This morning’s top stories from the Northwest Wisconsin News Center: — A Rice Lake woman remains missing and police ask residents to check the surrounding neighborhood for anything suspicious; — Aquafest’s parade returns to downtown Main Street. — Some lucky ducks were rescued from a storm drain in Chetek; — and opponents aim to block…
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WRN) — The 2025 NFL draft is coming to Green Bay. Tuesday in Milwaukee a ceremonial football from this year’s host city of Detroit was handed off to begin the countdown. “We had 775,000 people show up for a three day draft and I am sure the Packers fans in Wisconsin, we’ll take…
RICE LAKE, Wis. (WJMC) — A local business is donating a portion of sales to the Rice Lake Senior Center. Now through Sunday, proceeds from certain drinks at Surge Nutrition in Rice Lake will benefit the senior center. Proceeds will be donated from any purchase of “12 West Strawberry” and “Senior Communi-TEA Blue Blast” drinks.…
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…