Probation ordered in Chippewa Falls kidnapping case
CHIPPEWA FALLS — A woman who abducted her two children from their father's home in August was sentenced Wednesday to three years of probation. Michelle A. Siegert, 30, 104 Well St., Chippewa Falls, pleaded guilty in Chippewa County Court to identity theft, possession of methamphetamine and … Read More
Around Town Briefs 3/29/18
SPEAKER: Mental health speaker Kevin Hines will speak at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the North Hall Auditorium at UW-River Falls. The event is free and open to the public. Hines is one of 34 people to have jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco in an attempt to …
The Latest: Neighbors reported family before cliff crash
A Washington state couple who lived next door to a family whose SUV plunged off a California cliff say they called authorities because they were concerned that one of the children was going hungry. Bruce and Dana DeKalb said Wednesday that they called child welfare officials Friday after becoming … Read …
Strategic plan for Worcester schools nearing completion
WORCESTER – The group putting together the city schools' next long-term strategic plan say the document should finally be ready for public view in a few weeks. Timothy McGourthy, executive director of the Worcester Regional Research Bureau, which along with the Worcester Education Collaborative … Read More
Battle of the Somme telegram discovered in former newspaper’s workshop a century after it was sent
A 100-year-old telegram which details one of the bloodiest battles of World War I has been found in regional South Australia. The hand-written transcript details the Battle of the Somme from the battlefront and was sent on March 28, 1918, to the Petersburg Times newspaper at Peterborough, in South … Read …
Adrian Police respond to shots fired
In speaking with The Daily Telegram, one witness, a man who lives along Lansing Street and wanted to remain anonymous for safety reasons, said he heard the shots fired while working outdoors and observed a man running down East Oak Street, firing a handgun in the direction of a pickup …
‘We’re making the postseason. No question.’ With Rangers, there might be a few
Barring something falling from the sky — besides the Tuesday rains that washed out Globe Life Park — and hitting him on the head or hamstring or calf, Adrian Beltre will be on the Texas Rangers' Opening Day roster. That's a vast improvement from where he and they were a …
Sheila E. to headline 35th annual Long Beach Pride Festival
Percussionist and singer Sheila E., shown here in 2014, is headlining the two-day Long Beach Pride Festival. (Anibal Ortiz, File Photo). By Richard Guzman | riguzman@scng.com | Press Telegram. PUBLISHED: March 28, 2018 at 2:45 pm | UPDATED: March 28, 2018 at 2:52 pm. Sheila E. is bringing … Read More
Tokyo Olympic CEO promises clean games for Japan
A Tokyo Olympic official promised a clean games on Wednesday, pledging to improve water quality in the venue for marathon swimming and triathlon, and to ban four large Japanese construction companies that have been charged with colluding on bids. Toshiro Muto, the CEO of the organizing … Read More
Microsoft is removing Telegram app Unigram from the Store because reasons
Microsoft's ever-evolving store policies are about to claim another beloved third-party Windows App — Unigram. The developer for Unigram was met with a nasty surprise today, warning him that his app was at risk of being removed from the Microsoft Store due to not being published by a company or … …