SPOONER, Wis. (WJMC) — Two elder care centers in Spooner are under new ownership with Dove Healthcare. Maple Ridge Care Center nursing home and The Villas at Maple Ridge assisted living residences were purchased by Dove Healthcare this month. Dove owns nursing homes and elderly living facilities in Rice Lake, Barron, Chippewa Falls, Eau Claire,…
RICE LAKE, Wis. (WJMC) — Next week, sections of Main Street in downtown Rice Lake will be closed to replace decorative lighting. Closures are planned for Monday, May 20, from Messenger to Eau Claire streets, and Tuesday, May 21, from Newton to Marshall streets. Crews will be replacing catenary lights that hang above the street.…
MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — State Senate Republicans’ veto overrides were blasted by Democrats in a post session press conference on Tuesday. Minority Leader Diane Hesselbein wanted the chamber to take up bills passed by the Assembly. “They should have let us vote on them. There are so many things that passed the assembly that the…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate have voted to override nine vetoes of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers in a mostly symbolic move that comes less than six months before the November election. To be successful, two-thirds of both the Senate and Assembly must vote to override a veto. Republicans have a two-thirds majority…
CHETEK, Wis. (WJMC) — A Chetek area man is missing and his family and the Rusk County Sheriff’s Office are asking for the public’s help in locating him. Sixty-one-year-old Scott Link, of Rusk Township, was reported missing on Monday. Anyone with information on his whereabouts should contact the Rusk County Sheriff’s Office at 715-532-2200.
Virginia Tomesh, 95, of Rice Lake, passed away on May 9. The Mass of Christian burial for Virginia Tomesh will be held at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, on Saturday at 11 a.m. Visitation is 10 until 11 a.m. on Saturday at the church.
This afternoon’s top stories from the Northwest Wisconsin News Center: — The Rusk County Sheriff’s Office asks for the public’s help in locating a man missing from the Chetek area; — Spooner elderly care centers are under new ownership; — State Senate Republicans voted to override nine vetoes from the Governor; — And Green Bay…
TRADE LAKE, Wis. (WJMC) — A driver died late Monday evening in a crash on Highway 48, north of Trade Lake. Burnett County Sheriff Tracy Finch said it happened just before 11:30 p.m. Monday, and involved a single vehicle rolling several times. The driver was ejected and trapped under the vehicle, which was in two…
Patricia Goodremote, 84, of New Auburn, passed away on May13. She is survived by her sons, Charles, Mark and Michael; and sister, Jacki Blasko. The funeral service for Patricia Goodremote will be held at New Auburn Methodist Church, on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. Visitation is Friday, from 4 until 7 p.m., at Olson Funeral Home,…
Daniel Kubista, 70, of Cameron, passed away on March 6. The graveside service for Daniel Kubista will be held at Pine Grove Cemetery, in Cameron, on Saturday at 1 p.m.