La Crosse - Three years ago, La Crosse County won a national award that local leaders could use for any project aimed at improving health. Instead of providing free flu shots or eye exams, organizers put the $10,000 toward something else: Working with two schools to stabilize families on the brink of enrolling their children elsewhere. It was a small amount of money, but the move was significant. Across the country, few districts are focused directly on stemming student turnover. Even fewer are addressing it as a community health issue. But the results in La Crosse yielded few comforting takeaways. Families were impoverished or homeless. Parents struggled with addiction. Children landed in emergency shelters or foster care. “Dealing with student mobility is like trying to fix bad health habits,” said Catherine Kolkmeier, executive director of the La Crosse Medical Health Science Consortium. “It’s like telling someone who’s massively stressed not … [Read more...] about A Wisconsin city tackled school turnover like a health crisis. Things didn’t go as planned.
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Jayme Closs Missing: Wisconsin Teenage Girl Possibly Spotted in Miami After Parents Found Dead in Home
U.S. Barron County, Wisconsin, police officers are still searching for 13-year-old Jayme Closs, who was deemed missing after officers found both of her parents dead in their home. Originally without any leads, police may have received a viable tip that she was spotted in Miami. The Miami Police Department tweeted that Jayme, who went missing early Monday morning, may have been seen later that afternoon in the area of Northwest 27th Ave and 11th Street in Miami. If it was her, the police department explained she was in a Black Ford Explorer that possibly had the Wisconsin license plate numbered I60WER. Jayme Closs, a 13-year-old girl who was deemed missing after her parents were found deceased in their home, was possibly spotted in Miami on Monday afternoon. Google Maps Barron County Sheriff’s Department officers responded to a call shortly before 1:00 a.m. CDT on Monday and found two people - 56-year-old James Closs and 46-year-old Denise Closs – deceased. … [Read more...] about Jayme Closs Missing: Wisconsin Teenage Girl Possibly Spotted in Miami After Parents Found Dead in Home
Will This Lake Geneva Mansion Be Wisconsin’s Most Expensive House Sale—Ever?
This Colonial-style property in Lake Geneva listed for $14.5 million could—if sold at asking—be Wisconsin’s most expensive home sale in history. Kristine Hansen, provided by Published 2:35 pm PDT, Tuesday, October 16, 2018 Photo: Realtor.com Photo: Realtor.com Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 Photo: Realtor.com Will This Lake Geneva Mansion Be Wisconsin’s Most Expensive House Sale—Ever? 1 / 1 Back to Gallery The tiny town of Lake Geneva (pop. 7,821), an hour north of Chicago and just over the Wisconsin line, is often dubbed "the Newport of the Midwest." Stately homes linked to the Wrigleys, the Searses, and other prominent Midwestern families encircle the lake’s shoreline. … [Read more...] about Will This Lake Geneva Mansion Be Wisconsin’s Most Expensive House Sale—Ever?
Sheriff: Tip on Fla. Sighting of Missing Wisconsin Girl ‘Not Credible’
A tip that a Wisconsin girl, who is the subject of an Amber Alert after her parents were found dead in their home this week, may have been seen in Florida is "not credible," according to the Barron County Sheriff's Department, which is leading the search for the missing teen. A girl resembling 13-year-old Jayme Closs was spotted at a gas station in south Florida on Monday afternoon, according to a tip Miami police say they received. Fitzgerald said authorities looked into the tip, but by Tuesday afternoon, they concluded the information was not credible. He said Miami police did not check with Wisconsin authorities before tweeting information about the tip and reminded the public that updates would come from the sheriff's department. "If we think it's key to the case where we need the public's help, we will disseminate that information," he said. Miami is about 1,700 miles south of Barron. Surveillance video obtained by a local news station showed footage … [Read more...] about Sheriff: Tip on Fla. Sighting of Missing Wisconsin Girl ‘Not Credible’
Wisconsin fans hate Fox’s Joe Buck, even when he’s calling baseball
Scott Venci Green Bay Press-Gazette Published 6:26 PM EDT Oct 16, 2018 Whether it’s football or baseball, doesn’t matter. Everyone hates Joe Buck. For years, Green Bay Packers fans have endured the famed play-by-play announcer’s seemingly biased musings. Milwaukee Brewers fans have been able to avoid him. Until now. With the team in the National League Championship Series, Wisconsin sports fans are being force fed another helping of Buck. But at least with social media, everyone can share each other’s pain this week. “My disdain for Joe Buck is in full force,” a user named Crystal Hayes wrote on Twitter. “One out and mute.” A three-hour game could be played out in the time it would take to read the pages and pages of anti-Buck comments on Twitter, Facebook or even Instagram. None of this is news to Buck, of course. "It's kind of the world I live in," Buck said on a podcast before the Chicago Cubs played the Cleveland Indians … [Read more...] about Wisconsin fans hate Fox’s Joe Buck, even when he’s calling baseball