Area Breaking News
High speed chase ends in Glenwoood City, with search for suspect
On Friday, December 13, 2024 at 11:30 p.m., a Wisconsin State Patrol Trooper attempted to stop a red Chevrolet Cruze for speeding on Interstate 94 westbound near the Dunn / St. Croix County line. The vehicle failed to yield and exited the interstate at State Highway 128. A vehicle pursuit was initiated as the vehicle…
Read MoreSt. Croix County judge sets bail with $25,000 bond for former GC school district administrator
By LeAnn R. Ralph HUDSON — A St. Croix County judge has set bail with a $25,000 signature bond for former Glenwood City school superintendent Tim Johnson, who is charged with 17 felonies related to theft, money laundering, forgery and misconduct in office. Johnson made an initial appearance in St. Croix County Circuit Court November…
Read MorePreliminary hearing delayed until public defender assigned for man accused of cold case murder
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A Dunn County judge has delayed a preliminary hearing until a public defender can be assigned to represent the man accused in the murder of Mary K. Schlais in the Town of Spring Brook in February of 1974. Jon Keith Miller appeared in Dunn County Circuit Court before Judge…
Read MoreDunn County judge sets bail at $1 million cash for cold case murder suspect
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A Dunn County judge has set bail at $1 million cash for the suspect accused in the murder of Mary K. Schlais in February of 1974 in the Town of Spring Brook. Jon K. Miller appeared by video from the Dunn County jail on November 12 for a bail…
Read MoreDunn County Sheriff’s Dept. arrests suspect in Town of Spring Brook cold case murder
By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — More than 50 years after Mary K. Schlais was murdered, the Dunn County Sheriff’s Department has arrested a suspect. Schlais, who was 25 years old at the time of her death, was found near the intersection of 40th Avenue and 990th Street in the Town of Spring Brook on…
Read MoreSCCB reviews $134 million budget, fails to fund $185,000 for UW-Extension and $70,00 4-H admin assistant
By LeAnn R. Ralph HUDSON — The St. Croix County Board has reviewed a budget of $134 million for 2025 and has declined to provide from the unassigned fund balance $185,000 for UW-Extension and $70,000 for an administrative assistant to support a 4-H educator. The St. Croix County Board’s Committee of the Whole reviewed the…
Read MoreGC school board accepts two checks from Johnson
By Renee Bettendorf GLENWOOD CITY — In their board work session and regular board meetings which spanned more than three hours on Monday evening, the Glenwood City school board voted to accept two restitution checks from Tim Johnson, learned about upcoming court proceedings involving Johnson and heard from two district residents about how Johnnson’s criminal…
Read MoreFormer Glenwood City school superintendent charged with 17 felonies
by LeAnn R. Ralph HUDSON — Former Glenwood City school superintendent Tim Johnson has been charged with 17 felonies related to payments he received for classes he had not taken at Viterbo University as well as other fraudulent activity. St. Croix County District Attorney Karl Anderson filed the criminal complaint in St. Croix County Circuit…
Read MoreGC school district residents disgusted with Board of Education regarding handling of fraud allegations
By LeAnn R. Ralph GLENWOOD CITY — Glenwood City school district residents who spoke during the public comments portion of a two-hour meeting to present forensic audit results regarding alleged fraud by the former superintendent expressed disappointment in the actions of the school board. All together, about 100 people attended the meeting held with the…
Read MoreMichael Roemhild of Boyceville high school named Green Bay Packers high school coach of the week
The Green Bay Packers have announced that Michael Roemhild of Boyceville High School in Boyceville, Wis., has been named the Packers High School Coach of the Week. Roemhild, in his sixth year as the varsity head coach of Boyceville, has the Bulldogs out to a perfect 4-0 start to the season. After a building year…
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