FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS – Thursday, March 28, 2024
Today’s funeral announcements.
SPORTSCAST – Thursday, March 28, 2024
Today’s sportscast from the Northwest Wisconsin Sports Desk.
Rice Lake Public Safety Building study meeting postponed
RICE LAKE, Wis. (WJMC) — An informational meeting tonight about the need to build a new public safety building has been postponed. The City of Rice Lake says the fire and police departments have outgrown their current location on Wilson Street. Dan Penzkover, consulting engineer with the firm SEH, said it’s been a known problem…
Chetek police funding referendum on Tuesday’s ballot
CHETEK, Wis. (WJMC) — For City of Chetek residents, a police funding referendum is on Tuesday’s ballot. The Chetek Police Department is the focus of a referendum residents will be voting on during Tuesday’s election. If the measure is successful, the Department will receive added funds to not only support current officers, but to also…
Dane County Sheriff warns of AI scam
MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — A new take on an old scam. The Dane County Sheriff’s Office says the use of artificial intelligence in telephone scams is becoming more common, specifically the Grandparents scam has become even more believable. This scam targets older people and leads them to believe a grandchild is in some sort of…
Evers signs new laws designed to bolster safety of judges, combat human trafficking
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers has signed into law bipartisan bills designed to better protect the safety of judges following the killing of a retired judge and combat the rise in human trafficking. In total, Evers signed 29 crime-related bills Wednesday, most of which passed with broad bipartisan support. The Wisconsin Supreme Court…
Ships as large as that which collapsed Key bridge don’t call on Wisconsin ports
SUPERIOR, Wis. (WRN) — Ships as large as the vessel which struck the Key bridge in Baltimore do not call on Wisconsin’s Great Lakes ports. The Singapore registered cargo ship which collided with and collapsed the bridge is 984 feet long with a beam of 158 feet. That’s considerably bigger than vessels that call on…
USDA announces new summer food program
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WJMC) — The USDA has announced a new summer food program for students. What happens to students across the country in the summertime? Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that’s when the new summer food program will kick in. “The most nutritious meal that youngsters receive, outside the home, is at the school.…
AM NEWSCAST Thursday, March 28, 2024
This morning’s top stories from the Northwest Wisconsin News Center: — A meeting about building new or renovating Rice Lake’s fire and police building has been rescheduled; — City of Chetek residents will be asked to bump funding for police; — Artificial intelligence makes old scams harder to detect; — and the USDA has a…