FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS – Tuesday, June 17, 2025
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SPORTS HEADLINES – Tuesday, June 17, 2025
This afternoon HS Baseball State Semis with #4 Barron vs #1 Kenosha St. Joseph. The Golden Bears are making their 7th appearance at state and first since 2008. Barron will…
SPORTSCAST – Tuesday, June 17, 2025
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Lengthy standoff in Hayward ends with man in custody
HAYWARD, Wis. (WJMC) — After a nearly 28-hour standoff with police, a Hayward man is in custody. Sawyer County Sheriff Doug Mrotek said 62-year-old Michael D. Olsen entered an unoccupied…
Baldwin among multiple Wisconsin lawmakers on Minnesota shooter’s list
MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — Wisconsin U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin was included in a list of names found in the vehicle of a man accused in the shooting of Minnesota lawmakers.…
After Minnesota shooting, some states are more tightly guarding officials’ personal information
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lawmakers in some states are moving to delete their home addresses from online directories after one Minnesota legislator was killed and another wounded in their suburban…
Kaul: nationwide opioid settlement moving forward
MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — A nationwide opioid settlement is moving forward. Attorneys general from all 54 U.S. states and territories have reached a sweeping, multibillion-dollar settlement with Purdue Pharma and…
Bill that would force local sheriffs to cooperate with ICE or face funding cuts moves out of committee
MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — Legislation to require Wisconsin sheriff’s departments to cooperate with federal immigration officials moves out of a state Senate committee. The sheriff’s departments could risk state funding…
WEC sends out inactive voter notices
The Wisconsin Elections Commission is checking up on Wisconsinites who haven’t voted in several years. Two-hundred-thousand notices were sent out to the address of voters who have not cast a…
AM NEWSCAST – Tuesday, June 17, 2025
From the NorthwestNow.Net News Center … — A Hayward man arrested after a more than day-long standoff; — The shooter who targeted two Minnesota politicians, had others on a list,…
Gary Thoeny
Gary Thoeny, 76, of Rice Lake, passed away on June 6. He is survived by his wife, JoAnn; sons, Jason Thoeny and Travis Thoeny; daughter, Amber Kubat; mother, Anita Thoeny;…
Stand-off at residence in rural Hayward
HAYWARD, Wis. (WJMC) — A police standoff in rural Hayward. The Sawyer County Sheriff’s Office said an armed subject barricaded themselves in a residence on Sun N Sno Road, east…