Town file
Menomonie, Wisconsin
Menomonie, Wisconsin (Dunn County, Wisconsin) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 647, "Singing Serial Killer" (13 November 2025).
- Town
- Menomonie
- County
- Dunn County
- State
- Wisconsin
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 647
- Approximate location
- 44.889, -91.910
Episode 647 / 13 November 2025 / 180 min / full
Singing Serial Killer
"James says they are going to Menomonie, Wisconsin, and that it is in Dunn County." about 0:04:51
The case: Attempted murder of Paul Zwick (December 23rd, 1986); Murder of Robert Williams (July 15th, 1985); Murder of James Severson (May 21st, 1986); Murder of Sheldon Cleeman (June 1986); Murder of Danny Lundgren (November 30th, 1986); Murder of Timothy Hayden (March 26th, 1987). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2025
- Population
- 16,721
- Median age
- 23.9
- Median household income
- $47,684
- Median home value
- $243,500
- Two-bedroom rent
- $1,230
- Cost of living
- 86
- Religious
- 48.8%
- Property crime
- about average
- Violent crime
- ▼ about one third under
History, in brief
- The area was heavily populated with Sioux Indians when French fur traders arrived in the late 18th century. about 0:06:44
- In 1788 Jean Baptiste set up the first trading post near present-day Menomonie. about 0:06:52
- A permanent settlement was established in Menomonie in 1830 and the lumber industry then took off. about 0:06:59
- The lumber company closed in 1901. about 0:07:12
- A post office was established in town. about 0:07:16
- The name was suggested by one of the lumber company founders and comes from an Algonquin word meaning people of the rice. about 0:07:19
- The bulk of the people in Menomonie are college students at the University of Wisconsin Stout, the only polytechnic school in the University of Wisconsin system. about 0:07:47
The reviews read out
4 stars
"A really nice town, but you have to travel at least 30 minutes to a bigger town for more options for activities and shopping."about 0:08:21
5 stars
"A small town with only one high school; excellent and safe, wonderful to grow up in and a great place to raise children."about 0:09:05
5 stars
"Not too big but big enough to have things to do, and close to Eau Claire and the Twin Cities."about 0:09:25
3 stars
"Some stuff to do in town, but not a place you want to be outside at night unless you like to party uncontrollably."about 0:09:50
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Spring Brook, Wisconsin10.0 miles
- Red Wing, Minnesota40 miles
- Woodbury, Minnesota50 miles
- Lino Lakes, Minnesota61 miles
- Eyota, Minnesota64 miles
- Ham Lake, Minnesota68 miles
Everything here is as told in the episode, on the date it went out; figures and places may have changed since. Endings are covered: open an episode and use the spoiler switch to read them.