Protesters Pack Hearing Over Sludge Spreading Plan
Up to 75 people attended a DNR informational hearing in St. Croix County to oppose spreading St. Paul Metropolitan Waste Control Commission sludge on six to seven sites. Speakers raised concerns about heavy metals and disease risks, while questions focused on monitoring, regulatory safeguards, and potential site impacts on nearby residences and livestock. The DNR will decide within 30 days based on spoken and written testimony.
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St. Croix County
Commission
Richmond
Emerald
Erin Prairie
Cylon
Springfield
L.R. Reinstra
Barron ASCS suspensions trigger appeals and upheaval
Barron County ASCS director Lyle Grosskreutz, two county committee members John Tomesh and Robert Watkins, and program assistant Shirley Sollman were suspended without pay. State director Kieran Powers appointed Dick Webb to run Barron ASCS temporarily as an appeals process is set, with the group contesting the action and pointing to political infighting and procedural issues.
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Barron County
ASCS
Barron Ascs
Lyle Grosskreutz
Clayton
John Tomesh
Robert Watkins
Barron
Shirley Sollman
New State
Kieran Powers
Lyndon Station
Grosskreutz
Threeman County Committee
Mr. Powers
Madison
State
Ascs Committee
Merrill Marxman
Appeals Board
Watkins
Sollman
Tomesh
Powers
Washington, D.C
Stu Huber
Ray Crotteau
Rice Lake
Lindquist
Carter
NFO
New Republican Committee
Crotteau
Commodity Credit Corp
Guernsey Breeders Set July 8 Show at Pierce County Fairground
Area Guernsey show entries are due June 30 for the Pierce County fairground event in Ellsworth. The Northwest Wisconsin Guernsey Breeders host the parish show July 8 with judging at noon. Entries from Pierce and surrounding counties may be obtained and mailed to John Schumaker, Ellsworth, WI 54011. Bernard Pralle of Onalaska, a national director of the American Guernsey Cattle Club, will judge.
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Guernsey
Northwest
Wisconsin
Pierce County Fairground
Pierce
St. Croix
Dunn
Eau Claire
Chippewa
Rusk
Barron
Polk
John Schumaker
Ellsworth
Bernard Pralle
Onalaska
The
American Guernsey Cattle Club
Holstein meeting set on Rice Lake farm
A Holstein twilight meeting will be held June 30 at 8 p.m. on the Roger Voelker farm near Rice Lake. All Holstein breeders and other interested persons are invited. A judging contest will be held and lunch will be served. The Voelker herd has about 90 registered Holsteins producing over 19 000 pounds milk and 750 pounds fat on a haulage, baled hay and high moisture shell corn ration. The North Wind Farm is on Swede Road about 1½ miles east of Hwy 25.
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Roger Voelker
Rice Lake
Swede Road
Hwy
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