John McCune
John McCune, 101, of Grantsburg, passed away on March 8. The funeral service for John McCune will be held at Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home, in Webster, on Saturday at 2 p.m. Visitation is 1 until 2 p.m. on Saturday at the funeral home.
John “Jack” Moin
John “Jack” Moin, 83, of Cable, passed away on March 17. He is survived by his children, David Moin and Leslie Moin; brother, Arvid Moin; and sisters, Cheryl Davis and Kathy Buck. The funeral service for John Moin will be held at First United Methodist Church, in Canton, on Saturday at 11 a.m. Visitation is…
Stanley Peer
Stanley Peer, 87, of Grantsburg, passed away on March 18. The funeral Mass for Stanley Peer will be held at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, in Grantsburg, on Friday at 11 a.m. Visitation is 9 until 11 a.m. on Friday at the church.
Sonja Java
Sonja Java, 89, of Grantsburg, passed away on March 13. The memorial service for Sonja Java will take place at Faith Lutheran Church, in Grantsburg, on Saturday at 11 a.m. Visitation is Friday, from 4 until 7 p.m., at Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home, and from 10 until 11 a.m. on Saturday at the church.
Mary Stevens
Mary Stevens, 77, of Amery, passed away on February 11. The funeral service for Mary Stevens will be held at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, in Amery, on Saturday at 11 a.m. Visitation is 10 until 11 a.m. on Saturday at the church.
FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS – Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Today’s funeral announcements.
SPORTSCAST – Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Today’s sportscast from the Northwest Wisconsin Sports Desk.
Rice Lake pastor rescued from Haiti
A Wisconsin pastor is among Americans rescued from Haiti. Reverend Steve Svensen, of Providence Reformed Baptist Church in Rice Lake, had been working with a non-profit in Port-au-Prince since late February. By last weekend, with gangs in control, he said he was running out of options. “Because the US Embassy, which was only about 15…
Wisconsin Supreme Court to decide if counties must release voter incompetency records
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court will decide if counties must release voter incompetency records. The Wisconsin Voters Alliance sued Walwoth County’s register in probate in 2022 seeking records indicating a judge has found someone incompetent to vote. The 2nd District Court of Appeals held the records are public and the county must…
‘Morons’ – Vos rips into recall organizers amid fraud allegations
MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — Problems for the recall effort against Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos. And during a Tuesday WisPolitics luncheon in Madison, Vos was not holding back in his remarks about recall organizers “There’s a ton of fraud. And the challenge that we have is the people who organize this are so out of…