7/25/2024

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — People fishing in Wisconsin will soon be able to carry firearms after a rule banning them was rescinded by the state following a lawsuit brought by gun rights advocates challenging it. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources agreed in an order released yesterday to rescind the rule barring anglers from carrying firearms. The lawsuit challenging the ban as a violation of the constitutional right to bear arms was brought by the conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty. The DNR agreed to rescind the rule, enacted in 1999, as soon as possible and both sides submitted a joint motion to dismiss the lawsuit.

7/25/2024

MERCER - A Nicolet College student from Mercer made an impressive achievement at a national leadership conference in Atlanta.  Axel Jacobs of Mercer won gold at the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference in the barbering competition in June.  There were more than 6,000 students competing in the conference.  Winning gold makes Jacobs eligible to compete in the WorldSkills Competition in Shanghai in 2026.

7/24/2024

HOUGHTON COUNTY - A 22-year-old man who was identified by the City of Hancock Police Department as the suspect who vandalized property and ran over an 80-year-old man with an ATV over the weekend has been found dead.  The Houghton County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched yesterday to an address on Samson Street in Quincy Township in Houghton County.  According to a press release from the sheriff’s office, Hancock police received a message from an individual at that address who said they wanted to confess to a crime involving an ATV driver within the last 24 hours and asked authorities to “send someone to pick me up.”  When responders arrived on the scene, they discovered the man dead, the cause of which appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.  On Sunday, the Hancock Police Department responded to three different incidents, in one case the subject was driving an ATV allegedly drove into a yard, running over an 80-year-old male who was posting a political sign.    The victim was transported to the hospital with serious injuries and remains in critical condition.  The name of the suspect hasn’t been released.