Area News
Man Charged With 9th OWI Following Accident
A driver who had admitted to driving a vehicle that was involved in a roll-over accident told a Barron County officer he had been in the vehicle and he had suffered a seizure was charged with his 9th operting while intoxicated offense, dating back to February 2009. SEE COMPLETE STORY IN THE TIMES OR READ…
Read MoreNational Night Out To Be Held In Village Park
Hundreds of residents from Turtle Lake and the surrounding area attended the 2019 National Night Out held at the Turtle Lake Village Park. After a virtual National Night Out last year, this year the Turtle Lake Police Department is bringing the event back to the Village Park on Tuesday, August 3rd from 5:00 to 8:00…
Read MoreForty-Six Pints Collected at Bloodmobile
The Turtle Lake Community Bloodmobile held at St. Ann Center on Wednesday, July 21, 2021 yielded a total of 46 pints of blood being collected. Thank you to St. Ann Church for the use of their facility, to Diane Bussewitz, Pam Young, Cheryl Leisz and Paula Hellstern for helping at registration to Teresa Nordell and…
Read MoreSite Plans, Land Sale, Use Permits and MOU approved at Board Meeting
The Village Board approved site plans and certified survey map for a new Dollar General store requesting to locate at 303 Pine Street North in Turtle Lake in the near future at its July meeting. The location of the property is at the intersection of Pine Street North (Canyon Road) and Hwy. 8 & 63.…
Read MoreTurtle Lake Schools Receive Grant For Instituting Successful Pandemic Programs
The School District of Turtle Lake was one of 22 school districts throughout Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota that received grant funding for developing programs to help keep the students in school throughout the 2020-21 school year. SEE COMPLETE STORY IN THE TIMES OR READ ONLINE WITH PAID SUBSCRIPTION.
Read MoreVillage Extends Completion Date On Project To Acquire More Bids
What began as a sewer and water main project in the Village’s northwest subdivision has been put temporarily on hold so the project can be rebid with an extended deadline. Only two bids were received originally – A-1 Excavating ($1,045,169.00) and Stout Construction ($956,628.35). With streets in the neighborhood west of the St. Croix Casino…
Read MoreParkview Presents: Discipleship and Disney Continues with Remember the Titans
There is a joke among Millenials that whenever we had a substitute teacher in any sort of history or social studies class the sub would always play the movie Remember the Titans as that day’s lesson. This past week as the much-needed rain cleared the area, Remember the Titans was the second movie in the…
Read MoreKC donates to Food Pantry
Knight Dave Wozniak, right, presents Sheldon Fredrick a check in the amount of $2500 to go towards the purchase of a new Turtle Lake Food Pantry walk-in freezer. The Food Pantry currently has collected $16,000 of the more than $20,000 needed for the new freezer and installation.
Read MoreTextbooks, Track Project Highlight School Board Meeting Discussions
A lengthy discussion revolved around new textbooks for the K-10 English Language Arts Department. High School Principial Jason Hinze started out by explaining the goal was to increase test scores and help the teachers with a curriculum. Presently teachers utilized textbooks but are pulling resources from them and the internet. Purchasing this new system, available…
Read MoreGarden Club Claims Top Spot
With the return of the Turtle Lake Inter-County Fair came the return of the Grand Parade. While the Brooklyn Park Drum and Dance Company was the featured event of the parade, there were a number of Turtle Lake businesses and organizations represented by floats. The Turtle Lake Garden Club won for the Organization category The…
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