EAU CLAIRE – A name says something about a person – noble, kind, charitable or simply derived from another name. Below are the top five baby boy and baby girl names at HSHS Sacred Heart and St. Joseph’s hospitals in 2017.
Read MoreWhat’s in a name? Ask Emmett, Jackson and Owen. Or Abigail, Evelyn or Nora. Those names topped the lists of babies born at Mayo Clinic Health System locations in northwest Wisconsin.
Read MoreBy WisPolitics.com Wisconsin’s Republican members of Congress, led by Speaker Paul Ryan of Janesville, love the huge tax bill. Democrats from Wisconsin are united against it. What will it mean for you and businesses you know?
Read MoreAfter rising between 1990 and 2000, Wisconsin’s combined federal-state-local tax burden has declined from 36.5% in 2000 to 31.3% in 2017. Since 2000, both federal and state-local taxes have declined as a share of state personal income.
Read MoreMADISON – Governor Scott Walker announced on December 26 that the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) had a record year for economic development in 2017 with 59 companies from Wisconsin and around the world agreeing to locate to or expand in Wisconsin. These projects are expected to create or retain nearly 30,000 jobs and result…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — A rural Colfax man died in a house fire in the Town of Grant Saturday evening, December 30. Late Monday afternoon, January 1, the Dunn County Sheriff’s Office identified the victim as 84-year-old Wallace Cutting, owner and occupant of the house. According to a news release from Dunn County…
Read MoreMADISON — Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Raymond Brown, 34, Rockford, Ill., was sentenced December 21 by U.S. District Judge James Peterson to 20 years in federal prison for transporting a minor across state lines for the purpose of engaging in sexual conduct. This prison term…
Read MoreMADISON, WIS. – Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Marcos Castaneda, 37, of Pomona, Calif., pleaded guilty December 14 in U.S. District Court in Madison, Wis., to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, with the conspiracy involving more than 500 grams. Castaneda faces up to life in prison, with…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski EAU CLAIRE — A trio of Minnesota men were hurt in a two-vehicle accident near the Dunn/St. Croix County line Friday evening. According to Wisconsin State Patrol Sergeant Jason Bakken, Tyler Smith, age 23 of Eagan, Minnesota, was driving west on Interstate Highway 94 shortly after 7 p.m. December 22 when…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph GLENWOOD CITY — Three candidates will be on the ballot for the January 16 special election for state Senate District 10. Patty Schachtner will be the Democratic candidate, while Adam Jarchow will be the Republican candidate, and Brian Corriea is running as a Libertarian candidate.
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