Chippewa County logging accident takes life of 34-year-old Conrath man A 34-year-old Conrath man lost his life in a logging accident Monday afternoon in Chippewa County.
The Chippewa County Sheriff’s office on Tuesday identified the victim as Anthony W. Knoll.
According to the department, deputies received reports on Monday shortly before 2 p.m. of a logging accident in a wooded area in the town of Cleveland, Chippewa County, west of County E and 225th Ave. Sheriff’s Deputies, Cornell Fire and Rescue, Chippewa Falls Ambulance Service, and Mayo One were dispatched.
Upon arrival, sheriff’s d...
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Planning underway as Ladysmith schools face at least $480,336 deficit Luke Klink The Ladysmith School Board was presented last Thursday with three preliminary budget options for the 2012-13 school year, showing deficits ranging from $480,336 to $705,933 based on how much general fund expenditures increase.
The school district’s general fund budget for the 2011-12 school year was $11,279,868.
School Board President Dave Lane said closing the gap currently projected between revenues and expenditures for next school year would not be easy.
School District Administrator Kurt Lindau said budget planning i...
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Burglary crimes rise in Ladysmith Luke Klink
The year of 2011 was a busy one for the Ladysmith Police Department, which responded to more than double the number of burglary calls last year than it did in 2010. It was also a busy year in 2011 for the Ladysmith Fire Department, which responded to about the same number of rural fire calls as the year before but an 86.8 percent spike in fire calls in the city.
Fire calls that more than doubled in volume between 2010 and 2011 included jaws of life, alarms, weather watches, carbon monoxide checks and power lines, according to t...
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