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Wednesday, January 7, 2015 Vol. 126, No. 21 • Shell Lake, Wis.
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• Washburn County Food Distribution @ Spooner • Jack Frost celebration @ Spooner • See calendar on page 12 for details
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Jan. 7, 2015
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Bank donates to arts center Page 16
Vintage Wisconsin: Iceskating for fun, fashion Page 16
While the temps hung in the single digits, that did not dampen the spirits of the children who were too busy catching fish to worry about the weather during the ninth-annual Youth Ice-Fishing Funday on Tuesday, Dec. 30, sponsored by Rick and Barb Anderson, owners of AAA Sports. Lilly Fogelberg caught this nice northern with the help and support of her friends, Emma Kauffman, Tayler Warner and Lexi Kauffman. More photos on page 2. – Photo by Larry Samson
Winning streak comes to an end Page 9
BREAKERS
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MADISON – Romaine Quinn, the 75th District’s new state representative, took the oath of office Monday, Jan. 5. He was sworn in as a member of the Assembly in a ceremony held in the Assembly chambers. He said he’s excited to get to work improving the quality of life in northwestern Wisconsin. “Tourism is vital to the 75th Assembly District and I am committed to ensuring the continued success of tourism in the area. Voters are also depending on me to invest in worker training and strengthen education while holding the line on spending,” commented Quinn. Rep. Quinn will serve as vice chair of the Assembly Committee Rep. Romaine Quinn on Aging and Long Term Care and the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources and Sporting Heritage. He will also serve as a member of the colleges and universities, education, mining and rural development, and urban and local affairs committees. “My experience in municipal government will serve my constituents well. I look forward to putting those skills to work and am excited to join my 62 colleagues in the largest GOP Assembly majority since 1957,” concluded Quinn. The representative’s office is located at 7 West in the Wisconsin State Capitol. He can be reached at 608-2662519 or Rep.Quinn@legis.wisconsin.gov. - from the office of Rep. Quinn
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The how and where of Common Core in Washburn County
No formal adoption yet among county schools, but standards being used as benchmarks
Danielle H. Moe | Staff writer SHELL LAKE — Malcolm X, the human rights activist, once said, “Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.” Ensuring today’s young minds are prepared for their future is a responsibility shouldered by parents, educators and school administrators alike. Acknowledging that there was a need for more rigorous and clear standards that were
aligned to postsecondary and workforce expectations, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction began to examine the need for updating Wisconsin’s Model Academic Standards as early as 2006. But findings from the landmark report, A Nation at Risk, published in 1983, initiated what would become Common Core State Standards, new academic standards in English language arts and math. While the standards establish what students need to learn, they do not dictate how teachers should teach, and are not a curriculum. Local teachers, principals, superintendents and others decide how the standards will be achieved. The Wisconsin Department of Public In-
See Common Core, page 3
Man charged with attempted homicide, OWI with children in vehicle Facebook post helps authorities find suspect
MINONG — A 36-year-old Minong man was booked into the Washburn County Jail after being arrested without incident in the village of Minong. On Saturday, Jan. 3, at 3:30 a.m., Washburn County dispatch received a 911 call of a person being shot and lying in the road on CTH I and Rice Lake Road in the Town of Minong. Deputies responded to the scene. According to a press release by Sheriff Terry Dryden, it was quickly determined that no one was shot and lying on the road. Preliminary investigation revealed, however, a significant altercation occurred between two males in the same vicinity. Shots were fired but no one was hit. The altercation and assault resulted in the medical transport of the victim, once located, to the Spooner hospital by Minong ambulance. The suspect fled the scene with his two minor children. After a search of the area by deputies, Douglas County deputies, Wisconsin DNR and their
aircraft, and along with a Facebook post, the suspect, Terry Kiefer, was located and arrested without incident in the village of Minong. The two children were in the vehicle at the time of his arrest and were on injured. Kiefer was booked into the Washburn County Jail on felony reckless endangering safety by use of a firearm; felony attempted second-degree homicide, possession of a firearm by a felon, felony battery and felony operating while intoxicated with children under the age of 16, domestic abuse and potentially child abuse. Within minutes, after Dryden posted on Facebook about this incident and that the sheriff’s office was looking for Kiefer, dispatch received a call from two individuals that said Kiefer was at the Victory Lane gas station in the village of Minong. Deputies quickly apprehended Kiefer. The calls from these two individuals were a direct result of the Facebook post. Kiefer was scheduled to appear in court sometime Monday, Jan. 5, for a bail hearing. No other information will be released until the sheriff’s office has finished their investigation. — with information from the Washburn County Sheriff’s Office
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