A Wisconsin man has been charged with fleeing to Ireland to avoid a prison sentence for joining a mob’s attack on the U.S. Capitol over three years ago. A court filing Tuesday charges 56-year-old Paul Kovacik with defying a court… Source: LacrosseTribune.com
Read moreNearly 200 men and women are alleging they were sexually abused as children while at a Chicago youth detention facility. A pair of lawsuits filed this week in the Illinois Court of Claims are the latest to detail harrowing instances… Source: LacrosseTribune.com
Read moreAbout a thousand people are expected at a gala event this weekend as Wisconsin finally honors a person of color with a statue at its state Capitol. Workers lowered the shrouded statue of Wisconsin Secretary of State Vel Phillips into… Source: LacrosseTribune.com
Read moreVernon County Sheriff Roy Torgerson reports the arrest of Aaron Roger Miller, age 35, of rural Hillsboro, WI. Late Wednesday morning, July 10, 2024, at approximately 11:30 AM, the Sheriff’s Office 911 Dispatch Center received a report that Miller was refusing to leave a business in the city of Hillsboro, when asked by an employee to do so. A deputy sheriff responded and upon further investigation, Miller was determined to be in violation of the rules of active community supervision through the Wisconsin Department of Corrections. Miller was arrested and booked into the Vernon County Detention Center for Parole Violation. He was released the following day and ordered to
Read moreVernon County Sheriff Roy Torgerson reports on Tuesday morning, July 9, 2024, at approximately 11:00 AM, the Sheriff’s Office 911 Dispatch Center was notified that a dump truck overturned on private property, in the town of Union. Carl Henry Haugrud, age 63, of rural Viola, WI was operating a 1991 International dump truck in rural La Farge, WI, unloading gravel. While traveling uphill and rounding a curve to the right, the dump truck tipped over and came to rest on its right (passenger) side. Haugrud was wearing a seatbelt, was not injured, but extricated from the vehicle by the La Farge Fire Department. Assisting the Sheriff’s Office were the La
Read more