Former State Representative Mark Pettis announced his support of State Representative Rob Stafsholt’s campaign for State Senate on July 1, 2020. Pettis joins a long list of conservative leaders who are standing with Stafsholt’s campaign to take back the 10th Senate District. “Rob Stafsholt has spent his life advocating and fighting for Northwest Wisconsin, and…
Read MoreBy Lee H. Hamilton A few weeks ago, The New York Times ran an article noting that with the US preoccupied by the coronavirus pandemic, Black Lives Matter protests, and massive unemployment, “its competitors are moving to fill the vacuum, and quickly.” Russia, China, North Korea, Iran… All are testing how far they can go,…
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The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) has been scheduled to kick off a resurfacing project on I-94 between the Kinnickinnic River and County T in St. Croix County, starting on Monday, July 6. The project will include repairing concrete pavement, milling off a portion of the existing pavement, overlaying I-94 with asphalt and installing rumble…
Read MoreWestern District of Wisconsin MADISON, WIS. – Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Dudley Hellenbrand, 68, and Cherie Hellenbrand, 46, both of Middleton, Wisconsin, were sentenced on Friday, June 26, 2020 by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to each serve six months in federal prison for…
Read MoreEAU CLAIRE – On June 18, 2020, the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin approved a new electric vehicle program for Xcel Energy customers that would simplify and significantly lower the cost for residential, commercial and fleet customers who would like to install EV charging equipment. “We are excited to begin offering this program to our…
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By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Perhaps you have read the comment online or heard someone say it — “What’s the big deal with COVID-19? It’s just the flu.” KT Gallagher, director of the Dunn County Public Health Department, stressed in her June 26 COVID-19 weekly update on Facebook that there are some real differences…
Read MoreMADISON, WIS. – Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced on Friday, June 26, 2020 a federal criminal complaint charging Devonere Johnson, 28, with extortion in connection with threats made to Madison businesses this week. Johnson, who was arrested on state charges earlier this week, will make an initial…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A 42-year-old Boyceville man charged in Dunn County Circuit Court with six misdemeanor counts related to poaching Whitetail deer has rejected a plea deal after the district attorney unexpectedly added in jail time. Ray C. Stuart appeared before Judge James Peterson for a plea hearing July 2. Stuart did…
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