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The Cost of Local Chicken

Thu. May. 16th, 2019  |  Lauren Fisher

A Chippewa Falls-raised certified organic chicken cost $5.39 a pound at Menomonie Market Food Co-op in early May. At the same time, an uncertified chicken raised in Pepin by Matt Buvala cost $4.99 a pound at Just Local Foods Co-op ...

Meat Me in Menomonie

Cut Rite Meat Shoppe offers local selection & expert advice

Wed. May. 15th, 2019  |  Danielle Zinsli, photos by Andrea Paulseth

Brent Hanson has been cutting meat since he was 16 years old. “I worked in a grocery store – worked my way into the meat department. And I’ve been doing it ever since,” said Hanson, who owns Cut Rite Meat Shoppe in Menomonie ...

UP IN THE AIR: Go fly a kite at second annual Menomonie Kite Festival

Mon. Apr. 22nd, 2019  |  Dainielle Zinsli, photos by Tony Liedl

Whether you’ve never picked up a line or consider yourself somewhat of a kite expert, the 2nd Annual Menomonie Kite Festival, which takes place May 5 starting at 11am, has something for everyone ...

Get It Dunn Run Attracts Visitors, Record-Seekers to Dunn County

Thu. Apr. 18th, 2019  |  Lauren Fisher

Runners come from far and wide to set records – personal and even worldwide – at the annual Get it Done Run in Menomonie. This 5k and half marathon is flat, fast, and certified for a number of purposes ...

Massive Music

Menomonie Singers take on Handel’s masterpiece

Thu. Apr. 4th, 2019  |  Lauren Fisher, photos by Timothy Mather

Hallelujah! It’s polyphonic, it’s melismatic, it’s jubilant and ecstatic: It’s Handel’s Messiah. The Menomonie Singers are in the final stretch of preparation for their spring concerts, during ...