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Mondovi AD earns NIAAA certification, joins elite company

Mondovi High School Athletic Director Randy Pongratz was recently named a Certified Athletic Administrator by the NIAAA. The certification is a testament to Pongratz’s years of experience and successful leadership in the profession.

by Beth Kraft Randy Pongratz has put an emphasis on continuing to build his skills as Mondovi High School’s Athletic Director since he took the job nine years ago. Recently he earned a...

Saturday benefit for ‘The Anna-Mobile’ looks to take fundraising efforts to the finish line

“The Anna-Mobile” benefit will be held on behalf of seven-year-old Anna Zarins (pictured here with her special friend, Maggie Avery) and her family this Saturday, Sept. 24, from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. at Mondovi’s Roger Marten Community Center. Efforts have been ongoing since June to raise money for a wheelchair-accessible van for the Zarins family to help make transporting their growing superhero easier for all involved.

by Beth Kraft Two Mondovi families have been hard at work over the past few months raising funds to purchase a wheelchair-accessible van, and the finish line of their efforts may be drawing near...

High-speed chase leads police from Mondovi to Eau Claire; driver apprehended after fleeing burning vehicle on foot

Daniel A. Goss faces multiple charges in connection with the chase, including felony fleeing.

A 21-year-old Eau Claire man led police on a high speed chase from a Mondovi neighborhood to Eau Claire on Friday night, Sept. 16, before he was apprehended. Daniel A. Goss, formerly of Mondovi,...

Mondovi personnel committee denies public request by Lauersdorf for vacation pay

by Beth Kraft Former Mondovi City Administrator Dan Lauersdorf asked city leaders to open a personnel committee meeting to the public last week as he requested to have additional vacation time...

E-S school leaders addressing roof damage at elementary schools

The library at Eleva Intermediate Elementary is off limits until the district locates a contractor to repair structural issues in the roof over that area. Information presented at last week’s Eleva-Strum School Board meeting indicates four out of the six joists that hold up the roof over the library are cracked.

by Beth Kraft Roof sections at both the Eleva Intermediate and Strum Primary schools are major areas of concern that an area roofing company and contractors will soon work to address. The repairs...

Flury’s work featured by Wisconsin Office of Rural Health; paper focuses on Lyme Disease in rural Wisconsin

Jonathin Flury, valedictorian of Mondovi High School’s Class of 2010 and a student at UW-Madison’s School of Pharmacy, recently garnered recognition from a rural heath care organization for his paper on Lyme disease.

Jonathin Flury, a 2010 Mondovi High School grad and fourth year student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Pharmacy, recently had his work published online by the Wisconsin Office...

Mondovi Council agrees to 50/50 split with school district for sidewalk project

by Beth Kraft Conversations last month regarding how to pay for a proposed sidewalk project on West Mill Street came to a conclusion at the Mondovi City Council’s first regular meeting of the...

Cegielski speaks at State Capitol; conversations indicate Cardinal Manufacturing could become national model

E-S tech ed teacher Craig Cegielski spoke to state lawmakers late last month about Cardinal Manufacturing and why the program model solves many of the common problems schools and the manufacturing industry are currently facing.

by Beth Kraft Eleva-Strum tech ed teacher Craig Cegielski clearly loves to talk about the latest developments and success stories in his school’s student-run manufacturing program, and more of...

Three parked vehicles damaged in Mondovi hit-and-run incident; driver later turns herself in

The driver of the suspect vehicle, a 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee, turned herself in hours after the crash. Police say pieces of the Jeep were left behind at the scene of the hit-and run near the intersection of N. Eau Claire and Vine streets.

by Beth Kraft A 40-year-old Mondovi woman admitted to police that she crashed her vehicle into three parked cars on North Eau Claire Street in the early morning hours on Sunday, Sept. 4, then...

Lauersdorf out as Mondovi City Administrator

by Beth Kraft Dan Lauersdorf, Mondovi’s City Administrator for over 28 years, had his employment with the city terminated last week. The Mondovi City Council met in closed session on Tuesday, Aug...

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