Raymond T. Rivard, Adams Publishing Group LLC Journalist Profile

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St. Croix County road construction season around the corner

1 week ago | baldwin-bulletin.com | Raymond T. Rivard

If you travel along St. Croix County highways P, Q, NN, N, 128, and RR#4 this summer, you may encounter construction disruptions. County Highway Administrator Rob Krejci said that’s because all sections will be repaired this summer. kA 4=2DDlQAbQmkDA2? 4=2DDlQDaQmzC6;4: E@=5 E96 4@F?EJ %C277:4 $276EJ r@>>:EE66 >6>36CD E9:D >@?E9 E96 4@F?EJ H:== 6IA6?5 23@FE Sd]b >:==:@? E@ 4@>A=6E6 E96 DF>>6C =:DE]k^DA2?mk^Am kA 4=2DDlQAbQmkDA2? 4=2DDlQDaQm!C6=:>:?2CJ H@C< 2=@?8 D@>6 @7 E96 C@25D :D 6IA64E65 E@ 368:?
County leftover budgeted funds authorized for use in 2025

2 weeks ago | theameryfreepress.com | Raymond T. Rivard

Polk County Board supervisors act to carry funds forward for needed projects and programsPolk County Board supervisors have authorized a resolution to amend the 2025 budget to include carry-forward funds – monies not expended from 2024.
County leftover budgeted funds authorized for use in 2025

2 weeks ago | osceolasun.com | Raymond T. Rivard

Polk County Board supervisors act to carry funds forward for needed projects and programsPolk County Board supervisors have authorized a resolution to amend the 2025 budget to include carry-forward funds – monies not expended from 2024.
Airport lawsuit set to go before a jury May 5

2 weeks ago | burnettcountysentinel.com | Raymond T. Rivard

Pilots, hangar owners allege village was negligentSeveral pilots and hangar owners at the Grantsburg Airport will bring a civil lawsuit before a jury in what is expected to be a two-day trial at the Burnett County Courthouse. Presiding over the trail set to begin Monday, May 5, will be Polk County Circuit Court Judge Daniel Tolan. The trial was originally scheduled for Dec. 16 and 17, 2024, but the judge was diagnosed with COVID the day before the trial was set to begin.
Xcel Ten Mile Creek Solar project delayed

2 weeks ago | baldwin-bulletin.com | Raymond T. Rivard

Witt: ‘Nobody in the county is going to stop this project …’Xcel Energy’s plan for a 650 megawatt solar project proposed to be sited in central St. Croix County has been delayed several months as the Minnesota utility continues to prepare a map of the project and its final application to the Wisconsin Public Service Commission (PSC). kA 4=2DDlQAcQmkDA2? 4=2DDlQDaQm%92E >2J C6=:6G6 4@F?EJ C6D:56?ED H9@ 92G6 366? G@42= :? E96:C @AA@D:E:@?
Opioid overdose deaths continue to fall across the nation, Wisconsin

4 weeks ago | baldwin-bulletin.com | Raymond T. Rivard

St. Croix County will receive nearly $3.5 million through 2038 to use in battling addictionFewer Wisconsinites, including those here in Western Wisconsin, are dying because of opioid overdoses. kAm%96C6 2C6 >2?J C62D@?D 7@C E92E 724E 2?5 ?@H 2AA62CD E@ 36 E:>6 7@C E96 A6C764E DE@C> :? 677@CED E@ 32EE=6 29625 @7 E96 @A:@:5 255:4E:@? 4C:D:D E92E 92D 6?G6=@A65 E96 ?2E:@? @G6C E96 A2DE 4@FA=6 @7 564256D]k^Am kAm}@E @?=J 92G6 E96 ?F>36C @7 562E9D 2EEC:3FE65 E@ E96 9:89=J 255:4E:G6 DJ?E96E:4 A2:?
County Sheriff praises staff, provides stats

1 month ago | osceolasun.com | Raymond T. Rivard

County law enforcement handles 64 cases past three monthsPraising the dedication of his staff, Polk County Sheriff Brent Waak told members of the Public Safety/Public Works Committee, “I can tell you our staff gets out and goes after it.
Sheriff Waak praises staff, provides first quarter drug stats

1 month ago | theameryfreepress.com | Raymond T. Rivard

Praising the dedication of his staff, Polk County Sheriff Brent Waak told members of the Public Safety/Public Works Committee, “I can tell you our staff gets out and goes after it.
Libraries push toward pre-COVID numbers

1 month ago | baldwin-bulletin.com | Raymond T. Rivard

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Public hearing on Xcel solar energy system to be scheduled mid- to late-April

1 month ago | theameryfreepress.com | Raymond T. Rivard

St. Croix County in talks with utility in drafting JDAThe Ten Mile Creek Solar Project being proposed for construction in central St. Croix County, with approval from the Public Service Commission, will most likely be approved and built within the next couple of years. With that reality facing local municipalities and the county, negotiations on the drafting of a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) with Xcel Energy are under way.