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Colby-Abbotsford Police Department Recommends Locking Vehicles After Multiple Thefts
The Colby-Abbotsford Police Department is encouraging everyone to lock up your vehicles, do not leave the keys in them and do not leave anything of value in them. This is any kind of vehicle; if it runs and is capable of moving, it is at risk. Installation of security cameras, which can send you alerts concerning activity on your property, is always recommended as well. Stealing cars is against the law. As many may have heard, they have had multiple car thefts in the city recently.
Six Secure Academic All-America® Women’s At-Large Honors
AUSTIN, Texas --Six Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) individuals have been named to the 2023-24 NCAA Division III Academic All-America® Women’s At-Large Team, selected by the College Sports Communicators. University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire’s Sophie Rausch and UW-Stout’s Genevieve Czaplewski were first team selections, while UW-Stout’s Gillian Cummins and...
Bryce Stoltz named CSC Academic All-American
AUSTIN, Texas – Winona State University gymnastics student-athlete, Bryce Stoltz, earned College Sports Communicators Second Team Academic All-America® honors after an outstanding season in competition and in the classroom. Stoltz, a junior from Highlands Ranch, Colo., holds an impressive 4.0 GPA in Nursing. Throughout the season, Stoltz posted...
Missing Child Scam Circulating In Minnesota
All scams are terrible and there are plenty of them to go around these days. However, this one might be one of the worst thanks to the nature of the scam. There have been so many scams in Minnesota and Wisconsin lately that the Duluth Police Department recently shared some basic scam tips to help us all avoid becoming a victim.
Goodwill Stores in Minnesota Will Not Accept These Donations
It's the perfect day to open the windows and deep clean your house. Find those things that haven't seen the light of day for a good while. I love decluttering and donating stuff I'm not using anymore. There's something so freeing about getting rid of "junk," and you know what they say - one person's junk is another's treasure. ;)
Three Minnesota Men Sentenced For Illegally Selling Firearms On Social Media
(KNSI) – A sting operation based in St. Cloud busts three Minnesota men using social media to traffic machine guns. The terms range from just over a year to about eight years in prison. A press release notes that 19-year-old Rafael Carter Wesley, 21-year-old Avont Akira Drayton, and 22-year-old Kyrees Darius Johnson will be subject to supervised release once their sentences have been completed.
La Crosse Salvation Army ring the giving bells in July
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WLAX/WEUX) – It’s a sound you typically hear during the holiday season. But this Summer Salvation Army volunteers are ringing their bells. The non-profit in La Crosse is having its first-ever July giving campaign. Usually, the Salvation Army asks for donations during the holiday season....
Attorney General Kaul, Gov. Evers Intervene in Planned Parenthood v. Urmanski Original Action
MADISON, Wis. (WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PRESS RELEASE) - Attorney General Josh Kaul today announced that the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a motion and memorandum in support of the Kaul v. Urmanski State Plaintiffs intervening as petitioners in the Planned Parenthood v. Urmanski original action. Both Kaul v....
Could traditionally blue Minnesota be within Trump's reach?
MINNEAPOLIS — Last weekend, a presidential race like no other dipped further into the improbable, with the survival of former President Donald Trump from an assassin's bullet by just millimeters.Trump's defiant response to the assassination attempt, captured in unforgettable images, has even Trump critics calling it one of the defining moments of the 2024 campaign."That is kind of political rocket fuel. And so I think you're seeing a consolidation of the Republican Party much faster than I think people anticipated," said Abou Amara, a Democratic analyst.Polls have been showing more and more states, including traditionally blue Minnesota, within Trump's reach."I...
A Somali-American former investigator: why you’re hearing about fraud in my community
The Minnesota Attorney General’s Office, where I previously worked as a fraud investigator, announced last year its largest ever Medicaid fraud case, charging 18 people with stealing $9.5 million. Not long after, the AG charged three people with stealing nearly $11 million, again in Medicaid funds. In May, eight were charged with defrauding Medicaid of […] The post A Somali-American former investigator: why you’re hearing about fraud in my community appeared first on Minnesota Reformer.
Just 16.1% of Minnesota workers make less than $17 an hour, one of the lowest rates in the country
Data: Oxfam. Chart: Rahul Mukherjee/AxiosJust 16.1% of Minnesota workers make less than $17 an hour, one of the lowest rates in the country, according to a new report by Oxfam.Why it matters: Minnesotans on the lowest end of the economic spectrum have seen some of the biggest raises in recent years, and many of them have risen above the $17 hourly threshold of what Oxfam calls a "low-wage worker." Yes, but: The data also underlines Minnesota's wide racial wage gap. Black and Hispanic workers are much more likely to make less than $17 an hour compared to white and Asian workers.However,...
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