• Three-story nursing home wing added to the Memorial Hospital complex.

• Swiss Miss cocoa made available to the public.

1961

• William J. Micheels replaces Verne C. Fryklund as president of Stout State College.

1964

• Stout State College becomes Stout State University.

1967

• Menomonie abandons mayoral form of government and adopts city manager system for a decade.

• New Menomonie High School built near Grove Hill in southwest Menomonie.

• Beatrice Foods purchases Sanna Dairies.

1968

• Harbor Inn, renamed the Bolo Restaurant, moves into new building.