted to find an investment that could be a
legacy to his kids and his grandkids and we found this, so A Honeycrisp apple tree loaded with apples ready to pick and
Tucky and I were the first ones to get out here and really start harvest at Young Acres Family Farm, located along the Great
and hop right in,” she said. River Road between Prescott and Diamond Bluff. Photo by
The orchard is 203 acres, features 17 varieties of apples and Melissa Thorud
has been a rural Prescott destination for many years. The fam-
ily is still finding more to explore on the property every day.
“We have trails back in the woods along the edge of the apple
trees and prairie we hike through there and they are so pretty”
she said.
The orchard also sells honey made from bees on the prop-
erty; the family works with a local beekeeper. They also make The apple freezer at Young Acres Family Farm, where all
fresh cider at the farm, and sell maple syrup and lotion made apples are separated by type and grade. Photo by Melissa
from local vendors. Thorud
The goal is to keep expanding their store area and feature
more products in the future. The family has already started
with harvesting and connecting with other local businesses as
well as attending the Red Wing farmers market every week-
end.
“All of the pressings have a different recipe,” Rachel Dias
Bandaranaike said. “It is based on what we are currently pick-
ing and harvesting. The apples go into a grinder and then they
fall into a tray and then it is wrapped in fabric and then there
are 12,000 pounds of pressure that push the juices.”
The cider is a favorite product sold here, but the process
can be lengthy and take a lot of harvesting to produce enough
product.
“It is roughly eight bushels to do 20 gallons so we can get
about 20 gallons from each pressing we do,” Tucky Dias Ban-
daranaike said.
After leaving southern California, the couple started trav-
eling in an RV across the country and settled here close to fam-
ily. They also felt like this would be a good place to raise their
children and focus on family.
“When COVID hit we hopped in an RV,” Rachel Dias Ban-
daranaike said. “He was furloughed and my studio shut down
so we traveled around with our son and my family lives around
here.”
The family has many plans for the orchard’s future, such as
a restaurant opening in the spring that will feature fresh pro-
duce from the farm and from other local farmers. During the
winter months, the Christmas tree farm will be open, along
with other holiday activities. This is the machine used to press the apples when making Rachel Dias Bandaranaike, one of the owners and operators
Young Acres, located at N4380 State Highway 35, Prescott, apple cider at Young Acres Family Farm. Photo by Melissa at Young Acres, is picking some Honeygold apples. Photo by
is open on weekends 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and during the week by Thorud Melissa Thorud
Page 10 THE JOURNAL October 7, 2021

OBITUARIES
Norris Dennis Gerald
Berg Freidel Kirchner
1942-2021 1946-2021 1938-2021
After a battle of multiple Dennis ‘Denny’ Freidel, age Gerald William ‘Jerry’
health conditions, Norris Berg, 74 of Prescott died October Kirchner, age 83 of Beldenville
age 78 of Ellsworth, WI., went 1st, 2021. He was born De- passed away unexpectedly
to be with the Lord peacefully, cember 4, 1946 in Parkston, September 24th, 2021 at his
September 28, 2021, with his South Dakota; the son of Don- residence. Gerald was born on
family by his side. Norris was ald and Violet (Pierson) Frei- February 18, 1938 in Trimbelle
born on October 17, 1942, to del. He was a man of honor, Township; the son of Ernest
Cecil and Mildred Berg, Red kindness, generosity, humility, and Velma (Johnson) Kirchner.
Wing, MN. He was united in on
on others
others ffaces
aces aand
nd hhis. Hee een-
is. H n- and love. Each day he lived life bber
er 55th
th aatt JJoy Lutheran
oy L Church
utheran Church He grew up on the farm attend- nner, Tom
er, Tom ((Jody) Kirchner,
Jody) K Car-
irchner, C ar-
marriage on October 9, 1967, joyed and greatly loved his to the fullest. His family meant in Prescott, Wisconsin. Friends ing St. Mary’s Big River and olyn Kirchner, Cheryl (Mark)
to Pamela Lowery, San An- many pets and hobby farm an- the world to him and in return, and family may gather prior Prescott High School. He Engnes; twenty-eight grand-
gelo, TX. They were blessed imals he had during his life. he was their everything. He is from 10am to noon at the worked for Armour & Com- children; twenty-four great
with two daughters. He mar- His grandchildren meant the survived by his wife Georgia; church. Burial at a later date pany Meat Processing in South grandchildren; siblings Ed
ried his current bride, Kay world to him. He could always children Tim Freidel, Teresa will be at the Alden Cemetery St. Paul until their closing and (Bev) Kirchner, Carol (Dennis)
(Hviding) June 8, 1985. be seen at the many events sup- (Dean) Williams; grandchil- in Alden, Minnesota. Memori- then attended WITC in New Pechacek, Dan Kirchner, sis-
He attended Williston High porting and cheering them on. dren Bridget, Emily, Brooke, als are preferred to your local Richmond where he received ter-in-law Judy Kirchner; as
School, ND, University North Norris is survived by his Heather; siblings Lloyd (Mary) food shelf or simply, plant a the craft of welding. He well as many nieces and
Dakota Williston, and Univer- wife of 36 years Kay Berg, 2 Freidel, Leanna Martin, Kris- tree in Denny's memory. Cre- worked for Twin City Barge nephews. He is preceded in
sity Wisconsin Stout, daughters; Teresa Berg-Rossel tine (Dennis) Geissler; broth- mation and memorial services until he started Jerry’s Welding death by his parents; children
Menomonie. Out of college he (José), Cindy Feuerhelm (Kit), ers/sisters-in-law Rita (Bob) entrusted to the O’Connell and Small Engine Repair in Mary Hines, Ron Kirchner;
sold magazines door to door in 6 grandchildren; Amanda (An- Usselman, Charles (Julie) Family Funeral Home of Ellsworth. He quickly became grandson Carson, siblings
Seattle, California, and Mexico drew), Josh (Taylor), Sawyer, Reindal, Daniel (Sue) Reindal; Prescott. the go-to fix-it guy who could Ralph (Norma) Kirchner,
City. He was a career Air Force Breann, Natalie, and Erica. 5 as well as his nieces, nephews, troubleshoot most anything. Dorothy (John) Altoff,
service member 1963-1990 great-grandchildren; Nora, and special dogs Buddy and His favorite part was catching Clarence (Delores) Kirchner,
and served as a Radio intercept Paisley, Nash, Mitchell, and Buster. He is preceded in death up with the customer who be- Gene (Ellen) Kirchner, and
analyst and a recruiter, across Casen. As well as many by his parents, step dad Elmer came great friends along the Norm Kirchner.
the United States and various cousins and friends. Norris was Koutz, sister Stella Freidel, way. On March 2, 1957, he Mass of Christian Burial for
countries. After retiring he preceded in death by his par- parents-in-law Ralph and Ver- was united in marriage to Ruby Jerry Kirchner will be 11AM,
worked at The Service Agency ents Cecil and Mildred Berg, neta Reindal, brother-in-law Mae Thurber at St. Francis of Tuesday, October 12th at St.
in Ellsworth, WI. for 15 years. his twin sister Nancy, and his Gregg Martin. A Celebration of Assisi Catholic Church in Francis of Assisi Catholic
He was a loyal, passionate first wife of 17 years, Pamela. Life for Denny Freidel will be Ellsworth. This union would Church in Ellsworth. Burial
life member and volunteer for In lieu of flowers, memori- 12pm (Noon), Tuesday Octo- span sixty-five years and was will be in the St. Mary’s Big
organizations such as The als are preferred; the Masons, blessed with ten children. River Cemetery. Visitation will
American Legion, The Ma- The American Legion or cause Jerry enjoyed reading as be one hour prior to the mass at
sonic Lodge, multiple Llama of your personal choosing. there wasn’t anything you church Tuesday morning. This
organizations, and Our Saviors
Lutheran Church. He enjoyed
Visitation will be Thursday
October 14, 2021, from 3-5 Edna would put in front of him he
wouldn’t read. He liked going
service will be live-streamed.
Please see updates on the fu-
pm, followed by a funeral serv- neral homes website. Memo-
collecting stamps as well as
souvenirs from vacations and ice at Our Saviors Lutheran DuMond hunting with the guys near Mi-
nong and fishing earlier in life. rial preferred to the discretion

.
duty stations. He had pride in Church, N6450 530th St., He took pleasure in catching of the family. Cremation and

ly
visiting all 50 states and lived Beldenville, WI. Burial will be
at Ft. Snelling, at later date.
1932-2021 Hee Haw when he could or the memorial services entrusted to
the O’Connell Family Funeral
in 4 countries and 11 states Packer’s Game day. He also
with his family. Cremation Society of Wis- Edna Arlene DuMond, age looked forward to his occa- Home of Ellsworth.
He will be remembered
most for his helpful hand, stub-
born fun spirit and practical
consin, Altoona is assisting the
family. Online condolences
may be shared at www.crema-
on 89, of River Falls passed away
peacefully Tuesday, September
28, 2021 at Comforts of
sional trips to the casino. He
loved getting great deals at
garage sales and if anyone was
jokes that always put a smile tionsociety-wi.com. Homes. Edna was born August up to the task, playing a game
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24, 1932 to Albert and Sarah or two of horseshoes.

(Sabby) Hurtgen in Baldwin, Gerald is survived by his
al a
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WI. She graduated from Bald- wife Ruby; children Greg
win High School with the class nnext
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of 1951. Edna married the love adventure. God Bless you (JoAnn) Kirchner, Pat (Mike
of her life, Gailen DuMond on Mom, and have a safe journey McGarvey) Pace, Mike (Steph)
home.
Terry October 19, 1951. Their union
was blessed with five children. Edna is survived by four of
her children: Steven (Michele)
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pilot and a navigator. Dad was DuMond, Jeff (Becki) Du-

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Dawn Melody Terry, age Bonnie Geary; grandchildren:
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who liked to roam the cabin
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Regions Hospital. Dawn was was truly flying the plane. It Falardeaux, Justin (Monica) Tobias
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Falls, WI to Merle and Donna
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than Dad, you didn’t want to 25, 2021. His family kept vigil
four children. She married the Schaffor Lyons) Terry; 19 anger. Mom kept us all to- sister, Ina Mae. She was pre-
grandkids and 3 great grand- with him day and night in his
love of her life, Kemp Terry Jr. gether, and when it was time, ceded in death by her husband final days on earth.
on December 4, 1989. children; aunts, uncles, many she let each of us go. Gailen “Chic” DuMond;
nieces, nephews and cousins. LeRoy was born on Sept 4,
Dawn lived life to the Then came the grandchil- daughter: Gail Hamilton; 1921, in River Falls, WI, to
fullest. She enjoyed traveling Dawn is preceded in death by dren, ten along with one little grandchild: Thomas Geary; her
her father, Merle Nielsen; step- Edward and Theresa “Tress”
across the United States, guy born an angel. Before you parents: Albert and Sarah Hurt- (Matzek) Tobias. He grew up
whether it was in their semi- father, Duane Pritzel; son, knew it Thanksgivings got gen; and Siblings: Margaret,
Wesley Ridlon; and sister, in the Big River/ Prescott area
truck, pick-up truck or on their louder, Christmases got mer- Ervin, Richard, Ellen and Clin- and graduated from Prescott
motorcycle, Dawn was always Teddi Bauer; and many other rier, and at birthday parties you ton.
loved ones who were near and High School. He served four Tobias,
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up for an adventure. She had a always heard, “Grandma’s A Funeral Service will be years in the US Navy during
passion for metal detecting, dear to her heart. here!” And now the seventeen held at O’Connell Family Fu- (Jessica) Tobias, Tressa (Chris)
A Visitation for Dawn will WWII, and saw action in the Klenc, Ben (Ellie Maione)
going to the NHRA Drag races great-grandchildren know neral Home in River Falls at Battle of Okinawa. In younger
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and traveling the USA seeing be held at 12:00 (noon) to what it means to be part of 11:00 a.m. Monday, October 4, Reis, and Josh (Billy Johnson)
4:00pm, October 9, 2021, at days, he operated the Standard Reis, 16 great grandchildren, 5
historical sites. She loved Edna DuMond’s loving family. 2021 with Pastor Tony Rambo Oil station, was a bridge ten-
being with her family. Her O’Connell Family Funeral Mom was raised and mar- officiating.A Visitation will be great-great grandchildren,
Home in River falls. A Memo- der, and had a knack for paint- brother Dick (Ann) Tobias, sis-
grandkids were her world. She ried into farm life. She was a held one hour prior. Burial will
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loved every moment with hard worker that would never take place at Beldenville He attended school in Min-
them. She loved to winter 4:00pm. A private burial will stop, when given a choice any- Cemetery. law Pat Tobias, and many
take place at Greenwood neapolis for wood working, nieces and nephews.
down in Brackettville, TX at one would pick her to be a part Memorials are preferred to and many houses in town have
Fort Clark Springs. While Cemetery in River Falls. of their team. She later worked the family of Edna for a Pierce He was preceded in death
Arrangements are entrusted the best built, sturdiest custom by his parents, wife Teresa,
down there she was always full time at Smead Manufac- County Fair Bench Memorial. cabinets anywhere. On May 1,
restoring antique things, and to O’Connell Family Funeral turing for 31 years, all the Services are Entrusted to brothers LaVerne and Marc To-
Home of River Falls, WI, 715- 1946, he married Teresa bias, sister Helen Jean Hackett,
spending time with her mom, while raising five children and O’Connell Family Funeral Pauline Schommer. Together
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many and blessed with friend- And dancing, she and Dad Catholic Church. His final rest-
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ships around the world. She loved to polka without re- was a faithful man who carried
will be missed by everyone. straint. Catholic Cemetery in Prescott
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mother, Donna Pritzel; hus- new balance in our lives. A by Prescott American Legion
hunting and fishing with fam- Post 61. Memorials honoring
band, Kemp Terry Jr.; siblings, balance that does not include ily and card playing get togeth-
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PRESCOTT Area News

Prescott well #3 shut down, nitrate
levels exceeding state standards
PRESCOTT - The City of Prescott regu-
larly tests its wells to make sure they remain
in compliance with Wisconsin Department of
Natural Resources regulations for safe drink-
ing standards. One of the standards is for ni-
trates, which based on Wisconsin DNR
regulations must be below 10 milligrams per
liter (mg/L).
On Friday, Sept. 24 the city received a test
result for well #3 for nitrate levels totaling
12.1 mg/L. As a result, the DNR required a
confirmation test to verify excess levels,
which totaled 12.2 mg/L resulting in an aver-
age of 12.1 mg/L. This level exceeds Wiscon-
sin DNR standards for safe drinking water.
The City of Prescott shut off well #3 as part
of a standard rotation with well #2 on Sept. 9,
2021 and has switched over to well #2 and #4
for all water service. In the coming weeks and
months, engineers will be exploring options
for casing a new well in a new location or al-
ternatively bringing well #3 into compliance
with treatment options through the removal of
nitrates or reconstruction of the current well.
The only reason well #3 would be turned
back on in the future would be in the case of
a major fire event or emergency situation in
the city. It would need to be turned back on to
provide adequate water pressure to stop the
spread of a potential fire. If such an event took
place, public notices would go out to all water
users notifying them of the situation and use
of well #3.
The City of Prescott takes its duty to pro-
vide safe clean drinking water to all our resi-
dents extremely seriously. The DNR wants to
ensure all our water users are aware of the
health concerns related to drinking excess lev-
els of nitrates. You’ll find more information
within the public notice included with this
press release.
For questions regarding the safety of the
City of Prescott drinking water, contact DNR
Water Supply Engineer Corey Larson at 715-
928-1624. For other questions, call Prescott
City Hall at 715-262-5544.
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PRESCOTT - Great news as the weather starts to cool off.
There will be pickleball in the Malone Intermediate School
gym coming in November. Stay tuned!
Also every Wednesday there will be a walking group in the
MIS gym from 9-10 a.m. Again, use the main school entrance.
Senior Gathering Place continues to be open every Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday from 12:30-3:3 p.m. Use entrance
door #5 on the west lower level.
Events
Second Tuesday, Oct. 12 – Games of your choice, Mexican
Dominoes, 5 Crowns, etc.
Third Tuesday, Oct. 19 – Left, Right, Center and other
games
Fourth Tuesday, Oct. 26 – Book Club discussion of “Nec-
essary Lies” by Diane Chamberlain. Go to more.lib.wi.us to
reserve your copy.
Wednesdays in October will be card playing days. Bring
your friends to playEuchre, Bridge, 500 or any card game.
First Thursday, Oct. 7 - “How to Thursday” 1 p.m. Part 2
of Applehead Doll project
Second Thursday, Oct. 14 – Speaker at 1p.m. Mary Johnson
will tell us about the Pierce/St Croix Free Clinic. She and her
husband, Bob, are the clinic founders.
Third Thursday, Oct. 21 – 1 p.m. Movie & popcorn, show-
ing “Hocus Pocus”
Fourth Thursday, Oct. 28 – 1 p.m. Narrator told spooky sto-
ries!
Fridays, Oct. 1 and Oct. 15 will be Memory Cafe from 10-
11:30 a.m. held at the First National Bank Community Room.
Please join us at any of the above activities; all seniors are
welcome.
Submitted by Janet Cleary

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principals have a lot of say in the decision-making. doing anything to solve these? If kids get sick with COVID,

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closings don’t always have to be due to external variables.
Some factors that may cause a closure include, but are not
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“They’re closer to the school, their staff and the students,”
Spicuzza said. “Ultimately, I do have to make the decision
that I feel is justified and in the best interest of the health and
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safety of our staff and students.”
After those decisions are made, the superintendent will in-
form staff and families. Closures are inevitable if COVID
case numbers continue to increase, Spicuzza predicted.
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kids recover. Many of these kids would not even have known
they were infected or became cases without being tested.
Zero.”
PCPH and the CDC has said that asymptomatic people can
transmit the virus to other, possibly more vulnerable individ-
uals without even knowing they’re carrying it.
Anderson said the school nurse should not have the au-

•The ability to staff classrooms with licensed teachers as

the sub pool is tight. thority to make kids stay home for 10 days unless they’re
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classroom supervision and instructional support for regular If the district doesn’t have enough bus drivers, it will staff they don’t have the authority to diagnose student illnesses.
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departments.
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high rate of COVID cases or other illnesses (equates to 35
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families might be notified the night before or the morning of
if a bus will not be running. If a mass outbreak occurs, routes
will revert to the 2020-21 bus schedule.
As for food services, Food Services Director Maggie
Schmidt and three subs can cover shifts, in addition to shift-
to had to follow this protocol to play football last Friday
(Sept. 24) after, according to Anderson, more than a dozen
were sick that week. “Are we following the same protocol
for everyone? Zero chance. Zero,” Anderson said.
The zero theme continued, with comments ranging from

The 35 percent is a benchmark used in previous decisions,
such as a flu outbreak.
“The warning signals since the beginning of the school
year have increased,” Spicuzza said.
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ing personnel between sites. If a staffing shortage occurs, the people’s mask-wearing habits to vaccination status to school
menus will be reduced to lower the amount of prep time liability.
needed. As a last resort, the kitchen will provide bag lunches “You seriously need to take a hands-off approach because
and create a central kitchen. if you do not, if you continue to step on our rights, we have

Since August, Pierce County’s level of transmission has One concern is having enough state-required instructional a very powerful legal defense organization that has almost
moved from Low to High when it comes to the number of minutes, if it gets to a point where non-licensed staff are cov- unlimited resources standing by, waiting for decisions that
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positive COVID cases.
When making closure decisions, the district will consider:
•Incidence growth rate: How many are getting infected per
100,000 people per day on a weekly basis (the speed at which
the virus is spreading through uninfected people).
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ering classes. Another concern is the strain put on teachers
who are giving up their prep hours to cover classes. This
takes away time they use to prepare lessons, tutor students
and communicate with parents.
“Just because you might be able to cover something does-
trample our rights to be put into action and then we will liti-
gate to the fullest,” Anderson promised.
He chastised the board for having a COVID testing site in
the high school building (which is separate from the school
proper and accessed through a vestibule door).

•Infection growth rate: The exponential rate at which
COVID cases are increasing or decreasing.
Having a set matrix in place to trigger closures or in-
creased mitigation efforts, such as masking, is difficult be-
cause no one knows how fast infection rates will increase or
decrease. It’s not like a hurricane, where a weather report
gives ample warning.
“Prescott has been quite blessed,” Spicuzza said. “We’ve
dodged the bullet compared to districts around us.”
As of Sept. 24, PSD had seven active COVID cases, with
a total of 20 that week, Spicuzza said. In the district, 90 per-
cent of staff are vaccinated. In the county, 55.2 percent of
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n’t mean that that’s it, right, we’ve got a body in that space,”
board member Tanya Holub said. “We’re still not able to al-
ways provide the quality instruction.”
Holub asked if there’s any chance of returning to mitiga-
tion strategies, such as mandatory masking, before taking the
step of having to close classes, buildings or grade levels.
Spicuzza said hand sanitizer is offered at the doors, buses
are sanitized between routes, and classes are held outdoors
whenever possible. Holub she’d like to discuss adding more
mitigation back into the equation so things wouldn’t have to
be shut down.
No matter what, staffing prioritization will be to keep 4K
“How does your brain justify this line of thinking?” An-
derson asked. “For convenience? Do you want to bring every
sick person in our community into our school for COVID
testing, so as not to inconvenience those who may become
another case for your numbers? Maybe we should have them
stay at the nursing home a day or two before we test them.”
He ended his comments with a pointed threat for action
against board members.
“Zero chance any of you will be re-elected or survive re-
call campaigns, be held accountable. Zero chance any refer-
endum is not dead on arrival as you are already told by the
survey you have ignored. Mess around and find out. We’re

those eligible are vaccinated.
The district has 12 people in its sub pool. Of those, four
refuse to sub at the elementary school, two will not sub at the
middle school and one does not want to sub at the high
no
through fifth grade students in school because it’s difficult done debating,” Anderson said.
for them to learn at home. Spicuzza said the Department of District residents Kawena Thompson and Joe Rohl asked
Public Instruction says PHS and PMS cannot do hybrid learn- for transparency related to the district’s PCR testing location
ing because it’s too much on teachers. in PHS. She is concerned about security measures, such as

school. Half of subs refuse to work Fridays, and some are
available only for certain subjects, Spicuzza said.
“Staff have done a remarkable job in giving up prep hours
to cover,” Spicuzza added.
As for bus drivers, the district has two subs. Lack of bus
drivers is a national epidemic, even with offers of bonuses
and higher salaries. Spicuzza said many districts across the
country have had to call families at 6 a.m. to tell families
their bus isn’t coming that day due to last-minute absences.
Sept. 22 is the first time all Prescott High School staff
were present. Principal Josh Fiege has been covering some-
times multiple periods daily since the beginning of the year.
Principal Kyle Igou has done the same at the middle school.
“That can be sustained for a short period of time, but not
long-term,” Spicuzza said.
Decisions to close any or part of a building, classroom or
grade level are always done in partnership between the ad-
ministrative team, supervisors and school nurses. Pierce
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School Board President Mike Matzek described the plan
as pragmatic and common-sense.
“It’s a plan that yes, it’s driven because of COVID, but it’s
really a plan that’s probably been in everybody’s head, as far
as if something were to happen, we would have to make split
decisions to do drastic things,” Matzek said.
Spicuzza said the district has some vulnerable areas it’s
hoping to fortify, such as hiring three more teacher aides and
a night custodian.
Also a possibility, not related to COVID, are virtual snow
days. This would allow classes to get in the required number
of instructional minutes without extending the school year.
No matter the plan, the district is committed to providing
ongoing access to curriculum, Spicuzza said. Work will be
provided in hard copy or technology formats such as SeeSaw,
Google Classroom or Infinite Campus, for any intermittent
closure. Virtual learning would not require seven hours per
day (like in-person), but would by asynchronous. This means
learning at one’s own pace in a certain timeframe.
“So the asynchronous part is, it doesn’t have to be the
exact same activity as what we’re doing in the classroom,”
Intermediate Principal Michael Kosmalski said. “It needs to
be related to the same standards. It needs to have the same
expectations of, how are you showing that you’re meeting
those expectations or not.”
The DPI wants to minimize student screen time (less than
one hour per day for elementary, no more than four hours per
day for higher grades), Kosmalski added.
Public comment
Before the board made these decisions, four people
stepped up to the mic for public comment.
Town of Clifton resident and former write-in school board
candidate Ken Anderson asked the board and district to focus
on educating kids and “stop trying to be health advisors and
a health safety board.”
He said the district needs to focus on the number zero.
“According to today’s numbers from the Wisconsin De-
partment of Public Health, without comorbidity, zero chil-
dren in Wisconsin have died from COVID,” Anderson said.
“Three kids have died with COVID.”
He called the three deaths “tragic,” but said the three had
“severe pre-existing conditions that are listed as comorbid-
ity.” Zero children ages zero to 19 have died of COVID
alone, he said.
“Yet tragically, our community has had children die of
metal detectors for active shooters, or people with a criminal
background coming for testing. Rohl was also worried about
the security aspect.
Resident Tasslyn Magnuson thanked the board for provid-
ing a testing site in town.
“The opportunity to have on-site testing will make a sig-
nificant difference to my family and many others,” she said.
“You’ve given us a tool through which we can make in-
formed decisions about how to care for our kids.”
She admitted that she’s sent kids to school with symptoms
in the past, due to daycare or work concerns.
“That was wrong and endangered other kids, whether my
kid gave another kid a cold or the flu, no matter how light
the illness, thinking about only our needs isn’t enough in nor-
mal times, and it really isn’t enough in COVID times.”
Magnuson said whether or not to test a child is a family’s
decision; however, whether or not to send a sick kid to school
with a possible infection is not.
“If you hope by leaving masks only recommended, you
will appease some community members, “I’m here to re-
spectfully suggest that you’re missing the forest for the
trees,” Magnuson said.
Lastly, former PHS school counselor Steve Peterson apol-
ogized for not speaking up sooner and more often. He and
wife Penny have four children in the district.
“I left Prescott in part because I needed to work for a su-
perintendent who I felt I could trust and respect, and who I
felt trusted and respected me,” Peterson said. “For my inter-
actions, I feel many of the staff who have recently left and
many who are still here share those feelings. Trust is one of
the most powerful beliefs an individual or community can
offer schools and obviously, that is one of the reasons that
people are here tonight.
“I hope eventually these meetings can focus on how to re-
build that trust in our communities and our schools and not
the political quagmire that COVID has become.
“Remember the comments (Anderson’s) about how chil-
dren are not dying of COVID? They are. Here in Wisconsin.
‘They must’ve had other conditions.’ How sad that you value
the children based on that.”
Peterson thanked Spicuzza and the board for listening to
science while trying to allow children freedom and protec-
tion.
“Please continue to do what you have done.” Peterson
said. “You have my trust and appreciation. Follow science.”
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ELLSWORTH Area News

YB Urban? will
‘Double Your Donation’
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By Sarah Nigbor
ELLSWORTH – After a recent conversation
with Pierce County Food Pantry Director Heidi
Albarado, business owner Angie Whelan’s
wheels were turning. How could she help the
pantry secure much needed personal care items?
Whelan owns and operates YB Urban? at 243
N. Broadway St. in Ellsworth’s East End Busi-
ness District. Her business specializes in artisan-
crafted personal care products and
aromatherapy.
The pantry is in great need of personal care
items such as soap, lip balm and deodorant.
“As a business who carries all these items, I
wanted to come up with a way we could help get
some much-needed items in their hands,” Whe-
lan said. “For the month of October, we will be
going a ‘Double Your Donation’ campaign in
our shop.”
With each purchase made in the shop or on-
line (www.yburban.com), customers will have
the opportunity to add a $5, $10 or $20 donation
for the food pantry. Whelan will take the dona-
tions and double them in product value.
“Our goal is to raise $300, to be able to do-
nate $600 worth of personal care products,”
Whelan said. “Heidi had mentioned the most
needed items are soap, lip balm and deodorant,
so when we reach our goal, we will be able to
donate a substantial amount of each of these
items.”
YB Urban? will donate fresh, locally made
products that are high quality, healthy and natu-
ral. The campaign will run throughout October.
“As a local business owner, I feel it is so im-
portant to find the current issues in our neigh-
borhoods and help to fill those needs,” Whelan
said. “I believe we make the greatest societal
impact when we offer our resources to our local
community. When Heidi told me how desperate
they are for these items, it felt right in our lane
to contribute what we can.”
Whelan opened her shop two years ago, and
can’t say enough about the loyal clientele base
the business has built.
“I know they will step up and help now and
we look forward to introducing our products to
even more people in Pierce County,” Whelan
said. YB Urban? owner Angie Whelan (left) is partnering with the Pierce County Food Pantry Di-
rector Heidi Albarado to donate locally made personal care products to the pantry. The cam-
To shop and donate, visit the store at 243 N.
Broadway St. or go to yburban.com paign is called “Double Your Donation.” Photo courtesy of Angie Whelan

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ELLSWORTH - On Thursday, Sept. 30, the
Ellsworth E3 Community Development Cor-
poration held the last Summer Fun Series
event. Starting in June, E3, the Ellsworth Area
Chamber and local organizations held an event
each week in East End Park, featuring local
businesses, live music, a farmers market and
family friendly activities.
High School Future Farmers of America (FFA)
sponsored the last get together of the summer.
Other organizations in attendance included the
Cairns Woods Trails Initiative, local food
trucks Smokey Treats and Pita Pit and featured
live music from Tony Cuchetti.
Elise Gregory from Ellsworth E3 Commu-
nity Development Corporation said, “We will
definitely be doing something like this again
next year; it might look a little different but
week this summer.”
At the beginning of summer, the organiza-
tion made sure to use the Public Health large
group gathering model for COVID-19 precau-
tions and was able to hold an event each week
featuring new local organizations.
The last week also coordinated with the
farmers market, also a weekly East End Park
mainstay, and allowed local vendors to show-
case and sell their food, crafts and other items
K and A pumpkin patch, highlighted their as-
sortment of pumpkins in time for fall and gave
information to the community about fall
events they will hold at the pumpkin patch.
The Ellsworth Trails Group also high-
lighted the work they have been doing over the
summer. The ribbon cutting of the Cairns
Woods Trails will take place at 4:30 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 7 and is open to the

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cis Catholic School welcomed
these two new teachers to its
staff this school year.
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Position: Kindergarten
teacher
Hometown: Roberts
College attended: UW-
Stout
Hobbies/interests: One of
my many hobbies is crafting
of all sorts. I enjoy scrap-
booking, creating T-shirts and
so much more. I also really
enjoy going four-wheeling
and snowmobiling.
Family: I have two
younger sisters, MacKenna
and Miranda, and one
younger brother, Max. I have
one dog, a King Charles,
named Charlie.
What are you looking for-
ward to most this year? The
greatest pleasure as an educa-
tor is creating relationships
with every student. As a stu-
dent, I did not feel like I could
express my thoughts and feel-
ings in the classroom. This
made it hard to learn and
grow without having a solid
foundation. In my classroom,
I want to create a space where
students feel safe to express
themselves. By setting a safe
foster positive relationships
with peers and other staff.
Alyssa Brockman
Position: First grade
teacher
Hometown: Northfield,
Minn.
College attended: UW-
Stout
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love the fresh air. We bought
a house in February and have
been working on growing the
grass in the yard all spring
and summer.
Family: I have a husband
named Nate and two cats
named Maddie and David.
What are you looking for-
ward to most this year? I am
looking forward to watching
the students grow as people.
They come to me as a Kinder-
gartner and leave me as a sec-
ond grader. There is a lot of Donaldson’s of Baldwin recently awarded a $6,255 grant to Ellsworth High School’s Indus-
growth in the nine months trial Technology Department Chair Rob Heller, which will be used to upgrade the high school
that they are a first grader. welding lab. Ellsworth High School is grateful to Donaldson’s for its partnership and support
of local students. Photo courtesy of Ellsworth High School
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RIVER FALLS Area News

Highview Meadows adds 6th addition
By Sarah Nigbor
RIVER FALLS – The River Falls City
Council approved the final plat for the High-
view Meadows Sixth Addition at its Sept. 28
meeting. The addition will provide 35 more sin-
gle-family lots for homes south of Meadows
Drive, a newly constructed street.
Kings Highway, LLC requested the final plat
approval. The development area was platted in
2004 and since then, five additions have been
platted and built. Meadows Drive and Williams
Avenue are currently being completed, along
with additional infrastructure.
Once the plat is approved and recorded, the
developers may begin selling lots.
Stormwater ordinance
The council approved an ordinance which
will require “total phosphorous” to be included
in the required modeling done on developments
that have new stormwater facilities.
Since 2006, the city has been permitted as a
municipal separate stormwater system (MS4).
Because the city discharges stormwater into an
impaired waterway (the Kinnickinnic River),
the MS4 permit requires compliance with a
maximum phosphorous amount in the dis-
charged water. To meet these requirements, the
city has to reduce the amount of phosphorous
discharged to surface waters in stormwater
runoff.
Adding the phosphorous modeling to devel-
opers’ stormwater requirements would save the
city money and time, and add no cost to devel-
opers.
In tandem, the council approved a resolution
to change the stormwater management stan-
dards. Developers will be required to submit an
as-built grading survey of lot corners and major
drainageways before issuing building permits.
A two percent minimum slope for side and rear
yard drainage swales and roadside ditches will
be required for all soil types.
This change resulted from city engineering
staff frequently fielding complaints from home-
owners each year about drainage issues on their
properties, such as standing water or wet soils.
Other business
The council approved a resolution appoint-
ing Utility Director Kevin Westhuis as a mem-
ber representative to the West Central
Wisconsin Biosolids Facility; Assistant City
Administrator Jason Stroud will serve as alter-

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house, held Monday, Sept. 27 on Second Street. Photo by Sept. 27. Photo by Melissa Thorud house on Monday, Sept. 27. Photo by Melissa Thorud
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RIVER FALLS - Spirit of
Grace United Methodist
Church (127 Second St., River
Falls) will soon be unveiling its
new name as it prepares to in-
stall a new sign in front of its
building.
Last fall, the church
changed its name from River
Falls United Methodist Church
to Spirit of Grace.
“Our church values being
part of the city of River Falls,”
said Rev. Andrew G. Church,
the congregation’s new pastor.
“We want to be a blessing to
the community.
“After a time of conversa-
tion and prayer, the congrega-
tion decided to adopt the name
Spirit of Grace. It describes
who we believe God calls us to
be in our town.”
The congregation hopes
that the new name will clarify
that their purpose is not simply
to represent a denomination,
but to actively express love and
welcome through their actions
and words.
“Spirit of Grace will con-
tinue to make a real difference
in the community, in the world,
and for our members,” Rev.
Church said. “Our name aims
to reflect that commitment.”
The process of adopting the
name includes removing the
granite monument in front of
The former United Methodist Church at 127 S. Second St. in
River Falls has a new name and new pastor. Spirit of Grace
Church will soon be unveiling a new sign. Photo by Sarah Nig-
bor
the building with the church’s
previous name.
“This monument is very
special to us,” Rev. Church
said. “It is a hard decision to let
it go. Yet we need to emphasize
the renewed identity and pur-
pose of our congregation.
“We will keep a token of the
monument to remind us of our
church’s long ministry in River
Falls. We have been reaching
out in love since 1857.
“Spirit of Grace wants to be
a church where newcomers
and longtime members find
their faith nurtured,” Rev.
Church said. “My prayer is we
continue to find this place true
to its name.”
For more information, con-
tact Rev. Andrew Church atof-
fice@spiritofgracerf.org
Submitted by Spirit of
Grace Church
UWRF’s bean soup: Going
strong for 104 years
By Melissa Thorud
RIVER FALLS - The annual UW-River Falls
“bean soup” event took place Monda, Sept. 27
to kick off Homecoming Week on campus.
Hosted by Chancellor Ambassadors and univer-
sity Greek life organizations, the event takes
place each year to honor Professor JP Jacobson
who first hosted the event in 1917.
This year the event took place on the Univer-
sity Center Mall along with vaccination incen-
tive speeches from Gov. Tony Evers and UW
System President Tommy Thompson, to get fes-
tivities rolling.
Many students attended the event, one of the
Above, UW-River Falls stu-
dent involvement interns
hold the infamous bean soup
recipe paddle on Monday,
Sept. 27: (from left) Meghan
Jirik, Isabella Osterbauer, Is-
abella Forliti, Emma
Wawracz and Grace Kab-
liska. At left, Students in line
to get bean soup at UW-
River Falls Homecoming
week kick-off. Photos by
Melissa Thorud
first events that are back in person this school
year, after many events were put on hold due to
the COVID-19 pandemic. The event has taken
place for more than 100 years and the university
was happy to reintroduce the tradition this year.
The infamous paddles that have the original
bean soup recipe engraved on them are a staple
of the event. They were used by Professor Thor-
vald Thoreson, who continued the annual tradi-
tion after Jacobson retired.
This event was the first event to kick off
Homecoming Week at UW-River Falls, fol-
lowed by the Border Battle Tug-o-War, medal-
lion hunt, talent show and football game against
UW-La Crosse.
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October 7, 2021 SPORTS Reagan Hoverman
 

 

Before the 2021 Ellsworth homecoming game kicked off on Friday, Oct. 1, the school honored
Senior Ellsworth linebacker Ian Matzek goes for a strip tackle on Prescott Cardinals quar- the 1990 Ellsworth Panthers state championship team. Players from that team ran out of the
terback Grant Stanton during the Panthers’ homecoming game on Friday night. Photo by tunnel and then high-fived and celebrated as they were introduced near midfield. Photo by
Reagan Hoverman Reagan Hoverman

Ellsworth Panthers: The gold standard in MBC football

By Reagan Hoverman
On Friday, Oct. 1, the Ellsworth Panthers
football team improved to 6-0 for the season
and 5-0 in Middle Border Conference play
after a 34-7 victory over Prescott at Ellsworth’s
ence and is the gold standard for what domi-
nant football looks like in one of the best con-
on
ferences in Wisconsin.
The homecoming game for the Panthers
was a chance to put themselves into the
driver’s seat for the rest of the season in Mid-
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his program could get to the next level and
compete with a team like Ellsworth.
Both teams came out in the first quarter
playing sturdy defense, as neither team could
score in the opening 12 minutes of action. Near
the end of the first quarter, the Prescott Cardi-
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ly
line. After a couple of unsuccessful attempts to
cross the goal line, the Cardinals had fourth
and goal from the two-yard line. That’s when
quarterback Grant Stanton pushed his way into
the endzone to take a 7-0 lead over Ellsworth.
It was the second time in two weeks that

homecoming game.
Despite the rain coming down for several
hours at the Friday night football game, one
thing after the game was crystal clear: The
dle Border Conference play, essentially setting nals began driving down the field with their of- Ellsworth was trailing in a football game. The
themselves up for a chance at a second consec- fense for the night that was primarily first was in last Friday night’s game on the road
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Ellsworth Panthers football team is a class rection of head coach Jordan Hansen, it would Cardinals had marched down the field and had
above the rest of the Middle Border Confer- serve as a true measuring stick game to see if first and goal from the Ellsworth eight-yard 


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With another Big Rivers Conference victory

sweep against Eau Claire North on Thursday,
Sept. 30, the River Falls High School Wildcats
improved to 23-1 for the season, including a per-
fect 5-0 record in conference play which puts
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RFHS in position to win its fifth conference

championship in six years.
On Thursday night, the home match for
RFHS began in a way that most matches typi-
cally don’t. Eau Claire North came out of the
gate and immediately put together a scoring run
that culminated in a 12-6 Huskies lead that
forced a timeout by RFHS head coach Sara
Kealy.
After the timeout, Kealy’s squad put together
a scoring run of their own. A quick 7-0 burst out
of the timeout gave the Wildcats a lead for the
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first time in the match. The rest of the first set

consisted of trading points and small scoring RFHS junior Morgan Kealy sets the ball to
runs that eventually resulted in a 25-21 victory senior right side Maddy Doerre during the
for the Wildcats to take a 1-0 lead in the series. Wildcats’ home match against Eau Claire
Junior Taylor Peterson of the River Falls High School volleyball team goes for the kill over
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Hoverman two Eau Claire North defenders. Photo by Reagan Hoverman
Prescott girls golf wins third
straight WIAA Regional title
By Reagan Hoverman
On Wednesday, Sept. 29,
the Prescott girls golf team
won its third consecutive
WIAA Regional Champi-
onship with a total team score
of 343 at the Clifton Highlands
Golf Course in Prescott. The
victory advances the Cardinals
to sectionals for the third time
in as many years as Prescott
hopes to begin another run to
the state championship.
For the first time in 20
years, a WIAA Regional golf
championship was held at the
Clifton Highlands Golf Course
in Prescott. The hometown
Cardinals took advantage of a
familiar course as their posted
score of 343 took first place by
25 strokes over second-placed
Saint Croix Central.
The final team score was a
combination of all five scores
that the varsity golfers posted
at the meet. Of the 50 competi-
tors at the regional meet, all
five Prescott starters finished
Prescott junior golfer Ava Salay rolls a putt on the second hole in the top 10 individual scores.
at Clifton Highlands Golf Course in Prescott during the Leading the charge for the Car-
WIAA Regional golf tournament on Wednesday, Sept. 29. dinals was junior Ava Salay,
vidual score at the regional
meet. Jessica Heinsch posted
an 86 which earned her the
fifth-best score. Liz Rohl fin-
ished in sixth place with an 87.
Rhi Stutz’s 93 earned her
eighth place and Maddie Re-
iter’s 94 put her in a tie for
ninth place to round out the
Prescott scoring.
Despite posting high-qual-
ity scores when the meet was
over, the match didn’t exactly
get off to the best start for
Prescott. Statistically, the two
best golfers for Prescott, Salay
and Rohl, struggled in the
opening holes of the meet.
Through the first five holes,
Salay was three over par and
Rohl was five over par.
At Clifton Highlands Golf
Course, the back nine is gener-
ally regarded as tougher than
the front nine. On Wednesday,
Sept. 29, the Prescott girls golf
team went to the back nine at
regionals with a slim lead over
Saint Croix Central and began
making a run that is rarely seen
on a course that difficult.
Of the five Prescott golfers,
four of them posted better
the front nine. Their late-round
charge was led by Salay, who
shot a 41 on the front and then
posted a level-par back nine
36.
After making double bogey
at the par three 13th hole,
Salay began a five-hole stretch
that few players in Wisconsin
could have pulled off. Hole 14
at Clifton Highlands is a short
par four that measures 223
yards. Salay hit her tee shot
down the left side of the fair-
way about 30 yards short of the
green.
She then hit a wedge to
about 12 feet from the pin on a
difficult sloped putting surface
and began reading the green to
see which way her putt was
going to break. After reading
the putt, Salay poured it into
the middle of the cup, turned to
the small gallery full of her
teammates, got animated, and
gave a Tiger Woods-like fist
pump that showed more emo-
tion than she had all year.
The fist pump made it clear
that Salay knew just how high
the stakes were. After it went
in, her body language changed.
every shot like it was going in.
After making birdie at 14, she
made birdie at 15, par at 16,
birdie at 17 and birdie at 18 to
go four-under-par in a span of
five holes. After the meet, Car-
dinals head coach Chad Salay
talked about Ava Salay’s per-
formance and her impressive
final five holes.
“She started out shaky on
the front nine and even the first
part of the back,” Chad Salay
said. “I told her to start by just
hitting one good shot at a time
and honestly, after that, that’s
when she went nuts. She went
on that four-under through five
holes finish.”
Chad Salay said that when
he talked to Ava Salay on the
14th hole, she told him that she
was playing horrible. Chad
stated that he told her to take it
one shot at a time and to grind
it out. He also said that he told
her someone on the team
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‘Sky is the limit’ for Prescott Cross Country

By Reagan Hoverman
The Prescott boys and girls cross country
team has had runners regularly either win or fin-
ish in the top 10 of cross country events during
the 2021 season and head coach Matt Sachs says
that the “sky is the limit” for the team as the reg-
ular season wraps up in the coming weeks.
Through the first several meets of the year,
Prescott’s cross country team was performing
well in meets but was also suffering minor in-
juries along the way that have slowly impacted
the team. Now, in the closing weeks of the sea-
son, coach Sachs says getting his roster back to
full health is the most important thing to do be-
fore the playoffs begin.
“Honestly, health is the bottom line right
now,” Sachs said. “We need everybody healthy
before that conference meet and ultimately, that
sectional meet, which is the big one of the year.”
With a fully healthy team, Sachs believes this
team can make a serious push in the postseason.
Part of the reason for that belief is having strong
runners finish consistently well in every meet.
For the boys, that’s junior Tyler Loucks. Coach
Sachs spoke about what makes Tyler a great
runner and competitor.
“Tyler is an incredible runner,” Sachs said.
“He has the work ethic in and out of season that
coaches look for. He just really loves to run.
Competition-wise, he’s finished top 10 at almost
every meet and he just runs hard. He knows
what he needs to do.”
The character of the team is also demon-
strated by Loucks, according to Sachs. He said
that Loucks is a team player and shows it at
every meet that Prescott attends.
“One thing about him too is that once his race
is over, he goes back and greets his team at the
line and congratulates them and his competi-
tion,” Sachs said. “He’s just a great kid.”
As for the girls, one of the key runners on the
team is Ella Johnson, who finished in 13th place
as an individual at the most recent cross country
meet, the New Richmond Invitational on Satur-
day, Oct. 2. Her 13th place finish as an individ-
ual was the best finish for a female Prescott
runner at the meet. Coach Sachs spoke about
Johnson’s ability.
“She’s an amazing runner too,” Sachs said.
“She has been involved with track in the past
and I don’t think she was super pumped about
the idea of long-distance at first, but she has
been killing it. She works so hard in practice and
just trusts the process. She’s quietly extremely
competitive and wants to do well. We are so
happy and excited about her running so well
from an individual and team standpoint.”
At the aforementioned New Richmond Invi-
tational, the Prescott boys finished in sixth place
as a team out of 13 total teams at the meet.
Loucks finished in third place at the event. The
next Prescott runner to finish was Ryan Zerneke
who finished in 15th place. The Cardinals’ sixth-
place finish was something that Sachs was
happy with because the New Richmond Invita-
tional had some larger schools that Prescott is The Prescott High School cross country teams pose for a photo near the falls in Osceola after
used to seeing. a recent meet there. The team has continuously improved throughout the season and hopes
According to Sachs, all 36 of the Prescott to get back to full health after suffering minor injuries throughout the year. Photo courtesy of
runners ran a personal record on Saturday, and
31 of them were all-time bests. Prescott High School Cross Country
“I’m happy with those results,” Sachs said. “I was happy with the results,” Sachs said. “In terms of the postseason, we’re just trying
“We ran against some larger schools than we “Place-wise it’s not a top-two finish, but all to keep the family close,” Sachs said. “We have
normally see, and our individual times were those girls ran personal records that day, so as done some fun things at practice like ‘capture
awesome. We believe that if we’re able to keep coaches we really can’t ask for anything more the football’ and ‘minute to win it’ games. We
that momentum going through Amery and into than that. They ran as hard as they could, and I have a tight group as it is but feel that commu-
conference and sectionals, we can be right think they ran great. Unfortunately, those other nity is a big part of making a deep run at this
where we want to be.” teams ran better, and it didn’t equate to a high thing. It’s all about finding that nice mix of
On the girls’ side of the meet, the leading fin- finish.” workouts that are tough but not too straining on
isher for the Cardinals was the aforementioned While more Prescott runners recover from the body.”
Johnson. The second-best Prescott runner was minor injuries and the team begins to return to The next meet on the schedule for the
Amanda Auleciems who finished in 49th place. full health, Sachs believes the results will con- Prescott Cardinals is the Cross Country Varsity
As a team, the Prescott girls finished in 10th tinue to get better. Creating a positive team at- Invitational at the Amery High School on Thurs-
place of the 14 teams at the event. Coach Sachs mosphere has been something that he has day, Oct. 7. That meet is scheduled to begin at 4
spoke about the girls’ performance in New Rich- focused on this season and he is continuing to p.m.
mond. do just weeks before the postseason begins.

Getting younger players into varsity games is one of the rea-

VOLLEYBALL sons that Kealy has had such significant success with her volley-

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ball program over the years. Two upperclassmen that were once

From Page B-1
The second set again started with a small Huskies scoring run
that put the Wildcats in an early deficit. As expected, the Wildcats
began to erase the Huskies’ lead and eventually jumped out to a
lead of their own. At one point, Kealy’s squad was up 17-9 and
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young, inexperienced players getting occasional varsity minutes
are Brianna Brathol and Dani Lien. Kealy spoke about what they
mean not only for the rest of this season but also for her pro-
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gram’s success as a whole.
“They’re so important for us because they have to pass for us,
play defense, have to hit, block and serve, they do everything for
us,” Kealy said. “We rely heavily on our outside to do every-

in complete control of the match. Eau Claire North made an effort thing.”
to mount a comeback, but it fell short and River Falls took a 2-0 With the win, River Falls remains in first place in the Big
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lead in the series after the 25-19 second set victory.

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Rivers Conference standings, one game ahead of Chippewa Falls
The third set was another convincing River Falls victory. After who is currently 4-0 in conference play.
jumping out to a 19-6 lead in the third set, Eau Claire North had
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“They will be undefeated coming into our conference match

to take a timeout to stop the dynamic River Falls offense. The
timeout did little to change the momentum of the game, as the
Wildcats ran away with the third set 25-16. The third set victory
meant it was another sweep for the Wildcats. It was also the 67th
straight home win for River Falls. After the game, coach Kealy
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next week,” Kealy said. “We already beat them once (this sea-
son). We’re both going to come into that game undefeated and
this place (RFHS) will be rocking. We played them in the regional
finals last year and that was the best match of the whole round.”

The game is expected to be the most competitive of the entire

talked about deciding when to play reserves in a series that might Big Rivers Conference schedule. Earlier this season on Saturday,
not be evenly matched. Aug. 28, the Wildcats swept Chippewa Falls by winning two con-
“I love being able to get young kids in these matches,” Kealy secutive sets at the UW-Stout Invitational. If the match on Thurs- Becca Randleman of the River Falls volleyball team takes
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said. “If I leave my starting unit in, that first set ends up 25-14, day, Oct. 14, goes anything like the previous match, River Falls flight as she goes up for a kill against Eau Claire North. Ran-
the second set would have been smoother and the third set would will be well on its way to a fifth conference championship in the dleman and the Wildcats defeated the Huskies in three sets
have been even better, but that’s just not the right way to do it.”
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Panthers drive was capped off ing down the sideline and running back Max Grand. In goes from here.

PANTHER VICTORY by a short touchdown run by

Grand to give Ellsworth a 12-
scored on a pick-six to give
the Panthers an 18-7 lead.
the game, Grand had 154
rushing yards that came from
“Ellsworth is just a really
good football team,” Hansen
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Friday night homecoming
game against Prescott.
The next Ellsworth posses-
sion began with a bang, as
senior running back Max
Grand bounced a run to the
outside and showed off his
speed, sprinting into the end-
zone for a 55-yard touchdown
run. An unsuccessful two-
Ellsworth meant that Prescott
retained the lead 7-6.
After getting a defensive
stop and getting the ball back,
Ellsworth again went down
the field and punched in an-
other touchdown. The score
again came from Grand, who
was getting almost anything
that he wanted as he navigated
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7 lead.
With the game still hanging
in the balance, Prescott got the
ball back with just under three
minutes remaining in the first
half. Trying to make some-
thing happen on offense, Car-
dinals quarterback Stanton
tried to fit a pass in a tight
window. The route was
jumped by Panthers defensive
back Jack Janke and the pass
After that, Prescott never
recovered. Ellsworth went on
to score two more touchdowns
in the third quarter to offi-
cially seal the game, giving
the Panthers a 34-7 win in
front of a packed homecoming
crowd. After the game, Pan-
thers head coach Rob Heller
spoke about the win.
“It’s a big win, we’ve had a
big couple of weeks,” Heller
14 carries. He also scored two
touchdowns in the 34-7 vic-
tory. After the game, Grand
spoke about what makes the
Ellsworth offense so dynamic
and what he expects from his
team this season.
“I think it’s just that we
have weapons at every posi-
tion including offensive line,
wide receivers, quarterback, it
doesn’t matter, we have
said. “We go down and score
and we’ve got momentum and
all of a sudden one play later,
they hit us, and – we scored
seven and they scored the next
34. We just couldn’t get over
that hump. Hats off to them,
Rob (Heller) does a tremen-
dous job with those guys and
they are ranked second in the
state for a reason.”
Hansen also spoke about a

point conversion attempt by
was intercepted as he was in said. “Osceola is a tough win weapons at every position,” quick turnaround for the game
behind his offensive line. That full stride. Janke went streak- up there. These guys are obvi- Grand said. “We execute too. next week and how the team
ously a program on the rise. We practice throughout the needs to bounce back and con-
They’re doing good stuff and week and we execute on Fri- tinue improving in the final
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they’re athletic. They come
out right away and punch one
in on us for the second week
in a row. Our kids did a great
job responding and so did our
coaching staff making adjust-
ments.”
Heller spoke about how
playing good teams, espe-
cially in the Middle Border
Conference, can help prepare
his team for later in the season
when the playoffs begin.
“This is an excellent time
of year for us to get this and
we got the ball rolling early
with some good victories, this
will be good for us rolling into
the postseason,” Heller said.
“Hopefully we can take care
of a conference title next week
up in Hammond. This was a
team victory for us.”
One of the many leaders of
the dynamic Ellsworth offense
is the aforementioned senior
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loose on the edge. Russell and the Cardinals fell 34-7 to Ellsworth on Friday, Oct. 1. Photo by THE JOURNAL IS NOW HIRING A
days and that’s how we get
things done.”
There are a lot of seniors
on the Panthers roster. Many
of those seniors play impor-
tant positions such as Grand at
running back, Janke at quar-
terback, Ashten Quade at wide
receiver, and a whole host of
other players playing the of-
fensive and defensive line. If
Ellsworth is going to make a
deep playoff run, this year is
as good as any in recent mem-
ory.
“I do feel like this is the
year,” Grand said. “Hopefully
injuries start to slow down a
little bit for us, but other than
that, I feel like we’re more
than capable of doing some-
thing special for sure.”
After the game, Prescott’s
coach Hansen also reflected
on the game, what went
wrong and where the team
few weeks of the regular sea-
son.
“We’re just going to try to
keep getting better every week
and we’re going to get two
tests,” Hansen said. “We’re a
playoff team now, so we need
to get better every week and
see what happens. I love our
kids and I love our group.
We’re going to come ready to
go and we’re going to grind
on Monday.”
In the loss, Prescott drops
to 5-2 for the season including
a 4-1 record in the Middle
Border Conference. The next
game for the Cardinals is on
Friday at home against
Aquinas. As for Ellsworth, the
Panthers have a chance to se-
cure the conference champi-
onship on Friday, Oct. 8, on
the road against Saint Croix
Central. Both of those games
are slated to begin at 7 p.m.

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River Fall High School golf team advances to sectionals

By Reagan Hoverman

The River Falls High School girls golf team advanced to

the WIAA Sectional meet after taking third place out of nine
teams at the WIAA Division One Regional Championship at
Troy Burne Golf Course in Hudson on Wednesday, Sept. 29.
According to River Falls High School girls golf head coach
Tim LaVold, the Wildcats battled hard on a very tough golf
course in Hudson. Mahlia McCane led the way with a 90. That
score was followed by Mekinnah Xiong’s 97. Mollie
Schmidt’s 109, Jenna Bergmanis’ 112 and Riley Schmidt’s
118.
McCane’s 90 at Troy Burne was good enough to put her
into a tie for the sixth-best individual score of the meet. Her
score was tied with Olivia Grothaus from Hudson. Xiong’s 97
was also good enough to finish in the top ten individual scores,
as she finished in ninth place as an individual.
The total team score for the Wildcats was 408, which was
good enough to secure third place ahead of fourth-place fin-
isher Chippewa Falls/McDonell Catholic, a team that shot
415. The top four team scores at the regional event advanced
to sectionals. Those teams were New Richmond, Hudson,
RFHS, and the aforementioned Chippewa Falls team. The
New Richmond Tigers posted the best score at the meet with
a total team score of 329 followed by Hudson’s 380.
The River Falls Wildcats will compete in sectionals on
Tuesday, Oct. 5, at the Turtleback Golf Course in Rice Lake. The River Falls High School girls golf team, which consists of Mahlia McCane, Mekinneh Xiong, Mollie Schmidt, Jenna
The meet is scheduled to get underway at 9 a.m. Bergmanis and Riley Schmidt, advanced to sectionals after taking third place at the WIAA Division One Regional Champi-
onship last Wednesday at Troy Burne in Hudson. Photo courtesy of River Falls High School

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*'/2,/& Tales and Trails BY DAVE BECK

I don’t always get a how they hunted up the valu- before but I thought that it which is easy to say when
chance to head out to the able root. I learned that the looked ‘shangy.Like a lot of your ginseng bag is empty.
woods early in the fall.I’m red berries were the dead

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things, looks can be deceiv- This brings me back to my
either getting ready for my giveaway. Being young and ing. I never found a single earlier point about my timing

trip to Colorado or I am al-
ready there, which makes it
hard for me to do one of my
favorite things: Hunt for gin-
seng.
Ginseng hunting for me is
a simple pleasure. I get to
impressionable I hit the
woods and dug up three red
berried plants. I thought that
I had found short-term finan-
cial security.Turns out that I
had found Jack in the Pulpit,
which also has red berries,
us l,
plant so I decided to go to a
spot where I had a positive
track record.
on
The second spot was a
place I had hunted a few
times over the years. I never
ly
being off.My lack of success
in ginseng hunting had more
to do with the lack of rain
combined with the heat mak-
ing it so dry for so long. The
leaves and stems of the gin-

spend time in the woods and
hopefully get paid to do
it. Just by saying the word
ginseng makes people think
found a lot in this spot but the
but isn’t worth a penny.That plants always seemed to be
mistake forced me back to easy to find and easier to dig
al a
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mycareer as a night crawler up. I considered this as a
supplier to local fisherman. place where I could go to re-
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seng plants dried up and
wilted away fairly quickly
this fall.
So, another ginseng hunt-
ing year is in the books.In a

that it’s worth hundreds of
dollars. Early reports this
year had that number near
$800. That’s nothing to
sneeze at.
Getting back to present
day, my timing in the early
fall is usually off by just a lit-
tle, except for this year.I was
actually off by a lot. I hit two
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store my confidence as a
‘shanger. I can’t say that at
the end of the day I had
gained back any of that con-
fidence because I found only
normal year I usually find
enough ginseng to pay for
my elk hunting tag, but obvi-
ously not this year. In a semi-
related matter, if anyone

My early exposure to gin- spots. The first one was a two lousy plants. I guess it’s needs any night crawlers -
seng was listening to some of prospect spot. I had never not always about the money, give me a call.
the old river rats talk about hunted ginseng at this spot
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The Prescott Hall of Fame during the regular assisted his son Jeff over the volunteers. The DNR’s what Jeff Block and others
Banquet and Induction Cere- season. Prescott’s high-pow- past couple years. A 1997 wildlife program managers use were thinking when they
mony will be held this Satur- ered offenses of the 1990’s and Prescott alumnus, Jeff was an the survey results to help make found out that Camp Randall
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day at the high school. Nick early 2000’s featured multiple all-conference outfielder for decisions on species manage- Stadium was to be renamed in
Schommer, Char Magee and weapons including the likes of the team that advanced to the ment. And speaking of the out- honor of former Badger Head
Roy Finley are slated to be- running backs Craig Lubich, WIAA State Tournament. doors, congratulations to Football Coach and Athletic
come the 12th, 13th, and 14th Scott Murphy, Mark Hilde- Prescott High School senior Director Barry Alvarez. The
members of the Prescott Hall brandt, Eric Meier, Mark De- From the Wisconsin De- Mason Lewis on harvesting an Iowa native has served as the
of Fame.Tickets are still avail- witz and Matt partment of Natural Re- impressive nine-point white- primary stumbling block for
able and can be purchased on- Duchnowski.Additionally, the sources: The results for the tail recently. Bear hunters east Block and others who have
line via the Prescott School highly regarded Cardinal latest wildlife reports are now of Frederic, Wis. harvested a worked tirelessly to bring
District website and are also wishbone potent running quar- available at the department 640-pound black bear two baseball back to the state’s
available at Prescott High terbacks in Pat Simones, Jason website. The reports are di- weeks ago.Local hunting afi- flagship university as a NCAA
School, Croix Insurance and
City Hall.
By Cripe Olson Bayer, Dave Harding, Nate
Hendrickson, and Eric Halver-
vided into surveys addressing
five species groups, including
cionado Dave French surmised
the huge bruin was about 20
affiliated program. For us
baseball folks, naming a sta-
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The Prescott girls golf team
clubbed their way to a con-
vincing victory in last Wednes-
and Nicole Ptacek, and 10th
graders Reese Ptacek and Lila
Posthuma proved to be too
much for Amery as the Cardi-
no
son. small game, big game, water- years old. dium after the person who has
fowl, furbearers and nongame. stood in the way of bringing
La Crosse Aquinas comes The wildlife surveys are con- Headshaker of the back baseball to Madison? It’s
to Laney Field this Friday with ducted throughout 2020-2021 week: As a baseball fan I a headshaker.

day’s WIAA Division 2 a record of 7-0 and are the #4 by DNR staff and dedicated could not help but wonder
Regional tournament. Ava nals defeated the Warriors ranked team in Division 5.The
Salay topped the leaderboard three games to one.The Cardi- Blugolds have assured them-

Standings and Schedules

with a round of 77 and Jessica nals will play their final home selves of at least a tie for the
Heinsch, Liz Rohl, Rhianna match of the season this Coulee Conference Champi-
Stutz and Maddie Reiter all Thursday against Osceola. onship. Junior Quarterback
finished in the top 10 as the Middle Border Conference Jackson Flottmeyer leads the Football Clear Lake at Cadott Boyceville 0 5
Cardinals cruised to a first- leader St. Croix Central is Blugold attack with 24 touch- Middle Border Conference Glenwood City at Boyceville This week’s matches
place finish. St. Croix Central listed as Honorable Mention down passes and only one in- Team W L 7 p.m. Oct. 7
by the Wisconsin Volleyball Ellsworth 5 0 Volleyball Spring Valley at Mondovi
finished second and Regis/Al- terception this season.Friday’s Osceola 4 1 Big River Conference Plum City/Elmwood at Boyceville
toona finished third. As you Coaches Association. matchupmarks the first regu- Prescott 4 1 Team W L Colfax at Elk Mound
read this, the hope is the girls lar season game of any kind St. Croix Central 2 3 River Falls 5 0 Glenwood City at Durand
will have qualified for their Senior running back Aiden between the Cardinals and La Amery 1 4 Chippewa Falls 4 0
third consecutive WIAA State Russellran for over 100 yards Crosse Aquinas. In tournament Baldwin-Woodville 1 4 Eau Claire Memorial 3 2 Soccer
Tournament. for the sixth time last Friday play, the Cardinal basketball Somerset 1 4 Eau Claire North 2 3 Big Rivers Conference
and has rushed for 922 yards Friday, Oct. 8 games New Richmond 2 3 Team W L T
team has played the Blugold All games 7 p.m. Rice Lake 1 3 Eau Claire Memorial 5 0 2
The impressive net play of on season. It has been quite three times, the girls basketball Aquinas at Prescott Hudson 1 4 Hudson 5 0 2
ninth graders Aubryn Ennenga some time since a Prescott team has played Aquinas once, Ellsworth at Saint Croix Central Menomonie 1 4 River Falls 4 1 2
running back ran for 1,000 and the Prescott baseball team Baldwin-Woodville at Amery This week’s matches Rice Lake 3 3 1
has played Aquinas twice in Osceola at Somerset 7 p.m. Oct. 7 Chippewa Falls 2 5 0
WIAA post season play. River Falls at Menomonie Eau Claire North 0 6 0
Mississippi Valley Conference Hudson at Eau Claire North Menomonie 0 6 0
Teams W L Rice Lake at New Richmond This week’s matches
11TH ANNUAL Prescott High School alum- River Falls 5 0 Eau Claire Memorial at Chippewa 5 p.m. Oct. 7
nus Joe Schulte will be West Salem 4 1 Falls New Richmond at Eau Claire Memo-
Spring Valley wrestling at the University of
Wisconsin-Eau Claire.A 2019
La Crosse Central
Onalaska
3 2
3 2 Middle Border Conference
rial
Rice Lake at Eau Claire North
Holmen 2 3 Team W L Chippewa Falls at Menomonie
Education Foundation Cardinal grad, Schulte fin-
ished his prep career with a
Sparta
La Crosse Logan
2 3
1 4
Saint Croix Central
Baldwin-Woodville
4 0
3 0
7 p.m. Oct. 7
Hudson at River Falls
Gala record of 125-15.Nicole Dal-
man, a two-time All Confer-
Tomah 0 5
Friday Oct. 8 games
Somerset
Osceola
2 2
1 1 5 p.m. Oct. 8
Saturday, ence selection, will be playing
basketball at St. Catherine’s in
All games 7 p.m.
River Falls at Onalaska
Prescott
Altoona
1 2
1 3
Eau Claire Memorial vs. Homestead,
Madison East, Wauwautosa East at
La Crosse Central at Sparta Ellsworth 0 1 Whitman Middle School
October 9, 2021 St. Paul this year.Ella Linder
will be running track at the
La Crosse Logan at Holmen
Tomah at West Salem
Amery 0 3
This week’s matches 10 a.m. Oct. 9
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. University of Wisconsin-River
Falls as will Caleb Royal and Dunn-St. Croix Conference
7 p.m. Oct. 7
Ellsworth at Baldwin-Woodville
River Falls at Holmen
1 p.m. Oct. 9
Spring Valley Sammy Braunlich.Brett Nel- Teams
Spring Valley
W L
5 0
Osceola at Prescott
Amery at Saint Croix Central
Eau Claire Memorial vs. Homestead,
Madison East, Wauwautosa East at
son, another former Cardinal
Elementary Commons thinclad, will be competing in Boyceville 3 2 Altoona at Somerset Whitman Middle School
Elmwood//Plum City 3 2 4 p.m. Oct. 9
Honorees: track and field at UW-Stout. Glenwood City 3 2 Dunn St. Croix Conference Chippewa Falls at Superior
Dave & Rita Johnson Turtle Lake 3 2 Team W L
Speaking of alumni, Uni- Cadott 2 3 Colfax 4 0 5 p.m. Oct. 12
Denise Witucki versity of Wisconsin Club Clear Lake 1 4 Elk Mound 4 0 River Falls at Eau Claire Memorial
Spring Valley Gardeners Baseball Coach Jeff Block and Colfax 0 5 Plum City/Elmwood 4 0 Rice Lake at Menomonie
his team have been playing Friday, Oct. 8 games Spring Valley 3 2 7 p.m. Oct. 12
All games 7 p.m. Durand 1 3 Hudson at New Richmond
this fall. Father and WBCA Spring Valley at Turtle Lake Glenwood City 0 3 Eau Claire North at Chippewa Falls
Hall of Famer Steve Block has Elmwood/Plum City at Colfax Mondovi 0 3
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UWRF wide receiver AJ Morrison leaps for a pass that is Senior UWRF wide receiver Alex Traxler breaks a tackle and Senior quarterback for the UWRF Falcons Kole Hinrichsen
barely broken up by UW-La Crosse defender Trevar Helland scans his route as he goes sprinting down the field. Photo by unleashes a pass deep down the sideline during the 2021
during the UWRF homecoming game on Saturday, Oct. 2. Reagan Hoverman UWRF homecoming football game against UW-La Crosse.
Photo by Reagan Hoverman Photo by Reagan Hoverman

20th ranked UW-La Crosse

spoils UWRF homecoming

By Reagan Hoverman
The University of Wisconsin-River Falls homecoming crowd,
which was announced as 3,115 people, was quickly quieted in
the Falcons’ Saturday afternoon game against the University of
Wisconsin-La Crosse as the Eagles thrashed UWRF in a 45-23
victory.
us l,
.
ly
got on the board with 10 minutes remaining in the first half when
senior quarterback Kole Hinrichsen connected with junior wide
receiver Andy Groebner on a 23-yard touchdown pass to make
on
the score 21-7.
Both teams scored another touchdown in the remaining min-
utes of the second quarter that sent the Eagles to the locker room
with a 28-14 halftime lead. Despite a tough first half on the de-

Going into the game, the Falcons had a 3-0 record, which was fensive side of the ball, the Falcons were only down two posses-
the best start to a season for UWRF since 1996. Their victories sions and were set to receive the second-half kickoff with a
al a
e
included blowouts against Elmhurst University on Sept. 4 and chance to make it a one-score game.
Northwestern on Sept. 18, a game in which the Falcons scored a However, the UWRF offense stalled out early in the drive and
ci on

school-record 71 points.
Through the first three games of the season, the Falcons’ of-
fense had been dynamic and demonstrated big-play ability. How-
ever, with a matchup against the UW-La Crosse Eagles, a team
that came into the game with a 2-1 record ranked as the 20th best
er rs
gave the ball back to UW-La Crosse. The Eagles subsequently
scored on a nine-yard touchdown pass from Parks to Jake
Simuncak to make it a 35-14 lead for the Eagles.
The Falcons’ deficit was too much to overcome, as the final
score was a 45-23 victory for UW-La Crosse. The loss moves the

team in the country, UWRF had its hands full.
The Eagles got the first possession of the game and wasted lit-
tle time getting on the board. On third and seven with 14:22 re-
maining in the first quarter, UW-La Crosse running back Joey
m e
Falcons’ record to 3-1 for the season. After the game, Walker re-
flected on the first loss of the season.
“It was kind of a team loss, we didn’t play great in any phase Larry McKenzie standing on the sideline at Ramer Field on
of the football,” Walker said. “We played mediocre and the prob- Saturday, Oct. 2, as he is honored as one of the six 2021

Stutzman broke loose on a 60-yard touchdown run to give the lem was that we got off to a bad start and then we were playing UWRF Athletic Hall of Fame inductees. McKenzie was
Eagles a 7-0 lead following a successful PAT. uphill the whole time.” named as a positive contributor to UWRF athletics. Photo by
m rp

The first possession for the Falcons was short and unsuccess-
ful, as they went three-and-out and punted the ball back to the
Eagles. UW-La Crosse took over and began driving down the
field. The drive was capped off by a three-yard play-action touch-
down pass by junior quarterback Jakob Parks to gives the Eagles
co Fo
Every week, the Falcons have a game plan crafted to what they
believe are their team’s strengths and the opponent’s weaknesses.
However, those game plans aren’t designed for an early 21-0
deficit. When trailing by three scores in the first half, a portion
of that game plan becomes irrelevant. Walker spoke about that
experience.
Reagan Hoverman
Walker’s league play comment is regarding the first game in
WIAC play of the year. The WIAC is known throughout the
country as one of the toughest – if not the toughest – conferences

a 14-0 lead.
The Falcons’ defense continued to struggle to begin the second
quarter. Another Eagles possession led to another touchdown.
This time it was a 13-yard touchdown pass by Parks to take a 21-
0 lead with 13 minutes remaining in the first half.
The Eagles were the strongest, most athletic team that the Fal-
cons had seen up until that point in the year, and head coach Matt
Walker’s team struggled to adapt to that level of play. The Falcons
n-
“It was one of those cases of coming off some game plan a lit-
tle early when you’re that far behind in the first half,” Walker
said. “When some things don’t go your way, it can get ugly.
That’s a good team and they played well. They took advantage
of where we made mistakes. It just wasn’t a great day for us.”
Perhaps the biggest difference in the game was the efficiency
for each team on the most important downs of the game – third
and fourth down situations. On Saturday, UW-La Crosse con-
verted 45% of its third downs compared to UWRF’s 35%. On
fourth down, the Eagles were 1-1 compared to the Falcons’ two
conversions on seven attempts.
“Those (fourth downs) were big,” Walker said. “I haven’t
in the United States for Division 3 college football. There are reg-
ularly four WIAC teams ranked in the top 25 nationally. Walker
spoke about the level of competition in the WIAC.
“I tell people you can’t explain it,” Walker said. “Even the peo-
ple that think they know how good this league is, don’t under-
stand how good this league is. It’s scholarship football without
athletic scholarships. Every yard becomes hard on both sides of
the ball and we saw it today.”
Next week, the Falcons play on the road against the University
of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. That’s another WIAC game that will
likely be played with the same intensity as the matchup against
UW-La Crosse. Walker talked about preparation for that contest.
“We’ll rally and fight man, this is the best crew I’ve ever had

looked at the numbers yet, but I have to assume that our third and
fourth down percentage conversion rate was low and theirs was
high. It’s big deal, especially with as many fourth downs as we
had. We’ve had insanely high conversion rates our first three
no
with leadership and attitude,” Walker said. “We will get ready to
go for next Saturday. I promise.”
The next matchup is against the University of Wisconsin-

Stevens Point on Saturday, Oct. 9. That game is slated to get un-

games, they just make everything harder – welcome to league derway at 2 p.m.
play, right?”

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PUBLIC
The next regular monthly meet-
TOWN OF MARTELL
ing of the Martell Town Board
will be held 7 p.m. Tuesday,
October 12, 2021, at the
Martell Town Hall located at
W5581 800th Avenue, Spring
Valley, WI 54767. The CDC
and Pierce County are recom-
mending all people wear a
mask indoors regardless of
vaccination status due to the
rise in covid cases in Pierce
County. The agenda includes
approve minutes from previous
meeting; treasurer’s report;
payment of bills; discuss road
work; employee’s report; dis-
cuss maintenance and repair
issues; discuss and approve
driveway permits; Discuss and
take action on readjusting ward
boundaries because of 2020
Census – Ordinance No. 2021-
04; Conditional Use Permit –
Yunker for addition of a trailer
house at N8224 650th Street;
Discuss and take action on
loan for Scott Construction
road repair bill; Read corre-
spondence; set date for next
meeting; open for discussion
and Board 2022 Budget Work-
shop. Any person wishing to
attend the meeting who re-
quires special accommodation
because of a disability should
contact the clerk at 715-977-
1202 or
martell.clerk01@gmail.com at
least 24 hours before the meet-
ing begins so that appropriate
accommodations can be made.
WNAXLP 10-7
Notice
TOWN OF DIAMOND BLUFF
Notice of Town
Board Meeting
The Town Board of the Town of
Diamond Bluff, Pierce County,
us l,
Wisconsin, hereby provides
notice and agenda of the public
al a
meeting of the Town Board of
the Town of Diamond Bluff for
Thursday, October 14th, 2021
ci on
at 7:00PM at the Diamond Bluff
Town Hall. The public may pro-
vide comments to the town
board if the presiding officer
notes on the agenda and upon
recognition a period of public
er rs
comments.
Agenda: Call to order, Roll call
of Board Members present, Ap-
m e
proval of minutes from previous
meeting, Approval to pay
claims as presented, Trea-
m rp
surer’s Report, Correspon-
dence and Communication,
Declaring Ward 1 for Diamond
Bluff Redistricting, Township
Road Update, Sea Wing Park
Committee, Informal public
co Fo
comment time, Agenda items
for next meeting, Next meeting
date, Adjournment.
For Diamond Bluff Town
information:
www.diamond-bluff-wi.org
WNAXLP 10-7
TOWN OF OAK GROVE
Oct. 14 Plan Commission
Meeting
n-
The Oak Grove Plan Commis-
sion will meet at 7:30 p.m. on
Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021, in the
town hall, N4939 1100th St,
54021. Agenda: 1) Call to
no
order; roll call. 2) Minutes. 3)
Public Comments on non-
agenda items (no action). 4)
Holst CSM: CSM by surveyor
Johnson & Scofield on behalf


of landowner William Holst, di-
on
viding parcel # 020-01055-
0200 to create Lots 1 and 2
(roughly 11 and 8 acres), with
indirect shared access to adja-
cent land and 1168th St. 5)
Request by David Olson for
Olson “Second Driveway”:
waiver of Town code allowing a
e
second driveway serving a pole
barn at W12444 580th Ave.;
PID 020010951030. 6) Ad-
journment.
Note: This summary supple-
ments the Town’s official meet-
ing notice; information was
current when submitted but
may be subject to change. Of-
ficial Town notices are posted
at the town hall and online at
www.co.pierce.wi.us (click
Government > Town > Oak
Grove).
— Andria Hayday, Town Clerk.
WNAXLP 10-7
Meeting Notice
TOWN OF EL PASO will hold
THE TOWN BOARD OF THE
its monthly meeting at the town
hall (N5325 450th St.
Ellsworth) on Monday, October
11, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. Agenda:
Call Meeting to Order, Roll
Call, Statement of Public No-
tice, Minutes of Previous Meet-
ing, Plan Commission
Minutes; Reports: Treasurer’s
Report, Road Maintainer’s Re-
port; Public Comments;
Agenda Items Discuss/Take
Action: 1. Plan Commission
recommendation to the Town
Board for county issued Condi-
tional Use Permit application
from Philip kashian of type “Ac-
cessory Residence”; 2. Town
Insurance (accepting propos-
als); 3. 450th Ave Road Proj-
ect; 4. 465th Ave Bridge; 5.
Road Work; 6. Adopt Resolu-
tion 2021-1 Use ARPA funds to
expand broadband in Town of
El Paso. Audit Bills; Corre-
September 30, 2021 THE JOURNAL Page B-7
Ellsworth Community
TOWN OF TRENTON School District
PLANNING COMMISSION 323 Hillcrest Street
MEETING NOTICE Ellsworth, WI 54011
Notice is hereby given that (715) 273-3900
the regular monthly plan-
ning meeting for the Town School Board Meeting
of Trenton Will be held at Notice
the Trenton Town Hall –
W7926 250th Ave. The Ellsworth Community
Hager City WI. School District Board of Ed-
Thursday October 7, 2021 ucation will meet on Monday,
There may be a quorum of the
at 7:00 P.M. October 11, 2021 at 7:00 pm
Town Board present, however
in the Ellsworth High School
no Town Board business will be
Cafetorium for a regular school
conducted
board meeting.
1. Call meeting to order
2. Approve minutes from last
The agenda: Call to Order,
meeting
Roll Call, Acknowledgements-
3. Set next meeting dates >
EHS Day of Service.
November 4th , December 9th
2021, January 6th 2022
OLD BUSINESS- ACTION:
4. Public comment
Approval of the September 13,
5. Pierce County Highway
2021 school board meeting
Dept. Blasting Permit Applica-
minutes, Approval of the Sep-
tion
tember 2021 nancial report.
6. Town board member written
report
OLD BUSINESS
7. Correspondence
DISCUSSION.
Adjourn
All agenda items are posted for
SCHOOL BOARD
discussion and possible action
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
by the Planning Commission
Dated this 1rst Day of October
OPEN PERIOD FOR
2021.
PUBLIC COMMENT.
Wendy Schommer– Planning
Commission appointed Vice
NEW BUSINESS- ACTION:
Chairperson
Personnel report, Pool Staff
Pay Proposal, Set special
school board meeting date to
TOWN OF TRENTON certify the levy.
BOARD MEETING NOTICE
7:00 p.m. Tuesday, NEW BUSINESS DISCUS-
October 12th, 2021 SION: Third Friday Mem-
TO BE HELD AT THE bership Count, Professional
TRENTON TOWN HALL Learning Communities Initia-
W7926 250TH AVE tives for the 2021-2022 school
Agenda
HAGER CITY, WI year, Curriculum Proposals for
1) Call to order
the 2022-2023 school year,
2) Approve minutes
School Board Policy Volume
3) Set next meeting dates
30, #2- rst reading.
4) Treasurer's report
5) Plan commission report
SUPERINTENDENT’S RE-
6) Public comment
.
PORT- ESSER update, COVID
7) Driveway permits, drive-
operations update.
ly
way bonds, escrow accounts
WNAXLP 10-7, 10-14 and building permits WNAXLP 10-7
ADJOURN.
8) Road report/road projects
spondence and Communica- a. Equipment repairs
WNAXLP. 10-7
tions; Future Agenda Items;
Next Meeting Date; Adjourn 9) Pierce County blasting per-
STATE OF WISCONSIN,
CIRCUIT COURT,
Sherri Heise, Clerk mit
PIERCE COUNTY
10) Lease agreement with
Amended
WNAXLP 10-7
Everts Resort
Notice to Creditors
11) ARPA local fiscal recovery
(Informal Administration)
funds discussion-Bevcomm
Case No. 2lPR54
12) Assessor proposals
13) Building inspector propos-
IN THE MATTER OF THE
als
ESTATE OF
14) 2022 budget preparation
STATE OF WISCONSIN Betsy J. Wahlstrom
15) LRIP funds-Stevens Engi-
CIRCUIT COURT
neering proposal
PIERCE COUNTY PLEASE TAKE NOTICE:
NAME CHANGE HEARING 16) Adopt resolution redistrict-
NOTICE AND ORDER OF
ing of municipal ward bound-
1. An application for informal
aries
Case No. 21CV139 administration was led.
In the Matter of The Name 17) Operators license applica-
tions
2. The decedent, with date of
Nevaeh Rose Johnson-Holt 18) Bills
Change of: birth June 9, 1940 and date of
19) Correspondence and fol-
death August 28, 2021, was
low up
By (Petitioner): domiciled in Pierce County,
20) Adjourn
Jennifer Rose Zahara State of Wisconsin, with a mail-
ing address of 2328 Aurora
A Petition was led asking to All agenda items are posted for
NOTICE IS GIVEN: Circle, River Falls, WI 54022.
discussion and possible action
by the Town Board
change the name of the 3. All interested persons
person listed above: waived notice.
Please note that, upon reason-
FROM: Nevaeh
able notice, efforts will be made
MIDDLE: Rose 4. The deadline for ling a
to accommodate the needs of
LAST: Johnson-Holt claim against the decedent’s
disabled individuals through
estate is January 10, 2022.
appropriate aids and services.
To:
For additional information or to
FIRST: Nevaeh 5. A claim may be led at the
request this service, please
MIDDLE: Rose Pierce County Courthouse,
contact the Town Clerk Steve
LAST: Zahara Ellsworth, Wisconsin, Room
Thoms, W8074 147th Ave
Birth Certi cate: 201.
Hager City WI, 715-792-5218
FIRST: Nevaeh
o r
MIDDLE: Rose FORM COMPLETED BY:
Trentonclerk@bevcomm.net
LAST: Johnson-Holt Max eld E. Neuhaus
IT IS ORDERED: ADDRESS:
Notice is further hereby given
219 North Main Street
that a majority of the Plan
This petition will be heard in River Falls, WI 54022
Commission may be present at
the Circuit Court of Pierce
TELEPHONE;
the foregoing Town Board
County, State of Wiscosin: 715-425-7281
meeting for purposes of gather-
Judge’s Name: Elizabeth Rohl BAR: 1031885
ing information over which the
Place: Pierce County Circuit
Plan Commission has decision
Court WNAXLP. 10-7, 10-14, 10-21
making responsibility. This
Addres: 414 Main Street,
may constitute a meeting of the
Ellsworth, WI 54011 STATE OF WISCONSIN
Plan Commission pursuant to
Date: 10/29/2021 CIRCUIT COURT
State ex Rel. Badke v. Green-
Time: 4:15 p.m. PIERCE COUNTY
dale Village Board, 174 WIs.2d
NOTICE AND ORDER OF
553, 494 N.W.2d 408 (1993),
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED: NAME CHANGE HEARING
although the Plan Commission
Case No. 21CV139
will not take any formal action
Notice of this hearing shall be
at this meeting.
given by publication as a Class In the Matter of The Name
Dated this 30th Day of Septem-
3 notice for three weeks in Change of:
ber 2021. Steve Thoms-Clerk
a row prior to the date of the Nevaeh Rose Johnson-Holt
hearing in the Pierce County By (Petitioner):

Journal a newspaper pub- Jennifer Rose Zahara


 
 lished in Pierce County, State
of Wisconsin. TOWN OF SALEM NOTICE IS GIVEN:




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Judge’s Name: Elizabeth Rohl
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Place: Pierce County Circuit
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AT ITS SEPTEMBER 28, 2021, MEETING, THE COMMON
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53     3 FOLLOWING ORDINANCES: Ellsworth, WI 54011
Date: 10/29/2021
    (  3 Time: 4:15 p.m.
  !( Ordinance 2021-08 – An Ordinance Creating Chapter
12.16.070(F) – Total Phosphorous - This ordinance creates
12.16.070(F) Performance Standards regarding total phos- IT IS FURTHER ORDERED:
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Notice of this hearing shall be
( given by publication as a Class
The full text of the ordinance, adoption of which is noticed
above, may be viewed or obtained from the City Clerk, City of 3 notice for three weeks in
56 *770#*.07$)8 4   River Falls, 222 Lewis Street, River Falls, WI; 715-425-0900 or a row prior to the date of the
(56   on the City’s website at www.rfcity.org. hearing in the Pierce County
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PUBLIC Notice
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING –
Village of Bay City Ordinance 71
AMMENDMENT OF ORDINANCE 71 CONTROLING
USE OF ALL TERRAIN VEHICLES, DIRT BIKES, AND
MOTORCYCLES.
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to all persons in the Vil-
lage of Bay City, Wisconsin, that a public hearing of the Vil-
lage Board of Bay City will be held on Wednesday October
13, at 6:30PM to solicit comments and adoption of the
amended Ordinance. The full ordinance is available for
viewing at the Village Clerks Office & Public Box, Post Of-
fice, Handy Mart Public Box & Village Hall Public Box.
All persons interested are invited to attend this hearing and
be heard.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
–Village of Bay City Ordinance 96 Zoning
VILLAGE OF BAY CITY, STATE OF WISCONSIN
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to all persons in the Vil-
lage of Bay City, Wisconsin, that a public hearing of the
Planning Commission will be held on Tuesday October 19,
at 5:30pm to review Ordinance 96 for the purpose of re-
view and update. Copies of Zoning Ordinance 96 will be
on hand for purchase.
All persons interested are invited to attend this hearing and
be heard. Written comments may be submitted to: Village
of Bay City-Zoning Hearing, PO Box 9, Bay City, WI
544723
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NOTICE OF RESOLUTION ADOPTION –
Village of Bay City Resolution NO. 515-2
RESOLUTION TO ADJUST THE
WARD BOUNDRIES – 2021
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to all person in the Vil-
lage of Bay City, Wisconsin, that the board will be adopting
Per Wisconsin Statutes 59.10(3)(b)(1) Ward Boundaries
that have been adopted by Pierce County on the regular
board meeting held on October 13, 2021 commencing at
6:30pm, to solicit comments and adopt the Resolution. To
view the full resolution they have been posted in three pub-
lic places, Handy Mart Posting Box, Village Hall Posting
Box, and the Clerk/Treasurers office.
All persons interested are invited to attend this hearing and
be heard.

CITY OF RIVER FALLS

COMMON COUNCIL AGENDA
October 12, 2021 CITY OF RIVER FALLS asked to wear a mask and social distance.**
COMMON COUNCIL WORKSHOP REGARDING
**The City Council Chambers are open to the public. Due to THE 2022-2026 FISCAL PLAN AND 2022 BUDGET
the ongoing COVID-19 public health emergency, attendees 1. Call to Order – 5 p.m.
are asked to wear a mask and social distance.** AGENDA 2. Discussion on 2022-2026 Fiscal Plan
October 12, 2021, 5 p.m. 3. Discussion on 2022 Budget
The public may view/listen to the meeting by: 4. Workshop Adjournment
• Calling Toll Free 1-844-992-4726, access code: **The Training Room is open to the public. Due to the ongo-
132 138 8015 ing COVID-19 public health emergency, attendees are WNAXLP 10-7
• Visiting the web link: https://tinyurl.com/RFCC101221
• Viewing the City’s YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/user/cityofriverfalls

Call Meeting to Order – 6:30 p.m. Notice of Public Hearing for the City of River Falls, Wisconsin
Pledge of Allegiance
Roll Call NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing on the proposed 2022 budget for the City of River Falls will be held at
Approval of Minutes – September 28, 2021, Regular Minutes 6:32 p.m. on October 26, 2021, in the City Council Chambers located at 222 Lewis Street. The proposed budget, in detail, is
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the Americans with Disabilities Act that requires the meeting or Dated this 1st day of October 2021
materials to be in an accessible location or format, may contact
City Clerk Amy White at (715) 426-3408 or in person at 222 Lew- Amy White, City Clerk
is Street, for accommodations. Requests for accommodations
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should be made at least three (3) business days in advance of Publish: October 7, 2021 – The Pierce County Journal
the meeting. Every effort will be made to arrange accommoda-
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CITY OF RIVER FALLS, at peak capacity. Five of the
WISCONSIN six ICUs located in Western
COMMON COUNCIL Wisconsin are at peak capac-
PROCEEDINGS ity. She talked about how this
affected hospital transfers.
September 14, 2021 Snyder provided details about
the River Falls Area Hospital.
n-
request. The vote passed
with all voting in favor.
Change of Agent – Kwik Trip
#301
MS Downing/Bjerstedt move
to approve change of agent.
from the Council. There would characterize Snyder’s
were none. comments as an early warning
that we should be aware of.
CONSENT AGENDA: Simpson has heard this from
Preliminary Resolution No. her for the last three to four
6602 Declaring Intent to Ex- weeks that we are moving into
ercise Special Assessment a critical time as far as spread
ily we have been put in the role
of encouraging with setting
practices for City employees
Simpson talked about past dis-
cussion about masking regard-
ing doing something around
new liquor licenses.

Mayor Dan Toland called the 6WDI¿QJ LV WKHLU QXPEHU RQH
meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. issue. There is a nationwide
in the City Council Chambers nursing shortage which is im-
at City Hall. pacting all healthcare systems.
Snyder provided case num-
no
Brandyn Ruesink was asked
if he understood the roles and
responsibilities of an agent,
if he understood he was re-
sponsible for things even if
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66.0703 Wisconsin Statutes
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Falls Business Improvement
District
of the virus in the community.
This is falling in line with her
expectations of when school is
back in session. City staff have
asked several times in the last
City Attorney Gierhart said in
regard to a general mask man-
date, there is no case law that
says yes you can or no you

City Council Members Pres-
ent: Todd Bjerstedt, Nick
Carow, Sean Downing, Alyssa
Mueller, Diane Odeen, Ben
Plunkett
Members Absent: Scott Mor-
rissette
Staff Present: City Admin-
istrator Scot Simpson; City
Attorney Chris Gierhart; IT
Specialist Jon Smits; Com-
munity Development Director
Amy Peterson; Utility Director
Kevin Westhuis; Police Chief
Gordon Young; City Clerk Amy
White; City Engineer Crystal
Raleigh; Senior Civil Engineer
Zach Regnier, Senior Accoun-
tant Sam Hosszu; Economic
Development Manager Keri
Schreiner; Assistant City En-
gineer Todd Nickleski; Library
Director Tanya Misselt
Others Present: AZ Sny-
der; Robin Boles; Brandyn
Ruesink, Jeff Wefel; others
The Pledge of Allegiance was
said.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
Approval of Minutes – August
24, 2021, Regular Meeting
Minutes and Closed Session
MSC Odeen/Bjerstedt move
to approve minutes. Unani-
mous.
APPROVAL OF BILLS:
Bills: $2,338,894.61
MSC Mueller/Bjerstedt move
to approve bills subject to
the Comptroller. Unanimous.
PUBLIC COMMENT, PETI-
TIONS, REQUESTS AND
COMMUNICATIONS:
Pierce County Health Director
AZ Snyder provided an up-
date on Covid-19. Fifty percent
of the ICUs in Wisconsin are
bers on the prior week which
was 121 in Pierce County. She
talked about a reporting prob-
lem with the state’s vendor
leading her to believe that not
all of this week’s cases have
been counted by the state.
There were 26 cases in Riv-
er Falls. UWRF has 54 cases
since it returned to session.
She provided further details
about the statistic.
Library Director Presentation
Library Director Tanya Mis-
selt talked about ‘September
is library card sign up month’,
the resources available at
the library, items available
through the MORE program
including databases and re-
search resources, and more.
She detailed the require-
ments needed in order to get
a library card. Misselt talked
about working with schools to
get library cards for kids. She
gave an update about fall pro-
gramming, events offered, and
introduced the library’s new
youth services librarian.
Change of Agent – WE Market
Co-op dba Whole Earth Coop-
erative of River Falls
MS Downing/Odeen move
to approve change of agent.
The Mayor asked for com-
ments. It was noted that Alder-
person Morrissette was absent
and unable to ask his usual
questions for agents. Alder-
person Plunkett asked Boles if
she understood the roles and
responsibilities of an agent.
She said yes would be the
answer to all of Morrissette’s
usual questions. Alderperson
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knew she was responsible if
anything happened. She said
yes. With no other com-
ments, the Mayor asked for a
vote on the change of agent
not present, and does he have
his server’s license. Ruesink
answered yes to all. With no
other questions, the Mayor
asked for a vote. The vote
passed with all voting in fa-
vor.
PUBLIC HEARING:
Request for a Reserve Com-
bination “Class B” Liquor and
Class “B” Beer License – Tat-
tersall Companies, LLC dba
Tattersall Distilling Company
At 6:43 p.m., the Mayor
moved in a public hear-
ing. With no comments,
the Mayor moved back into
Open Session at 6:43 p.m.
and asked for a motion. MS
Downing/Mueller move to
approve the license.
Alderperson Plunkett asked
agent Jeff Wefel what ap-
proach his establishment will
take so people are not over-
served. Wefel said they are
working with Morrissey Hospi-
tality which will be running the
restaurants. He talked about
the other properties they over-
see. They do responsible serv-
er training for all employees,
and they make sure everyone
is trained. Morrissey is particu-
lar about their reputation. They
take it very, very seriously.
With no other questions, the
Mayor asked for a vote. The
vote passed with all voting
in favor.
Ordinance 2021-08 Creat-
ing Chapter 12.16.070 (F)
– Stormwater Management
Performance Standards -First
Reading
At 6:45 p.m., the Mayor
moved in a public hearing.
With no public comments,
the Mayor moved back into
Open Session at 6:46 p.m.
and asked for questions
Resolution No. 6603 - Award-
ing Golf View Channel Reha-
bilitation to Mattison Contrac-
tors
MSC Odeen/Bjerstedt
moved to approve the Con-
sent Agenda. Unanimous.
REPORTS:
Administrator’s Report
City Administrator Simpson
talked about upcoming events
and noted Rhonda Davison’s
retirement after 33 years of
service to the City. He stood
for questions.
Plunkett expressed concerns
regarding UWRF Homecom-
ing. He referred to information
provided by AZ Snyder earlier
in the meeting asking about
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which was not being reported
back to the university in a time-
frame that allowed for public
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felt that was an early warn-
ing for possible problems and
asked if Simpson was aware
of when the reporting will be
corrected and what other tools
we would have available prior
to a potential outbreak in com-
munity.
Simpson repeated what he
understood the question to be.
He would have to follow up
on the question about the uni-
versity reporting. He believed
that the City was still doing the
wastewater treatment plant
surveillance but that doesn’t
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He is not aware of other signif-
icant surveillance other than
communication with Pierce
County to provide the City with
information. Simpson talked
about information regarding
hospital beds in the region.
Plunkett asked if Simpson
six weeks if there are steps the
City can take to assist public
health. There is not a lot the
City can do. As policymakers
the Council has made the pol-
icies for the City, now people
have to take individual respon-
sibility to mitigate the spread of
the virus. Plunkett asked how
that was going and Simpson
said we will see.
Simpson asked if there were
any other questions. Plunkett
said yes to ask UWRF about
useful timeframes for the pub-
lic and also the vaccination
percentage at UWRF.
Alderperson Mueller asked
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sations staff had with Snyder.
She asked if Snyder does not
think that the Council asking
businesses to require to masks
would be helpful. She agreed
that people aren’t masking as
the rate they did three months
ago. Can the Council help with
this? Simpson talked about
leaders leading by example.
He would need to get back to
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answer. We have asked as an
organization is there some-
thing we can put our mus-
cle behind? We have a list of
things she may ask us to do.
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ask her.
Mueller asked about a mask
mandate that she believed was
considered before she was on
Council and that didn’t happen
because the Council didn’t
have the authority. Is that still
true? Simpson said the City
doesn’t have clear authority to
practically implement. There’s
reasonable legal debate if we
have the authority. That’s a
stretch given what we have
seen on the legal front. Primar-
can’t. The communities that
have mandates have done so
through their local health de-
partment not through the po-
lice powers of the City. If you
do a mandate through police
powers, you will run into the
question of practical enforce-
ment. If you had a mandate
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individual businesses in get-
ting them to buy into it. Mueller
appreciated the answer. There
were no other questions.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Alderperson Mueller read a
proclamation for September is
Library Card Sign-up Month.
CLOSED SESSION:
At 7:02 p.m., MS Odeen/
Carow to recess into Closed
Session § 19.85(1)(e) for the
following purposes: “delib-
erating or negotiating the
purchasing of public proper-
ties, the investing of public
funds, or conducting other
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whenever competitive or
bargaining reasons require
a closed session, to wit:
Whitetail Ridge Corporate
Park Lot D.” The roll cal
vote to recess into Closed
Session passed unanimous-
ly with all voting in favor.
At 7:13 p.m., MS Odeen/
Carow move back into Open
Session. MSC Bjerstedt/
Mueller move to adjourn at
7:13 p.m. Unanimous.
Respectfully submitted,
Kristi McKahan, Deputy Clerk
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Notice
ELLSWORTH COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

PUBLIC 2020-2021 BUDGET SUMMARY

ELLSWORTH COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING
AND BUDGET HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the qualified electors of the

Ellsworth Community School District, Ellsworth, Wisconsin,
Pierce County, Wisconsin, that the Annual Meeting will be
held in the Cafeteria of the Ellsworth High School at 323 Hill-
crest Street in the Village of Ellsworth on Monday, the 11th
day of October, 2021 at 6:00 p.m.

Part of the order of business of this meeting will be a budget

hearing. Said hearing to include a review of the 2020-2021
budget, an explanation of the 2021-2022 budget, and ap-
proval of the 2021-2022 proposed levy. The summary of the
budget is printed below. The budget may be examined in de-
tail at the district office prior to the annual meeting.

Resolutions will be considered regarding school board

salaries and the tax levy for 2021-2022.
Dated: September 24, 2021

Susan Beck
District Clerk

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VILLAGE OF ELLSWORTH
PUBLIC NOTICE

The Plan Commission of the Village of Ellsworth will meet on

Monday, October 18, 2021, 5:45 p.m., at the Village Hall lower
level board room, (east rear entrance) 130 N. Chestnut St.
The purpose of this meeting is for review and approval of the
James and Vicki Langer Certified Survey Map, Town of Trim-
belle, which falls into the Extraterritorial Subdivision and Plat-
ting Boundary of the Village of Ellsworth on the following
property:

Part of the Northeast ¼ of the Northeast ¼ and Southeast ¼

of the Northeast ¼ of Section 12, Township 26 North, Range
18 West, Town of Trimbelle, Pierce County, WI

The Plan Commission will make a recommendation to the Vil-

lage Board on October 18, 2021, 6:00 p.m.

ALL INTERESTED PARTIES ARE ASKED TO ATTEND.

.
Wayne Lundgaard-Chairman

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Village of Ellsworth
Plan Commission
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VILLAGE OF ELLSWORTH
on
PUBLIC NOTICE
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The Plan Commission of the Village of Ellsworth will hold a

public hearing on Monday, October 18, 2021, 5:15 p.m. at the
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Village Hall lower level boardroom, (east rear entrance) 130
N. Chestnut St. The purpose of this hearing is to discuss a
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petition from Paul Ellefson acting on behalf of Justin Frosch,

W7751 549th Ave., Town of Trimbelle, which falls into the Ex-
traterritorial Subdivision and Platting Boundary of the Village
of Ellsworth, for a Conditional Use Permit, the provisions of
Chapter 46.03(7) (a) (4) (e), to allow for a second unattached
garage where the principal dwelling already has a garage on
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the following property:

W7751 549TH AVE

ELLSWORTH, WI 54011
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Town of Trimbelle
Pierce County, Wisconsin
Parcel Number 032-01057-0407
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The above request is pursuant to Section 46.03(7) (a) (3) (a),

Section 46.03 (7) (a) (4) (e) “Residential District” (R-1), Section
46.04 Conditional Uses, and Section 46.12 Plan Commission
of the Village of Ellsworth Zoning Ordinance.
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The Plan Commission will make a recommendation to the Vil-

lage Board on October 18, 2021, 6:00 p.m.

ALL INTERESTED PARTIES ARE ASKED TO ATTEND.

Wayne Lundgaard - Chairman

Village of Ellsworth
Plan Commission
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Notice of Public Hearing

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State of Wisconsin)
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County of Pierce )

Public notice is hereby given to all persons in Pierce County,

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Wisconsin, that a public hearing will be held on the 20th day of

October, 2021, at 6:00 pm, in the County Boardroom in the Court-
house, Ellsworth, WI, before the Land Management Committee
to consider and take action on a request for a conditional use
permit for a Utility Facility>1,000 sq ft, in the Commercial District
for Daniel & Cheryl Ross, owners by Xcel Energy, agent, on prop-
erty located in the SE ¼ of the SE ¼ of Section 12, T27N, R17W,
Town of Martell, Pierce County, WI.
In person meeting is limited to Committee members only.

Public attendance is only available virtually with the link or phone

number provided below:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89965666037?pwd=VX-
V3L2FzYlFsQ3pXUENvNVBVQ3Bldz09

Meeting ID Number: 899 6566 6037

Password: 327268
United States: + 1 (312) 626-6799
Access Code: 327268

All persons interested are invited to said hearing and to be heard.

Brad Roy
Zoning Administrator
Pierce County, Wisconsin 99<E99E9C9F 

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Senior Princess Shayla Gilbertson and Prince Hunter Herem Junior attendants Kylie Knutson and Jurell Gooden repre- Sophomore Homecoming Court attendants Martin Ferrao-
toss candy at the Ellsworth High School Homecoming Parade sented the Class of 2023 in the Ellsworth High School Home- Rey and Molly Janke wave at the crowd along the Ellsworth
on Friday, Oct. 1. The parade is an annual tradition, leading coming Parade on Friday, Oct. 1. Photo by Sarah Nigbor High School Homecoming Parade route Friday, Oct. 1. Photo
past the high school, elementary school and finally, the middle by Sarah Nigbor
school. Photo by Sarah Nigbor

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Isabelle Johnson and Ryker Hoyer, freshman homecoming
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attendants, smile and throw candy during the Ellsworth High

School Homecoming Parade, which took place Friday, Oct. 1
before the Panthers vs. Prescott Cardinals football game.
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Former Ellsworth Elementary Principal John Groh, now su-

perintendent of Spring Valley schools, greets old friends from
a 1932 Chevrolet Pumper truck at the Ellsworth High School
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Homecoming Parade on Friday, Oct. 1. Photo by Sarah Nig-

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The Ellsworth High School Dance Team greets adoring Panther fans at the EHS Homecoming Parade, held Friday, Oct. 1.
Rain held off during the parade, but started falling around halftime later that night. Photo by Sarah Nigbor
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Michael Petersen drove the Ellsworth High School volleyball The Ellsworth Panthers 12U Fast Pitch softball team takes
team in the EHS Homecoming Parade on Friday, Oct. 1. its place in the Ellsworth High School Homecoming Parade
Photo by Sarah Nigbor on Friday, Oct. 1. Photo by Sarah Nigbor
The 1990 Ellsworth High School state championship football
team joined the EHS Homecoming Parade on Friday, Oct. 1.
Almost 31 years ago, the team defeated Richland Center 6-0
at Camp Randall in Madison to secure the WIAA Division 3
state championship. Photo by Sarah Nigbor

The Ellsworth Panthers 12U Fast Pitch softball team takes its place in the Ellsworth High The cast of Ellsworth High School’s fall musical, “Cinderella,” advertised show dates (Nov.
School Homecoming Parade on Friday, Oct. 1. Photo by Sarah Nigbor 11-13) at the EHS Homecoming Parade on Friday, Oct. 1. Photo by Sarah Nigbor
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RFHS Homecoming!

The River Falls High School 2021 Homecoming Court is honored at the Wildcat football game Friday, Oct. 1 at David Smith River Falls High School Homecoming King Miles Longsdorf
Stadium at Ramer Field. The court includes (not in order) Gwen Adams, Anna Filkins, Ellie Hira (Queen), Makayla Maas- and Queen Ellie Hira received their crowns at the Wildcat
Peterson, Abby Madsen, Ella Mahnke, Parker Benda, Brayden Engstro, Miles Longsdorf (King), Eric Luebke, Vito Massa football game Friday, Oct. 1. Photo courtesy of Monica Weick
and Monty Wilson. Photo courtesy of Monica Weick

Shriners UWRF Homecoming Parade draws a crowd

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Homecoming Parade route on Saturday, Oct. 2. One of the Shriners’ main goals is to entertain
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The River Falls American Legion Color Guard marched down Main Street River Falls to ap-
plause as it kicked off the 2021 UW-River Falls Shriners Homecoming Parade Saturday, Oct.
2. Photo by Sarah Nigbor
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Falls Shriners Homecoming
Parade Saturday, Oct. 2.
Photo by Sarah Nigbor

A corps of Shriners motorcycle riders zipped in and out of patterns along the UW-River Falls
Shriners Homecoming Parade route on Saturday, Oct. 2 in River Falls. Photo by Sarah Nig-
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A clown advertises the Osman Shrine Circus, to he held Nov.

18-21 in St. Paul. The UW-River Falls Shriners Homecoming The Meyer Middle School Marching Wildcats amped up the crowd as they traversed the parade route Saturday, Oct. 2 at
Parade hosted Shrine clubs from all over western Wisconsin the UW-River Falls Shriners Homecoming Parade. Photo by Sarah Nigbor
and the Twin Cities. Photo by Sarah Nigbor

Freddy the Falcon greeted parade-goers, along with the UW-River Falls Chancellor’s Am- The UW-River Falls Cheer Team led the Falcon athletic teams in the UW-River Falls Shriners
bassadors, Saturday at the UW-River Falls Shriners Homecoming Parade. Photo by Sarah Homecoming Parade on Saturday, Oct. 2. Photo by Sarah Nigbor
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It was all smiles for Prescott head coach Geoffrey Snyder, junior Katrina Budworth and fresh- Prescott senior Morgan Lundeen sets the volleyball for Reese Ptacek during the Cardinals’
man Aubryn Ennenga after defeating the Amery Warriors in four sets on Tuesday, Sept. 28. game against the Warriors. Photo by Reagan Hoverman
Photo by Reagan Hoverman

Prescott volleyball competes in

conference matches, Amery Invitational
By Reagan Hoverman
The Prescott Cardinals volleyball team has been staying busy
throughout the last week. Head coach Geoffrey Snyder’s squad
has played seven matches in the last few days which included
four wins and three losses in conference play and at the Amery
Invitational.
The first game on the schedule for the Cardinals was on Tues-
day, Sept. 28, at home against the Amery Warriors. It was the sec-
ond consecutive Middle Border Conference matchup for Prescott,
following the Sept. 23 sweep against the Ellsworth Panthers.
The first set between Prescott and Amery on Thursday night
and I’m doing my best to make sure they have fun. Conference-
wise, I feel like we’re gelling out there and I’m seeing a lot of
development. That’s the fun part about a young team, we haven’t
reached our ceiling and our growth is there every game.”
The win gave Prescott a 2-1 record in Middle Border Confer-
ence play before they traveled to Somerset High School on Thurs-
day, Sept. 30, for a matchup with the Spartans. The match didn’t
go in favor of Prescott, as the team struggled to overcome a strong
Somerset offense.
The Cardinals won only one set before Somerset won its third
to win the series 3-1. The loss for Prescott dropped their confer-
ence record to 2-2 whereas Somerset’s improved to 2-2 and is

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began as a battle. Both teams were hustling hard for points, which now tied for third place in the Middle Border Conference stand-

were coming at a premium because of the tough defense to start
the first set. At various points of the first set, the score was tied
at three, six, seven, eight and nine.
After that, Prescott began to gain a small lead that was 18-15.
Sophomore Reese Ptacek was back to serve and found a weak
spot in the defense that resulted in a Prescott ace to take a 19-15
lead. The home crowd erupted, and the Cardinals received a boost
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ings with only weeks left in the season.
As a young team, getting more repetitions is always going to
be a benefit, especially if Snyder believes his team is getting bet-
ter each time that they hit the floor. There was no better place for
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additional reps for Snyder’s team than at the Saturday, Oct. 2,
Amery Invitational event.
The Cardinals played five games on Saturday. The first match

of momentum. Minutes later the Cardinals were able to hold off
a scoring run by the Warriors to win the set 25-22.
The second set was Prescott’s best effort of the night. Snyder’s
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end of the second set which resulted in a 25-12 victory for the
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was against Hayward, which the Cardinals won in two consecu-
tive sets. Because it was an invitational, all series were played as Cardinal freshman Natalie Ptacek begins her motion to serve
the ball in front of a packed home crowd for a Middle Border
a best of three. The first set was 25-20 and the second set was 25-
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17. Conference game against Amery. Photo by Reagan Hoverman
The second match of the day was against the Siren Dragons.

Cardinals to take a 2-0 lead in the best of five series.
Mistakes in the third set by the Cardinals prevented a potential
sweep against the Amery Warriors. Miscues on passes and serves
into the net propelled Amery to a third set victory 25-20 to make
the series a 2-1 advantage for Prescott.
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Similarly, Prescott took care of business in two sets and began
the day 2-0 after a 25-17 victory in the first set and a 25-12 vic-
tory in the second set.
The third match and first loss of the morning was against the
Unity Eagles. The first set was dominated by Unity, as they got
of its regular season, local teams are either trying to hold onto a
lead in the conference or they’re trying to chase down a team in
first place.
The Spring Valley Cardinals, under the direction of head coach
Kelli Schlegel, are currently 3-2 in Dunn-St. Croix Conference

By the time the fourth set began, Prescott was back into its
regular form and jumped out to a quick 5-2 lead. Despite many
small scoring runs, the Cardinals played a quality fourth set and
won 25-17 to take the series 3-1. The win was Prescott’s fourth
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out to an early lead which carried them to a 25-17 first set win.
The second set was much closer. Both teams went on small scor-
ing runs but the Unity offense was too much for Prescott to take
as they lost 25-23.
play for the 2021 season. That record has earned the Cardinals
sole possession of second place in the conference standings. The
only problem for Schlegel’s team is that there is a three-team tie
for first place between Colfax, Elk Mound, and Elmwood/Plum

consecutive and was the second straight conference victory. Prescott’s next opponent was the Webster Tigers. Prescott won
the first set 25-21 and the second set 25-16. The final match of City. All three of those teams have a 4-0 record that essentially
Coach Snyder reflected on how his team played. makes the conference championship quest a three-team race.
the day was a rematch against the Unity Eagles. Unity again got
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“It was actually kind of a slow night; we didn’t bring the same
fire that we’ve brought before against Ellsworth and Saint Croix
Central,” Snyder said after the win. “We talked about it in the
huddle and we managed to turn it on. You don’t get a night off in
the (Middle Border) Conference.”
Snyder also spoke about watching his team bounce back from
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the best of Prescott in two consecutive sets. The first was a 25-
15 loss for the Cardinals and the second set was a 25-23 loss.
Prescott’s overall record moves to 15-14 for the season, in-
cluding a 2-2 record in Middle Border Conference play. The next
match is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 7, at home against the
Spring Valley had a good showing at the Amery Invitational
on Saturday, Oct. 2. At the event, the Cardinals won three of their
four games which included wins against Amery, Hayward and
Siren. The lone loss was to Webster in three sets.
The momentum of winning three of four games at the Amery
invitational could help Spring Valley make a push in its final three

adversity like when they lost that third set against Amery. He also
talked about how the win impacts his team moving forward.
“When there are ups and downs with a young team, when you
get a down, it’s down,” Snyder said. “It’s fun and it’s good that
we bounced back. That’s a good thing for me as a coach to see
Osceola Chieftains. That match is expected to start at 7 p.m.
conference games of the season. The first game on that list is on
Thursday, Oct. 7, at Mondovi High School. That match is slated
Spring Valley Volleyball chasing Plum City/Elmwood
in conference standings to begin at 7 p.m.
As the high school volleyball season begins to reach the end

Spring Valley football closing in on Dunn-St. Croix Conference Championship, other results
By Reagan Hoverman the road on Friday, Oct. 1, a game that the
Wolves lost 28-0 to drop to 3-2 in Dunn-St.
Other local football teams remain in action Croix Conference play.
as the final weeks of the regular season come to The blowout loss for Elmwood/Plum City
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back-to-back touchdowns gave the Wildcats a now one game ahead of West Salem in the
commanding 21-7 lead going into the halftime standings, essentially making it a two-game ad-
break. vantage. If the Wildcats can win one of their
River Falls continued its scoring barrage in final two games, they will be crowned Missis-

a close. The Spring Valley Cardinals, following
a 43-7 blowout victory against Clear Lake on
Friday, Oct. 1, are now two games clear of sec-
ond-place Boyceville in the Dunn-St. Croix
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dropped the Wolves into a four-way tie for sec- the third quarter, as Ryan Scherz’s roster added sippi Valley Conference champions in their first
ond place in the conference standings with two more touchdowns in the third to essentially year in the conference.
Boyceville, Glenwood City and Turtle Lake. ice the game with a 34-7 lead. An additional The Wildcats will get that opportunity on Fri-
With only two weeks remaining in the regular touchdown was added in the fourth quarter that day night when they travel to Onalaska in a

County Conference standings and are eyeing a
conference championship.
The Spring Valley game against Clear Lake
was a slow and steady scoring attack that con-
tributed to a lopsided result. All six of the touch-
downs scored by the Cardinals came from the
rushing attack. The first points of the evening
for Spring Valley were scored by Tristan
Neisinger, who punched in a one-yard touch-
down run with 46 seconds in the first half to give
the Cardinals a 6-0 lead.
Three minutes later, Brady Bednarek of the
Cardinals scored on an eight-yard touchdown
run. After fairly eventless subsequent posses-
sions, Spring Valley scored again with 16 sec-
onds remaining in the first half when
quarterback Connor Ducklow went careening
through the defensive line for a two-yard touch-
down run to give Spring Valley a 22-0 lead.
The rest of the second half was essentially a
formality, as the Spring Valley offense couldn’t
be stopped, and the Clear Lake offense struggled
to ever get any rhythm going. In the third quar-
ter, Ducklow scored on a 35-yard run and Diego
Schmitt scored on a five-yard touchdown gain
to make the score 36-0.
Each team scored a touchdown in the closing
minutes of the fourth quarter to make the final
score 43-7 in favor of the Spring Valley Cardi-
nals. The rushing attack for the Cardinals was a
team effort. Of the seven Spring Valley players
with rushing yards, five of them had over 50,
and five different rushers had at least one touch-
down run.
With the victory, Ryan Kapping’s Cardinal
roster improves to 6-1 for the season, including
a flawless 5-0 record in Dunn-St. Croix Confer-
ence play. Spring Valley has all but wrapped up
a conference championship for the 2021 season.
On Friday, Oct. 8, the Cardinals will host the
Turtle Lake Lakers with a chance to clinch the
conference title. The game against Turtle Lake
is slated to begin at 7 p.m.
Elmwood/Plum City falls to
Boyceville 28-0
The Elmwood/Plum City Wolves struggled
to get any offense going against Boyceville on
season, it will be essentially impossible to catch made the final score a 41-7 RFHS win. game that is slated to begin at 7 p.m.
Spring Valley in first place in the conference Following the lopsided victory, River Falls is
standings.
The Wolves have struggled throughout the
2021 season in keeping up with other local high-
scoring teams. For example, Boyceville has av-
eraged 29.1 points per game this season. The
Bulldogs have 584 rushing yards for the season
and 1,572 yards through the air attack. Elm-
wood/Plum City, which is a young roster, has
averaged 13.4 points per game and has accumu-
lated 289 passing yards and 1,431 rushing yards.
The Wolves will look to bounce back against
Colfax on Friday, Oct. 8. That game will be
played in Colfax and will begin at 7 p.m.
River Falls High School routs
West Salem 41-7 in homecoming victory
The River Falls High School Wildcats, in
front of a packed, rowdy homecoming crowd,
defeated West Salem 41-7 on Friday, Oct. 1, to
take a commanding lead in the Mississippi Val-
ley Conference standings that all but secured a
conference championship.
The highly anticipated Friday night matchup
between West Salem and River Falls featured
two teams that went into the game with 4-0
records in Mississippi Valley Conference play.
The winner of the game would have not only a
one-game advantage in the standings but would
also have the matchup tiebreaker.
In the opening minutes of the River Falls
homecoming game, senior running back Cole
Evavold got the scoring started with a 14-yard
touchdown run which was followed by a suc-
cessful PAT to give the Wildcats a 7-0 lead.
The West Salem offense was quick to strike
as well. A few minutes later, West Salem quar-
terback Brett McConkey threw a perfect 67-yard
touchdown pass to junior wide receiver Brennan
Kennedy. A successful PAT tied the game 7-7 as
the second quarter was set to begin.
The Wildcats were in full control for the next
24 minutes of game time. The second quarter
saw only two scores, both of them by River
Falls. The first was a two-yard touchdown run
by Evavold and the second was a 13-yard touch-
down pass from senior quarterback Vito Massa
to senior wide receiver Michael Schurman. The