Necedah Volleyball Season is Underway

Written by Carol Kubicek The season is underway.  Last Saturday we competed at the Port Edwards scrimmage.  We did a lot of experimenting with line ups and finally narrowed things down.  We were pleased with the results, but also knew we had some things to work on. We traveled to Wisconsin Rapids for a 6 team tournament.  Although we didn’t do as well as expected, we did execute really well at times. We faced many of the same teams as last year and had the same won-loss record as well, although the scores were a little better this year.   It was truly a team effort.  I don’t have all the

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Milwaukee Puts Its Best Face On As Democratic Committee Visits

Members of the Democratic Party site selection committee are visiting Milwaukee today (Tuesday) and tomorrow (Wednesday).  They will be taking notes and assessing the city’s overall plan to host the 2020 Democratic National Convention.  Politico-dot-com reports Houston seems to have edged ahead of Miami and Milwaukee in the competition for an event which could include an economic impact of 200-million dollars.  Fifty-thousand people are expected to attend.  The Democrats won’t make their selection until after the November elections. Source: WRJC.com News At Other State Sites: [wp-rss-aggregator source=”87908,87904,713,696,676″]

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Eau Claire Man, Mother Charged In Standoff With Authorities

An Eau Claire man and his mother face more than a dozen criminal charges in a stand-off with authorities at their home last week.  Nicholas Burr was accused of firing a shotgun into the air while he was arguing with his mother, Ruth.  One witness says he tried to fire the gun a second time, but it jammed.  When Eau Claire police arrived at the west side neighborhood, they say he was yelling, but he wasn’t making sense.  Nicholas and Ruth Burr both shouted that he didn’t fire a gun, but instead set off a firecracker.  At one point, Ruth Burr used a five-year-old girl to shield her son.  Both

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