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Convicted sex offender will reside near Wheeler

According to information from the Dunn County Sheriff’s Office a convicted sex offender, Jamie L. Stephenson will be released to the community. Stephenson was committed under the Chapter 980 Sexually Violent Person Law on June 15, 2012. In November of 2017, the court ordered a Supervised Release Plan be developed for Stephenson. On December 12,…

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Fatality reported in Highway 25 crash

DUNN COUNTY — Amy Lynn Kahl, a 44-year Menomonie woman is dead following a two-vehicle accident Monday morning, December 3 on State Highway 25 near Menomonie in Dunn County. Authorities were alerted to a crash involving a car and pick-up truck on Wisconsin Highway 25 about a quarter mile north of 420th Street in Dunn…

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Rice Lake woman dead after her car strikes Amery School Bus

RICE LAKE — A Rice Lake woman is dead after the car she was driving crossed the centerline of Highway 48 west of Rice Lake and struck an Amery School Bus. According to a news release from the Barron County Sheriff’s Department, they received a 911 call at 9:27 p.m. Tuesday, November 20th that a…

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