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Longtime administrator retiring from ALC-Mondovi

With a stack of congratulatory cards in hand, ALC-Mondovi administrator Ken King chatted with well-wishers at a retirement party held in his honor last week. King has spent 17 years at the helm of ALC as part of a 37-year career in nursing home administration.

by Beth Kraft Ken King has served as administrator of the American Lutheran Communities-Mondovi facility for 17 years, but to King the years have flown by. “It seems like yesterday because I’ve...

Reality Check brings over 300 students to Mondovi

Mondovi juniors (clockwise from left) Derek Fedie, Garret Deetz, Cole Meyer and Kaylee Nygaard took a break at a student work station to crunch some numbers.

by Beth Kraft Area high school students got a taste of everyday life as an adult—both the good and the bad—during the University of Wisconsin-Extension’s annual Reality Check Financial Education...

Kjentvet-Smith welcomes new funeral director

Elizabeth “Bif” Quisenberry is a new funeral director at Kjentvet-Smith Funeral Home. Bif hails from Plum City and brings four years of experience as a funeral director to Mondovi.

by Beth Kraft A new funeral director has taken the reins at Kjentvet-Smith Funeral Home in Mondovi. Elizabeth Quisenberry, better known as “Bif,” joined Kjentvet-Smith in mid-February. She brings...

‘Happy Nails’ provides new professional service in Mondovi

Jane Gilbertson worked to beautify the nails of client Courtney Johnson during a recent appointment. Gilbertson, a licensed nail technician, opened her new business, Happy Nails to You, LLC, early last month inside CrawRu’s Clothing & More in downtown Mondovi.

by Beth Kraft Living in a rural community often means trips to Eau Claire for certain needs, but local women in search of a manicure can now find a talented, licensed nail technician right in...

New brush pick-up policy in effect in Mondovi

by Beth Kraft Brush and tree limb pick-up in the City of Mondovi now comes attached to a fee for the curbside service. Property owners will now be charged $25 per pickup load of brush that must...

Spring election looks to bring new faces to Mondovi City Council

by Beth Kraft City election ballots for the upcoming spring election on Tuesday, April 4, won’t feature any contested races, but three newcomers are looking to earn open seats on the Mondovi City...

E-S voters to face referendum questions, contested school board race April 4

by Beth Kraft The Eleva-Strum School District is at a crossroads, and voters will be asked to help decide the future of the district’s schools by way of two referendum questions on the April 4...

‘Anna-Mobile’ now a reality for Mondovi family

Anna Zarins (center) shared her new wheelchair-accessible van with her second grade class at Mondovi Elementary late last month. The “Anna-Mobile” fundraising effort that began last June is now complete, raising over half of the funds the family needed to cover the nearly $60,000 cost of purchasing the van and installing a conversion and other components to make transporting Anna much easier and safer.

by Beth Kraft Efforts over the past several months by two Mondovi families and the greater community to raise money for a wheelchair-accessible van for Anna Zarins can now officially be labeled a...

Catching up with Julie Bowe

Julie Bowe, a native of the Luck, Wis., area, got her start as a published author with the five-book “Friends for Keeps” series, which wrapped up in 2012. Prior to earning publication with her first book, My Last Best Friend, in 2007, Bowe penned Sunday school curriculum as a freelance writer.

by Beth Kraft The fourth through sixth grade level is a good one for local author Julie Bowe, who just released her 14th book aimed at that age group. Two of the eight books in another series,...

E-S open house event addresses voters’ referendum questions

Eleva-Strum School District residents listened as Matt Wolfert of Bray Architects answered questions about the proposed PK-5 elementary wing at Central High School. The majority of taxpayers’ questions at last week’s open house event centered on the building addition that a $12 million debt question on the upcoming April 4 election ballot would support. The district is also seeking a $700,000 operational referendum that would run through the 2019-2020 school year.

by Beth Kraft Voters in the Eleva-Strum School District had a chance to air their questions and concerns about a pair of upcoming referendum questions that will be on the April 4 general election...

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