Star Prairie News

Chako isn't the kind of dog that's likely to find a home through the local animal shelter.

Sunday storm brings huge hail to Star Prairie Star Prairie resident Kim Palmer and Trevor Gibson, a bartender at Fonda's Bar and Grill in Star Prairie, said the village got ten minutes of hail that was ...

Scouting groups in New Richmond and Star Prairie will be doing a food drive Saturday, April 26. via Rivertowns.net

“The judge weighed all the circumstances. It is a sad case.”

A Star Prairie man convicted of killing his 3-month-old daughter after the mother abandoned the child was sentenced Thursday in St. via Leader-Telegram

“Mr. Schaak, I know you are remorseful, and you wish you could go back and undo what's been done, but that's not an option”

One mother pleaded for mercy. The other the maximum. During an emotional hearing in St. via TwinCities

“We can give a voice to the governing bodies”

They came ready to work. There was very little debate as the 30+ people attended the March 3 meeting of the tentatively-named "Vision 64" community group. via Rivertowns.net

DAILY COVERAGE Brought to you by the New Richmond News Hammond man dead after shooting A Hammond man was shot and killed late Saturday night outside of his rural Hammond home. via Rivertowns.net

“It was their last wish to know that their animal was all right”

Carol Lee Hoskins of Rosemont is 65, lives alone, and used to worry about what would happen to her beloved cats, Samson and Daisy, if something happened to her. via StarTribune

Star Prairie man pleads in abuse case A Star Prairie man will be sentenced next month in the death of his 13-week-old daughter. via Rivertowns.net

A St. Croix County man has pleaded no contest to shaking his baby to death. Prosecutors charged Joshua Schaak, 22, of Star Prairie, with second degree reckless homicide. via WEAU-TV Eau Claire

A St. Croix county man enters into a quick plea bargain in connection with the death of his infant daughter. via Z100 Radio

“He's like, 'Shut up. My dad was in Vietnam, and those guys don't tell stories like that,' ”

Brian Johnson butted into an Army soldier's war story and ended up losing part of his ear. via Twincities.com

“You learn endurance. And God is what I keep holding onto.”

Family searches for new home following Christmas fire A turkey fryer being readied to cook a family's Christmas dinner malfunctioned Tuesday and burned the Billy and Patience Biedler home in the Town of Star ... via Rivertowns.net

“Losing two homes in one month ... they have to be feeling unsafe.”

A turkey fryer cooking a family's Christmas dinner malfunctioned Tuesday and burned the Billy and Patience Biedler home in the Town of Star Prairie. via Rivertowns.net

“Most all parents don't wake up in the morning and say they're going to abuse their child today”

London Sherwood's short life was filled with pain, an autopsy would discover: bleeding in the brain, bruises on her face and neck, fractures to her ribs and legs. via StarTribune

Claim: E-mail memorializes the shaken baby death of 3-month-old London Marie Sherwood. via New Urban Legends

A father is charged with reckless homicide, after his 13 week old baby died at the hospital.

An ambulance was called to the man's house in Star Prairie, Wisconsin last Sunday December 2nd.

22-year old Joshua Schaak told police the infant bumped her head in the bathtub. But, he later admitted to causing the injuries that might have killed his daughter.

On December 2nd, three month old London Sherwood came to Children's Hospital in St. Paul suffering from a serious head injury, eye bleeding and possible rib fracture. Officials at the hospital reported signs of physical abuse to authorities. The baby died two days later. Read more

A western Wisconsin man is facing second degree reckless homicide charges in the death of his baby. via KARE-TV Minneapolis

A man convicted of stabbing his girlfriend to death as the two fought at their St. via The Daily News