Author: Jesse Baroka

PRICE COUNTY – Price County Sheriffs are investigating an incident involving counterfeit money.  Two suspects have been taken into custody in connection and a search warrant was conducted in the Township of Worcester. The suspects are being investigated in Price County as well as throughout the state of Wisconsin regarding passing counterfeit US currency.  The […]

MARQUETTE – The Michigan legislature passed the Lowering MI Costs plan Tuesday night.  This plan will deliver a $1 billion tax break for Michigan working families and retirees. The plan rolls back the retirement tax to save 500,000 households an average of $1,000 a year. The plan also quintuples the Working Families Tax Credit.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two Republican legislators are trying to persuade their colleagues to support their plan to force Wisconsin’s embattled parole commission to abide by open meeting laws and post its decisions online. The Assembly Committee on State Affairs held a public hearing on Rep. John Spiros and Sen. Van Wanggaard’s bill Wednesday. The […]

IRONWOOD – The city of Ironwood along with cities, townships and counties across Michigan are sharing $59.5 million in adult-use marijuana tax funds from the 2022 fiscal year.  According to the Michigan treasury department eligible Michigan municipalities and counties will soon receive “more than $51,800 for every licensed retail store and microbusiness located within its […]

MINOCQUA – The Lakeland Union High School Board of Education had to make a bit of a U-turn with regard to it’s decision to hire a new head baseball coach for the district. The Lakeland Times reports that district administrator Smudde said they were all ready to hire their #1 candidate when their background check […]

NORTHERN WISCONSIN – The Lac du Flambeau man that is being charged with assault against three different people, has entered not-guilty pleas for each of his charges in Oneida Co.  29-year-old Frank R. Schuman is facing charges from Oneida, Vilas and Outagamie Counties. Schuman appeared by video in Oneida County Court for his arraignment on […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin wildlife officials have no firm plans to release the public comments on their draft wolf management plan anytime soon. Department of Natural Resources officials released the agency’s first new wolf plan in almost 25 years in November and invited the public to comment. The plan doesn’t include a population goal. […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans are unlikely to include their plan for a flat income tax rate in the state budget. Co-chairs of the Republican-controlled Legislature’s powerful budget committee said at a WisPolitics.com event yesterday that they plan to cut taxes in the budget but set aside the flat-tax proposal as a long-term goal. […]

PLUM LAKE – One snowmobiler is dead following a snowmobile accident early yesterday morning in the Town of Plum Lake in Vilas County.  A call came into the Vilas County 911 Center around 1:30 a.m. about a snowmobiler that struck a tree in Plum Lake.  According to the Vilas County Sheriff’s Office, officers at the […]