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Thursday Oct 29 | WQOW

Bomb squad needed after suspicious briefcases were found

Several briefcases that were sealed with tape and left in plain view commanded the full attention of law enforcement Monday.

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Related Topix: St. Croix Falls, WI

Tue Oct 27, 2009

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal

Washington County OKs purchase of Fair Park buildings

West Bend a ' The Washington County Board agreed Tuesday to pay up to $756,000 this year for all buildings and facilities at Fair Park owned by the Agricultural and Industrial Society.

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Related Topix: Washington County, WI, West Bend, WI, Agriculture, Science

Mon Oct 26, 2009

WEAU-TV Eau Claire

Man convicted of breaking Premises Registration Law after failing to register property

The first person to be convicted of breaking the Livestock Premises Registration Law has been ordered to pay nearly $400. Thirty-nine-year-old Patrick Monchilovich of Cumberland was found guilty by a Polk County judge last Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Cumberland, WI

Sat Oct 24, 2009

Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, ...

Cumberland Cattle Producer Found Guilty in Premises Registration Case

A Polk County farmer has been found guilty of violating Wisconsin's livestock premises registration law, and ordered to pay nearly $400. Patrick Monchilovich, 39, of Cumberland, is the first person to be convicted of violating the law, which took effect in November 2005.

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Related Topix: Cumberland, WI, Wisconsin, Agriculture, Science

Fri Oct 23, 2009

The Country Today

Polk County judge orders beef rancher to register premises

A Polk County judge has ruled in favor of the state of Wisconsin in the state's second case of a farmer refusing to register a livestock premises.

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Related Topix: Balsam Lake, WI

Wed Oct 21, 2009

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Doyle backs taking DNA sample when suspects are arrested

Gov. Jim Doyle threw his support behind a bill Wednesday that would require people to submit a DNA sample when arrested on felonies, rather than when convicted.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Balsam Lake, WI, Milwaukee, WI

Sun Oct 18, 2009

TwinCities.com

Where is Rose Marie Bly? The young St. Croix Falls, Wis., mother...

One night in August, Rose Marie Bly disappeared. Her mother said the St. Croix Falls, Wis., woman, who disappeared less than a month before her 22nd birthday, is a loving mother who would never leave her two young children, and police say no one they have talked to has said otherwise.

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Related Topix: St. Croix Falls, WI, Grantsburg, WI, Cushing, WI

Sat Sep 12, 2009

St. Paul Pioneer Press

Husband of missing St. Croix Falls, Wis., woman files for divorce

The husband of Rose Marie Bly, a St. Croix Falls, Wis., mother of two who has been missing for three weeks, has filed for divorce.

159 comments

Related Topix: St. Croix Falls, WI, Cushing, WI

Thu Sep 10, 2009

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal

Trooper to be honored in Capitol ceremony

The Wisconsin State Patrol will honor a trooper killed earlier this year. The patrol plans to give Jorge Dimas' family a posthumous Purple Heart during a ceremony this afternoon at the state Capitol.

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Wed Sep 09, 2009

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Trooper to be honored in Capitol ceremony

The Wisconsin State Patrol will honor a trooper killed earlier this year. The patrol plans to give Jorge Dimas' family a posthumous Purple Heart during a ceremony this afternoon at the state Capitol.

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Thu Sep 03, 2009

Kanabec County Times Online

Business manager implicated in tractor theft ring

A 34-year-old Somerset resident and Osceola area business manager was arrested Tuesday in connection with a series of lawn and farm equipment thefts that spanned throughout western Wisconsin and eastern Minnesota.

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Related Topix: Osceola, WI, Somerset, WI, Prison, Burnett County, WI

Z100 Radio

Man Pinned Between Vehicles

A man is dead after an accident in Polk County. Sheriff's officials say 37-year old Travis Webb of Luck was helping his wife jumpstart her car along a town road near Cushing.

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Related Topix: Luck, WI, Cushing, WI, St. Croix Falls, WI

Tue Sep 01, 2009

WEAU-TV Eau Claire

Man hit and killed as he helped jump a stalled vehicle

A Polk County man was killed over the weekend as he tried to assist his wife with a vehicle.

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Related Topix: Luck, WI

Mon Aug 31, 2009

The Burnett Co. Sentinel

Luck man killed while jump-starting a vehicle

A Luck area man was killed last Saturday as he was attempting to jump start a vehicle near Evergreen Avenue near 260th Street in Sterling Township.

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Related Topix: St. Croix Falls, WI

Sun Aug 30, 2009

WEAU-TV Eau Claire

Deputies find 750 marijuana plants

Deputies are looking for information after they found about 750 small marijuana plants in Polk County.

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Related Topix: Amery, WI

Fri Aug 28, 2009

KSAX

No New Leads in Search for Missing Wis. Woman

There are no new leads in the search for a missing Polk County, Wisconsin woman.

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Related Topix: St. Croix Falls, WI, Grantsburg, WI

Wed Aug 26, 2009

TwinCities.com

Police seek help in finding missing St. Croix Falls woman

Authorities in Polk County, Wis., are seeking the public's help in locating a 21-year-old mother of two who went missing Friday night.

33 comments

Related Topix: St. Croix Falls, WI, Cushing, WI, Opinion

Rivertowns.net

St. Croix County property values slide

St. Croix County has become accustomed to being a leader in Wisconsin. Usually, it's for population growth and median family income.

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Related Topix: St Croix County, WI, Pierce County, WI

Thu Aug 13, 2009

TwinCities.com

Driver is charged in fatal crash

Christopher M. Lyman Charges have been filed in an alleged hit-and-run accident that left a 24-year-old Minneapolis motorcyclist dead in Polk County, Wis., over the weekend.

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Related Topix: Amery, WI, St. Croix Falls, WI, Opinion

Wed Aug 12, 2009

The Burnett Co. Sentinel

Polk County man indicted on federal meth charge

A federal grand jury in Madison has indicted a 54-year-old rural Amery area man on methamphetamines charges.

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Related Topix: Amery, WI, Luck, WI, Cushing, WI

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