By KAREN PARKER | County Line Publisher Although any decision can be contested in court, Wisconsin state laws are vague and offer a great deal of latitude to municipalities on the revocation of liquor licenses. According to Wis. Stat. section 125.12(2)(ag), any...
March 13, 2014, Print Issue
SIDEBAR: Gaps remain in jails’ suicide prevention
By TEGAN WENDLAND, RORY LINNANE and KATE GOLDEN Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism Brenda Mombourquette tried three times to kill herself while in jail custody. She was not on suicide watch at the Monroe County Jail, despite a doctor’s recommendation. Her...
Smoking cessation
The following is from St. Joseph's Health Services. The 37th Great American Smoke Out is Thursday, Nov. 15th! Every year, on the 3rd Thursday of November, smokers around the U.S. take part in the American Cancer Societies’ Great American Smoke Out. Tobacco use is the...
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The annual Hat Luncheon at Wilmer Pearson's home, 302 Park St., will be Aug. 1, Aug. 2 and Aug. 3 at noon each day. The menu will consist of Italian Wedding Soup, crunchy poppy-seed chicken salad with fresh fruit, rolls with herbed butter, Ice Cream Igloo and...
Tor’s Mountain Music Show
Bluegrass/gospel band to perform at Mount Pisgah
The DisChords, a bluegrass/gospel band, will perform at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 5, at Mount Pisgah Wesleyan Church, rural Ontario. All band members are from the Ocooch Mountain area, which runs south from Wildcat Mountain State Park to Viroqua. The DisChords also are...
Money & Politics: MapLight now tracking groups’ political contributions
By BILL LUEDERS Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism Any candidate seeking contributions will tell you: No amount is too small to make a difference. But the more you give, individually or collectively, the more of a difference you can make. That’s why it...
Money & Politics: When is a ‘conflict’ not a conflict?
By BILL LUEDERS Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism Mark Radcliffe is an attorney in private practice in Black River Falls. He represents High Country Sand, a Minnesota-based mining company, in a lawsuit filed Jan. 3 against Eau Claire County, challenging...
