After 48 years of serving Dunn County Youth, the Menomonie Optimist Club has dissolved. The Club officially closed on August 9th, after staging the Menomin Meander family bicycle ride, which was canceled...
Menomonie, WI - On August 4, 2025, the City of Menomonie Common Council held a public hearing to discuss Proposed Ordinance 2025-05, which would rezone land along CTH B between 650th Avenue (Eagle Point...
MENOMONIE - City of Menomonie (CoM) Common Council recently referred a petition for annexation and rezoning of certain lands along County Highway B - between 650th Avenue and 690th Avenue—from the Town...
MENOMONIE (WQOW) - Dunn County is in a 'local news desert' according to a new report, leaving community members working to fill the gap.
The Local Journalist Index report by Muck Rack and the nonprofit...
Menomonie, WI — Celebrate the 4th of July with events across the upper and lower areas of Wakanda Park.
Wakanda Park will be hosting a Full Day of Festivities on the 4th of July. There will be various...
MENOMONIE — A full day of family-friendly fun returns this summer as an “Old School 4th of July” celebration lights up Wakanda Park on Friday, July 4.
The festivities run from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m....
We are bringing back the 4th of JULY at Wakanda Park in Menomonie
Join us for a day full of fun, festivities, and fireworks!
We’re bringing you an exciting lineup of activities for all ages, ensuring...
PRESS RELEASE: 244 Main Street Structure Fire
On Tuesday, May 20 at 10:16 pm, the Menomonie Fire Department was dispatched to 703 3rd Street on a report of a smoke showing...
MENOMONIE - Menomonie firefighters were still on the scene on Wednesday morning of a fire that was reported in a building housing a local downtown business around 10:15 p.m. Tuesday, May 20.
The fire...
TRILLA, IL – The Illinois State Police (ISP) is investigating a fatal, small, single engine plane crash in Trilla, IL. On April 19, 2025, at approximately 10:15 a.m., ISP was contacted by the Coles County...
MENOMONIE - Soon the sounds of "Striker to the Line," "Huzzah" and "Two Hands Dead" (two outs) will return to the area as the Menomonie Blue Caps Base Ball Club will open the 2025 season.
The vintage...
MENOMONIE - Dunn County is searching for a new county manager after Kris Korpela recently announced her retirement, effective in August.
“I have enjoyed my career with Dunn County immensely and am...
