According to information released by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation the Safety and Weight Enforcement Facilities at Hudson and Menomonie are included in schedules to be rebuilt in the next few years. The Hudson Safety and Weight Enforcement Facility SWEF, built in 1993, is about 5.5 miles east of Hudson on the east bound side…
Read MoreMADISON – Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Thomas E. Kerl, 39, Redgranite, Wisconsin, was sentenced Thursday, May 27, 2021 by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 262 months for distributing child pornography. This term of imprisonment is to be followed by 25 years of…
Read MoreA Madison, Wisconsin man pleaded guilty and was sentenced June 2, 2021, on a federal charge of arson during the civil unrest in Madison in June 2020. Marquon Clark, 26, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson, who imposed a sentence of 7 years in federal prison. On June 24, 2020, Clark threw…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — To say it has been a work in progress might be an understatement, but the permit has finally been approved by the state of Wisconsin for the miniature train ride at the Colfax Railroad Museum. The museum is planning to hold a grand opening for the miniature train ride…
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CHIPPEWA FALLS — Tara Daun has been hired as the Farmer-Led Watershed Council Coordinator for Wisconsin Farmers Union. In this role, Daun will work directly with farmer-led councils in Dunn, Pierce, Polk and St. Croix counties to increase farmer engagement, build council capacity, expand participation in incentive programs, coordinate water testing and programming, and foster…
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By LeAnn R. Ralph KNAPP — Jill Charland and Josh Edhlund make a powerful team. Jill is a master’s degree level mental health professional, and Josh is only a dissertation away from a PhD in supply chain management. Together they have created Rolling Hills Equine Inc. just north of Knapp that uses horses, dogs and…
Read MoreMADISON – A Dane County man is charged with 2 counts of distributing child pornography in an indictment returned May 12, 2021 by a federal grand jury sitting in Madison, according to Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin. Brett Blomme, 40, Cottage Grove, Wisconsin, is charged with 2…
Read MoreMADISON – Julia Nunes of Chippewa Falls has begun her term as the 74th Alice in Dairyland, making her the first Alice to serve two consecutive terms in the program’s history. Nunes began serving as the 73rd Alice on July 6, 2020. Her term as the 74th Alice will end on July 15, 2022. In…
Read MoreMADISON – A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments on Wednesday, May 26, 2021. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty. Stoughton Man Charged with Bank Robberies Todd Templeton, 51,…
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