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2 days ago · The Miami Marlins are hiring Los Angeles Dodgers first base coach Clayton McCullough as their new manager, multiple reports said Sunday. McCullough, 44, had been with the Dodgers in a variety of roles since 2014 but has prior managing experience in the Toronto Blue Jays' minor league system from 2007-2014. He compiled a 402-357 record across ...
Sex offender housing proposal withdrawn | Top Stories | news …
Oct 9, 2024 · A proposal to build sex offender housing on Barron County-owned property in Twin Town is now a non-issue. A rezoning petition designed to create housing for a specific sex offender in the Town of Turtle Lake was withdrawn at the Sept. 4 Barron County Zoning Committee meeting. Instead, housing for the sex offender was found with a private ...
Railroad officials here to talk about safety - news-shield.com
Oct 2, 2024 · Vruwink said there are about 4,000 railroad crossings in the state, but only about a quarter of them are outfitted with gates. He said that adding gates is cost prohibitive, with each set costing about $290,000, so his office can only add them at about 10 crossings per year. But gates aren’t necessary to ensure a safe railroad crossing.
Coat, blanket drive underway | Free News | news-shield.com
Oct 9, 2024 · Coat, blanket drive underway. Oct 9, 2024 Updated Oct 9, 2024. The parish cluster of St. Joseph, St. Boniface, St. Peter, and Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Churches is sponsoring a winter coat and blanket drive for the Barron County area. New and used winter coats, snow pants, boots, hats, mittens and warm blankets will be ...
Obituaries | news-shield.com
Nov 5, 2024 · Bradley “Brad” Lynn Friesen. Oct 1, 2024. Bradley “Brad” L. Friesen was born in Chickasha, Okla., on Oct. 13, 1964, to Marvin and Nadine (Nightingale) Friesen. In the spring of 1968, he with his parents and older brother moved to a dairy farm near Barron, Wis., where his two sisters were born.
BBC investigation zeroes in on Rice Lake resident
Oct 11, 2023 · The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) released the information Monday, Oct. 2, 2023. The BBC investigation, which took two years to complete, included a visit by BBC journalists and technicians to Barron and Rice Lake. During the visit, they were assisted by News-Shield editor Ryan Urban. In a separate column appearing elsewhere in this ...
Barron man gets prison time for alcohol related offense
Oct 3, 2024 · A 44-year-old Barron resident will spend just under one year in prison in connection with a felony charge of operating a vehicle with a prohibited alcohol content, sixth offense, following a sentencing hearing Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in Barron County Circuit Court. Justin M. Ausman was given 64 days’ credit for time already served in jail.
Sandra Jean Rundhaug | Obituaries | news-shield.com
Oct 8, 2024 · Sandra Jean Rundhaug. Sandra J. Rundhaug, 79, Barron, Wis., passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by family on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. She was born April 23, 1945, at Rice Lake to Thomas and Ester (Strassman) Barr. …
Woman still missing | Free News | news-shield.com
Jun 19, 2024 · Woman still missing. The Rice Lake Police Department is continuing to look for a woman missing since May 13. 39-year-old Melissa Davis was last seen on foot in the area of Allen Street and Main Street around 6:45 p.m. in the City of Rice Lake. Personnel from the Rice Lake Police Department, Department of Criminal Investigation and NorthStar ...
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2 days ago · By Ryan Urban. Updated Oct 30, 2024. James T. Jacobson, 71, of Rice Lake, was arraigned in a federal courtroom in New York on Friday, Oct. 25 on charges of running an international sex trafficking and prostitution business along with former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries and his partner Matthew Smith.