FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS – Thursday, June 13, 2024
Today’s funeral announcements.
SPORTSCAST – Thursday, June 13, 2024
Today’s sportscast.
With 100M birds dead, poultry industry could serve as example as dairy farmers confront bird flu
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — As the U.S. dairy industry confronts an outbreak of bird flu, the egg industry serves as an example of how to slow the spread of the disease but also how difficult it can be to completely eradicate the problem. In the decade since the first major bird flu outbreak, the…
Trump to visit Racine next week
RACINE, Wis. (WRN) — Former president Donald Trump will be back in Wisconsin next week for a campaign rally. Trump will be speaking at Racine Festival Park next Tuesday, and plans to make his case that President Joe Biden has failed America. This will be Trump’s first visit to Wisconsin since being convicted of multiple…
SCOWIS issues mixed ruling on early voting
MADISON, Wis. (AP/WRN) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court has kept a lower court’s ruling banning the use of mobile voting sites in the upcoming presidential election in place for now, a win for Republicans. However, in a victory for Democrats, the court also ensured late Tuesday that municipalities across the battleground state can use the…
State Supreme Court race likely to be costly
Another potentially expensive Wisconsin Supreme Court election is in the works. Seats on the state’s seven member high court are officially non-partisan, but a conservative versus liberal narrative has driven up campaign spending. It totaled $45 million in last year’s race in which liberal Janet Protasiewicz defeated conservative Daniel Kelly, handing liberals a 4-3 majority.…
AM NEWSCAST – Thursday, June 13, 2024
This morning’s top stories from the Northwest Wisconsin News Center: — Today is the Rice Lake Celebrity Charity Classic at Turtle Back; — Poultry farmers’ fight against the bird flu could help dairy farmers; — Former President Donald Trump will visit Racine next week; — And campaign spending could break records again in next year’s…
Georgian Borchsenius
Georgian Borchsenius, 82, of Siren, passed away on June 10. The memorial service for Georgian Borchsenius will take place at Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home, in Siren, on Saturday at 6 p.m. Visitation is 5 until 6 p.m. on Saturday at the funeral home.
Ronald Yourchuck
Ronald Yourchuck, 79, of Siren, passed away on June 8. The celebration of life for Ronald Yourchuck will be held at Swedberg-Taylor Funeral Home, in Siren, on Thursday from 4 until 7 p.m.
Beth (Hansen) Danes
Beth (Hansen) Danes, 66, passed away on June 6. She is survived by her children, Amanda Dysland, Lisa Endl and Ashley Knoop; and siblings, Lee Hansen and Jill Stovring. The memorial service for Beth Danes will be held at Shell Lake United Methodist Church on Saturday 3 p.m. Visitation is 1 until 3 p.m. on…