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June 16, 2013
State News Roundup: Driver gets his own street in Green Bay
Former Green Bay Packers wide receiver Donald Driver has been immortalized as a street sign. The Green Bay Press Gazette reports "Donald Driver Way" was dedicated yesterday (SAT) just outside of Titletown Brewery Company in Green Bay. Driver played all 14 seasons with the Packers,...
newsJune 16, 2013 - 9:51am
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June 15, 2013
Minnesota State News Briefs: Carjacking fugitive arrested
MINNEAPOLIS -- A fugitive wanted by the Minnesota Department of Corrections in connection with several violent carjackings and kidnapping is behind bars. The suspect was arrested Thursday night after leading Minneapolis police on a car chase that ended in St. Paul. Officials say...
newsJune 15, 2013 - 8:57am
U of M regents approve tuition freeze
MINNEAPOLIS - The University of Minnesota Board of Regents approved a two-year tuition freeze yesterday. University president Eric Kaler told the board the freeze, along with an attempt to hold down fees, brings the combined cost for resident undergraduates to the lowest levels in...
news / educationJune 15, 2013 - 8:01am
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Saturday State News Briefs: Man charged with providing heroin used in fatal crash
WAUSAU - Authorities say a Central Wisconsin man is charged with providing heroin used in a fatal crash. The Wausau Daily Herald reports 22-year-old Kyle Kennedy appeared in Marathon County Court to face charges of delivery of heroin, obstruction and bail jumping. Police says the...
news / businessJune 15, 2013 - 7:46am
State Supreme Court to take up appeal on Act 10
MADISON - The Wisconsin Supreme Court agreed late this afternoon to rule on whether the Act-10 public union bargaining limits apply to local government and school unions. The Fourth District Court of Appeals in Madison did not rule on the matter. It asked the justices to take the...
news / governmentJune 15, 2013 - 7:43am
Olson named Courthouse Security Officer
Within the Pierce County Courthouse one of the biggest challenges for years has been courthouse safety. The Pierce County Board of Supervisors took a step in solving the hurdle with the creation of a Courthouse Safety Officer for the first time in its 2013 budget. "I thought this...
newsJune 15, 2013 - 7:07am
June 14, 2013
Lake Pepin Great River Road Car Event Saturday
Car enthusiasts come help us celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the founding of The Great River Road on June 15 by joining us in our first annual progressive car show. Tour the Wisconsin Great River Road along Wisconsin Highway 35 between Bay City, past Maiden Rock, and Stockholm,...
newsJune 14, 2013 - 12:05pm
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Chamber releases third curd fest medallion clue
The Ellsworth Cheese Curd Festival Medallion Hunt is now underway. Hunt clues will be posted weekly on the festival website and at local banks. Clues will also be posted in area publications. Searchers will compete for 200 Ellsworth dollars and will need to show their festival...
news / businessJune 14, 2013 - 12:00pm
Ellsworth Ambulance Service gets $5,000 donation
Ellsworth Area Ambulance Service (EAAS) has accepted a donation of $5,000 from Fairmount Minerals Foundation in support for the purchase of a lifesaving CPR device on the ambulance. The Lucas™ device will provide hands-free, highly effective cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for...
news / healthJune 14, 2013 - 10:47am
St. Croix County board postpones SCI resolution
A resolution to privatize St. Croix Industries stalled on the floor and was postponed until August following a wave of citizen response at the county board of supervisors meeting Tuesday night. The move followed about an hour of public comment from some 21 citizens, all of whom supported...
news / healthJune 14, 2013 - 10:28am
Man faces 24 years in motel hostage standoff
STILLWATER, Minn. -- A man accused of holding a group of people hostage last year during a deadly night at Woodbury's Red Roof Inn will spend at least 24 years in prison under a plea agreement reached Thursday. Demetrius Santreell Ballinger, 26, pleaded guilty in Washington County...
newsJune 14, 2013 - 10:16am
Minnesota News Roundup: Day care closed after girl found wandering on highway
SANDSTONE, Minn. -- Authorities ordered a Sandstone day care center closed Wednesday after a 2-year-old from the center was found wandering along Minnesota Highway 23 and sheriff's deputies saw possible signs that the day care provider was intoxicated. The incident began about 3:30...
newsJune 14, 2013 - 10:12am
State News Roundup: Air traffic controllers to be used at the Air Venture show in Oshkosh
The Experimental Aircraft Association says it has grudgingly agreed to pay almost a half-million dollars to have air traffic controllers at the E-A-A Air-Venture show in Oshkosh. It used to be that the group never had to pay anything extra for federal controllers - but that was before...
newsJune 14, 2013 - 9:56am
Crime and Court Roundup: Mosinee man likely to be charged with delivering heroin
A Mosinee man is due in court this afternoon for allegedly providing the heroin that a driver had in his system when he was killed in a traffic crash. 22-year-old Kyle Kennedy has been arrested on possible charges of delivering heroin, obstructing an officer, and bail jumping. Authorities...
newsJune 14, 2013 - 9:47am
River Falls teen hurt in car crash
Late Thursday, June 13, after 11 p.m. a 16-year-old local boy ran into a tree with his car on County Road FF one mile west of 1015th Street in the town of River Falls. The Pierce County Sheriff's Department has identified the injured driver as Jonathan R. Meyer. He was driving a...
news / accidentsJune 14, 2013 - 9:39am
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