9/9/2024

N. WISCONSIN - Wisconsin health officials have initiated a recall of eggs following an outbreak of salmonella infections among 65 people in nine states that originated on a Wisconsin farm. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services said Friday that among those infected by salmonella are 42 people in Wisconsin, where the eggs are believed to have been sold. The department says the eggs were distributed in Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan through retail stores and food service distributors.  Symptoms include diarrhea, abdominal pain, fever and vomiting lasting for several days.

9/6/2024

MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP) — Two brothers from Nigeria have been sentenced to 17 1/2 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to sexually extorting teenage boys and young men across the U.S., including 17-year-old Jordan DeMay from Marquette who took his own life. A federal judge sentenced 24-year-old Samuel Ogoshi and 21-year-old Samson Ogoshi on Thursday after hearing emotional testimony from the parents and stepmother of Jordan DeMay. DeMay was 17 when he killed himself at his family’s home in Marquette, Michigan. The Ogoshis were accused of running an international sextortion ring from Nigeria in which they posed as a woman and extorted their victims after convincing them to send naked pictures.

9/6/2024

ASHLAND - An Ashland man has pleaded guilty to two counts of criminal damage to property, one as party to a crime and one count of removing a vehicle’s major parts without consent. Mason Schevlan, 24, had four additional charges of criminal damage to property that were dismissed as part of the plea. The charges relate to a number of catalytic converter thefts in late 2022. In return for the plea deal, Schevlan admitted to stealing not only converters, but also admitted to stealing money from donation boxes and cash tubes. Schevlan’s partner in the thefts, Russell Claremboux, 23, of Superior is scheduled to appear in court possibly next week. Bayfield County Circuit Court Judge John P. Anderson sentenced Schevlan to 6 months in jail and a year of probation.