Erickson Auto Repair opened in Mondovi this week at the former Polzer’s Auto location at 165 W. Riverside Ave. Wes Erickson officially purchased the shop from Chuck and Nancy Polzer April 5 after they searched for more than eight years to find a buyer. Pictured are Wes Erickson (back), his daughter, Jessica Erickson (front), Erickson’s staff (left to right) Jonathan Medeiros, Devin Popham, Amy Popham, and Ryan Popham, and former shop owners Nancy and Chuck Polzer.
Erickson Auto Repair opens in Mondovi, bringing new business to long-vacant shop
  by Beth Kraft   “For Sale” signs from a few different realtors have graced the grounds of Polzer’s Auto on West Riverside Ave. for over eight years. Several times owners Chuck and Nancy Polzer had...
Erickson Auto Repair opened in Mondovi this week at the former Polzer’s Auto location at 165 W. Riverside Ave. Wes Erickson officially purchased the shop from Chuck and Nancy Polzer April 5 after they searched for more than eight years to find a buyer. Pictured are Wes Erickson (back), his daughter, Jessica Erickson (front), Erickson’s staff (left to right) Jonathan Medeiros, Devin Popham, Amy Popham, and Ryan Popham, and former shop owners Nancy and Chuck Polzer.
Bonnie J. Bertrang
City of Mondovi opts to settle lawsuit with former police officer
  by Beth Kraft   At the direction of its insurance company and in an effort to avoid “protracted litigation,” the City of Mondovi announced last week its decision to settle a sex discrimination...
Bonnie J. Bertrang
Buffalo County Investigator Mike Osmond gave an example of drugs improperly secured in a home with children. The padlock is not actually keeping the box locked, Osmond pointed out, and the 4-H sticker could help conceal the presence of drugs to an untrained eye. Osmond’s presentation at the Mondovi School last week was packed with both stunning and useful information related to drug use and identification.
Drug-use trend inspires Community Awareness Nights
  by Beth Kraft   Drug-related arrests are on the rise in Buffalo County and statewide, but local law enforcement is working  to raise awareness of the far-reaching consequences of drug addictions...
Buffalo County Investigator Mike Osmond gave an example of drugs improperly secured in a home with children. The padlock is not actually keeping the box locked, Osmond pointed out, and the 4-H sticker could help conceal the presence of drugs to an untrained eye. Osmond’s presentation at the Mondovi School last week was packed with both stunning and useful information related to drug use and identification.
Longtime Mondovi Conservation Club president Al Urness recently passed the leadership torch to Krista Nygaard. The club’s Board of Directors nominated Nygaard as a candidate for president at its Feb. 6 meeting and she came out ahead in the ensuing vote. Nygaard is the first woman to lead the Conservation Club in its nearly 60-year history.
Nygaard takes the reins as Mondovi Conservation Club president
  by Beth Kraft   The Mondovi Conservation Club Board recently voted in favor of a first in the club’s more than half-century of history: a female president. Krista Nygaard was nominated and...
Longtime Mondovi Conservation Club president Al Urness recently passed the leadership torch to Krista Nygaard. The club’s Board of Directors nominated Nygaard as a candidate for president at its Feb. 6 meeting and she came out ahead in the ensuing vote. Nygaard is the first woman to lead the Conservation Club in its nearly 60-year history.
Mondovi Fire Chief Steve Anderson (left) recently presented the fire department’s 2018 Firefighter of the Year award to Bob Myren, a 10-year member of the MFD who handles all routine vehicle maintenance work for the department’s fleet.
Myren tabbed for 2018 MFD Firefighter of the Year
  by Beth Kraft   Small communities rely heavily on volunteers in many capacities, and fire protection services are no exception. To keep pace with ever-present demands, recruitment is a must for the...
Mondovi Fire Chief Steve Anderson (left) recently presented the fire department’s 2018 Firefighter of the Year award to Bob Myren, a 10-year member of the MFD who handles all routine vehicle maintenance work for the department’s fleet.
Erickson Auto Repair opened in Mondovi this week at the former Polzer’s Auto location at 165 W. Riverside Ave. Wes Erickson officially purchased the shop from Chuck and Nancy Polzer April 5 after they searched for more than eight years to find a buyer. Pictured are Wes Erickson (back), his daughter, Jessica Erickson (front), Erickson’s staff (left to right) Jonathan Medeiros, Devin Popham, Amy Popham, and Ryan Popham, and former shop owners Nancy and Chuck Polzer.
Bonnie J. Bertrang
Buffalo County Investigator Mike Osmond gave an example of drugs improperly secured in a home with children. The padlock is not actually keeping the box locked, Osmond pointed out, and the 4-H sticker could help conceal the presence of drugs to an untrained eye. Osmond’s presentation at the Mondovi School last week was packed with both stunning and useful information related to drug use and identification.
Longtime Mondovi Conservation Club president Al Urness recently passed the leadership torch to Krista Nygaard. The club’s Board of Directors nominated Nygaard as a candidate for president at its Feb. 6 meeting and she came out ahead in the ensuing vote. Nygaard is the first woman to lead the Conservation Club in its nearly 60-year history.
Mondovi Fire Chief Steve Anderson (left) recently presented the fire department’s 2018 Firefighter of the Year award to Bob Myren, a 10-year member of the MFD who handles all routine vehicle maintenance work for the department’s fleet.
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ALC in process of expanding assisted living within existing facility space
Work began in mid-November to create a new, 12-bed assisted living wing within the existing ALC facility. Here, a wall between two former short-term rehab rooms was removed to make way for a common area for the new Hillview Senior Living unit.
  by Beth Kraft   Responding to a growing trend in senior care that favors assisted living over the traditional skilled nursing format, Mondovi’s American Lutheran Communities is again expanding its...
Melvin Larson, Jr.
Melvin Larson, Jr., 79, passed away Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, surrounded by his son Patrick and his many friends. Jr. was born June 5, 1939, in Eau Claire, Wis., to...
Beverly Hagen
Beverly A. (nee Nelson) Hagen, 95, passed away at St. Monica’s Senior Living, Racine, on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019. Beverly was born on Jan. 7, 1924, in Mondovi, to Charles R. and Lucile (nee Brinkman...
Ellen Rosenthal
Ellen Elliot Rosenthal, 88, of Drammen Township, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019, at the American Lutheran Communities, in Mondovi. She was born in Buffalo County of Sept. 5, 1930 to...
Cora Davis
Cora Amanda Davis, 84, of Eau Claire, formerly of Mondovi, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019, at Our House Memory Care, in Eau Claire, surrounded by her family. She was born on Dec. 21, 1934,...
LaRoy Becker
LaRoy J. Becker, 92, passed away peacefully on Jan 18, 2019, surrounded by family. He is survived by his wife, Bernie (Kallenberger); daughter, Cheryl; son, Richard (Theresa); step son, Don...
Rev. David Maki
Memorial services will be held for Reverend David Maki, 63, of Blaine, Minn., on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, at 11 a.m., at the Trinity Lutheran Church in New York Mills, Minn. Visitation will be held...
Emil Lund
Emil C. Lund, 91, of rural Mondovi, died peacefully on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019, at Grace Lutheran River Pines Home, in Eau Claire. He was born, in Mondovi, on June 12, 1927, to Charley and Marie (...
Bernice Brantner
Bernice A. Brantner, 90, of Eau Galle, formerly of Mondovi, died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019, at the Plum City Care Center, in Plum City. Bernice was born July 21, 1928, on the farm in the Township of...
Eleanor Larson
Eleanor Julia (Poeschl) Larson, 92, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019. Her last days were spent surrounded by family and the wonderful staff of The Neighbors of Dunn County. Ellie...

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