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    September 28, 2016
    Grant will fund snowmobile bridge, trail reroute
    TOWN OF EL PASO -- A short section of snowmobile trail will be rerouted and a new bridge installed over Lost Creek in the town of El Paso thanks to a large grant. Pierce County parks superintendent Scott Schoepp said the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Trail Grant Program...
    News/region18 hours 6 min ago
    Cell towers given green light by Land Management
    Are you ever driving down the winding roads of Pierce County, cursing your lack of cell phone service? That may improve, though how much is hard...
    News/governmentSeptember 28, 2016 - 10:39am
    September 26, 2016
    The Pierce County Highway Department is meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29 with various town and village boards to discuss the shape of the roads in Pierce County and how work can be funded. In this photo, crews were assessing a bridge on 400th Street in the Town of Salem in early July after the bridge partially washed out due to flooding. (Herald photo by Sarah Young)
    Will ‘Just Fix It’ bring relief to Wisconsin motorists?
    Wisconsin roads are some the of the worst in the nation. That’s with 71 percent of state roads “in poor (or) mediocre condition” and 14...
    News/governmentSeptember 26, 2016 - 9:55am
    September 12, 2016
    Man, 46, injured in town of Trimbelle motorcycle crash
    A Twin Cities man was hospitalized Saturday after a motorcycle crash in rural Pierce County. Pierce County sheriff’s deputies said 46-year-old Ross A. Sletten was taken by ambulance to Mayo Clinic Health System-Red Wing after a crash reported at 3:29 p.m. on County Road O in the...
    News/accidentsSeptember 12, 2016 - 9:21am
    September 9, 2016
    Approximately 420 cars came through the four-hour 2016 Spring Clean Sweep/Pharmaceutical Collection Event hosted by Pierce County Solid Waste Department/Recycling Center in Ellsworth April 16. The Fall Clean Sweep is scheduled for 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 17. (Herald photo by Sarah Young)
    Fall Clean Sweep set for Sept. 17
    ELLSWORTH -- Pierce County will provide free disposal of unwanted medications for county households and farms during the county Fall Clean Sweep...
    News/businessSeptember 9, 2016 - 11:56am
    August 24, 2016
    Rose Marie Kuehni smiles at family members in court Wednesday after a hearing where it was learned that she will be released on a surety bond, but retried on a second-degree homicide charge in the death of Douglas Bailey. (RiverTown Multimedia photo by Mike Longaecker)
    Kuehni to be charged again with homicide, will be released on bail
    The Prescott woman who admitted to shooting her boyfriend in self-defense last week will be retried on a second-degree homicide charge, but will...
    News/crime and courtsAugust 24, 2016 - 3:33pm
    August 23, 2016
    Pierce County law enforcement officers represented their departments at River City Stitch in Prescott last week, where they were presented with t-shirts designed in their honor. Pictured are (from left): Investigator Kristopher Stewart, Chief Michael Schaffer, Chief John DuBois, Kim French, Amanda Hines. Chief Gordon Young, Chief Eric Ladwig and Pierce County Peace Officers Benevolent Association President Robby Jaeger. (Herald photo by Sarah Young)
    Backing the blue: Business donates shirts to 111 officers
    PRESCOTT -- Gestures of appreciation make the difficult days seem not so tough. This summer the U.S. has experienced tumult in the wake of police...
    Life/FamilyAugust 23, 2016 - 10:30am
    August 18, 2016
    Rose Marie Kuehni (RiverTown file photo)
    VERDICT: Kuehni convicted of hiding corpse; no conviction on homicide charges
    Rose Marie Kuehni was convicted of hiding a corpse, but a Pierce County jury did not convict her of homicide charges in the 2015 shooting death...
    News/crime and courtsAugust 18, 2016 - 2:54pm
    Judge James Duvall, shown here during trial proceedings last week, gave specific direction to jurors on Thursday as they deliberated the fate of Rose Marie Kuehni. (RiverTown Multimedia photo by Mike Longaecker)
    Judge responds to jury question in Kuehni homicide trial
    A Pierce County jury deciding the fate of a Prescott woman accused of homicide received perhaps its most direct explanation of the parameters...
    News/crime and courtsAugust 18, 2016 - 10:43am
    August 17, 2016
    Rose Marie Kuehni's defense attorney, Mark Gherty, delivers his closing argument Thursday in the Pierce County homicide trial. (RiverTown Multimedia photo by Sarah Young)play button
    Kuehni trial: Case handed to jury (W/VIDEO)
    Eight men and four women will decide the fate of Rose Marie Kuehni. The 12-member jury was given the case just before noon Wednesday in Pierce...
    News/crime and courtsAugust 17, 2016 - 12:59pm
    August 15, 2016
    Pierce County libraries again requesting funding increase
    ELLSWORTH -- Act 150 took center stage at the Aug. 1 Pierce County Finance and Personnel Committee meeting, which affects the funding of the county’s libraries. Pierce libraries currently receive 70 percent reimbursement from the county, but would like that number to rise. Pierce...
    News/governmentAugust 15, 2016 - 8:00am
    August 10, 2016
    West Nile virus confirmed in Pierce County bird
    PIERCE COUNTY -- The Pierce County Health Department reports a dead crow found in Pierce County on July 29 has tested positive for West Nile virus. This is the first bird that tested positive for West Nile virus in Pierce County since surveillance for the mosquito-transmitted virus...
    Life/healthAugust 10, 2016 - 4:40pm
    August 9, 2016
    Feingold wins in Wisconsin; Kind easily retains seat
    Former U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold won the opportunity Tuesday for a rematch with GOP incumbent Ron Johnson. Pundits called the primary election race shortly after 8:30 p.m., giving Feingold the nod over fellow Democrat Scott Harbach. Feingold earned 90 percent of the ballots cast. “Our...
    News/educationAugust 9, 2016 - 10:15pm
    August 7, 2016
    Two Republican candidates are going head to head in the Aug. 9 primary for the open Assembly seat in Wisconsin Assembly District 30: Paul W. Berning of Hudson (left) and Shannon Zimmerman of River Falls. (Submitted photos)
    Two on the ballot for Assembly District 30 primary
    ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 30 -- Two Republican candidates are going head to head in the Aug. 9 primary for the open Assembly seat in Wisconsin Assembly...
    News/politicsAugust 7, 2016 - 10:00am
    August 5, 2016
    A library nowadays is so much MORE
    Editor's note: This is a column by Herald freelance writer Lorna Ross, who covers Elmwood and Spring Valley village board meetings. Her enthusiasm connected to learning new things is contagious. Her last adventure took her to the Elmwood wastewater treatment plant. This time learn...
    opinion/columnsAugust 5, 2016 - 2:04pm
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