MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The wife of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde is taking center stage in her husband’s campaign in the days after he secured the party nomination. Sharon Hovde directly has attacked Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin in a television ad released Thursday about single mothers. The race between two-term incumbent Baldwin and…
Charles “Chuck” Sandmann, 86, of Barron, passed away on August 13. He is survived by his sons, Daren and Dennis; and brothers, Bob and Hubert. The funeral service for Chuck Sandmann will be held at First Baptist Church, in Barron, on Monday at 11 a.m. Visitation is Sunday, from 4 until 7 p.m., at Rausch…
Robert “Bob” Cairns, 85, of Frederic, passed away on August 13. The funeral service for Robert Cairns will be held at Lakeview Methodist Church, in Shell Lake, on Friday at 11 a.m. Visitation is 10 until 11 a.m. on Friday at the church.
Rhoda Baldwin, 81, of Dallas, passed away on August 15. She is survived by her husband, Amos “Butch” Baldwin; son, Michael; and two brothers and two sisters. A private family service will be held for Rhoda Baldwin.
This afternoon’s top stories from the Northwest Wisconsin News Center: — Names have been released of the driver killed and driver injured in a head-on collision on Highway 53 on Wednesday; — The pilot injured in a crash in Chetek Wednesday has been named; — Local sheriff’s departments warn of an uptick in scam calls…
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HAUGEN, Wis. (WJMC) — Names have been released of the driver killed and the driver injured in a head-on collision on Highway 53 near Haugen on Wednesday. The State Patrol said the driver killed was 71-year-old Ira Luplow, of Menominee, Michigan. He was driving south in the construction zone on Highway 53, around 5:30 p.m.,…
CHETEK, Wis. (WJMC) — The name of the pilot injured in a crash at the Chetek Airport has been released. The Chetek Police Department identified the pilot as 34-year-old Travis Turner, of Cameron. Turner was airlifted with nonlifethreatening injuries after his Piper Cherokee Six single-engine airplane crashed during takeoff at the airport on Wednesday afternoon.
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (WJMC) — The Washburn County Sheriff’s Department and the Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office report an uptick in scam calls. Reports say a New Auburn resident got a call spoofing the old number for the New Auburn Police Department, with the scammer claiming the resident had an active warrant. Authorities say stop, take…