Wednesday Dec 16 | This Week Community News
Engagement Fay, Wells to marry
Kelley Fay, daughter of Jack and Martha Fay of Eau Claire, Wis., and Andrew Wells, son of Robert and Melinda Wells of Dresser, Wis., have announced their engagement.
Optimism boosted as jobless rate dips below 10%
The nation's economy last month shed the fewest jobs since the downturn began nearly two years ago while the unemployment rate dipped to 10% from 10.2% in October.
Waupun teen involved in fatal crash
TOWN OF BALSAM LAKE - A 17-year-old Waupun boy was injured in a rollover crash that killed a 16-year-old Dresser teen Friday in Polk County.
Polk County / Teen dies, another injured in rollover
A 16-year-old Dresser, Wis., teen died Friday in a single-vehicle accident that is being investigated by the Polk County sheriff's office.
Young girl dead after car accident in Deer Lake
Deputies say a young girl is dead after the car she was riding in swerved and rolled over into a ditch.
Hudson Armored Car Robber Sentenced
A western Wisconsin man is sentenced for robbing an armored car at a Hudson bank of nearly a quarter-million dollars.
Man will be sentenced Friday for Hudson armed robbery
A Wisconsin man will be sentenced Friday for robbing an armored bank vehicle in Hudson, a day after he shot and wounded a woman in Minnesota and stole another person's mini-van before burning that vehicle.
The Minneapolis-St. Paul Pioneer Press
Wiegand pleads to robbery, arson in second half of two-state crime spree
Zachary Wiegand, the man police say robbed security guards at a Hudson, Wis., bank the day after shooting a woman four times and stealing another woman's vehicle, reached a plea agreement with prosecutors Monday.
Henry Deppe died of injuries received when he was struck by a Northwestern passenger train.
Businesses react to this week's rise in minimum wage
The nation's lowest-paid workers will get a raise Friday when the federal minimum wage climbs 10.7 percent to $7.25 an hour.
Dresser Waukesha to lay off 113 workers
Dresser Waukesha said Tuesday that it intends to lay off 113 production workers after their shifts end Friday, the result of economic conditions that continue to affect the engine manufacturer.