Around Town
BOWLING SIGN-UP: If you plan on bowling in a junior league at Silver Lake Lanes, the deadline to register is Saturday, Sept. 12. On that date, you can register at the alley from 9 a.m.-noon. Leagues start Friday, Sept. 18.
GLACIER WOOD GOLF CLUB in Iola will host the Stevens Point Fire Fighters’ inaugural Charity Golf Fundraiser on Friday, Aug. 28. The 18-hole scramble features dinner and raffles, with proceeds funding over 400 new winter jackets for the Operation Warm campaign.
WINNER: The Marcus Heger Family wins the Cones drawing at Cones for Cops. Congratulations!
Job Opportunities
COMMUNITY INSURANCE: Full-time Customer Service Insurance Agent in Waupaca office. Training provided. Benefits and career development. For full details and application, go here.
SANDBUR GENERAL STORE: Customer Clerk wanted, must be dependable, punctual, ambitious, and friendly. Must be 18 years of age with dependable transportation. Shift 1-10 p.m. but some mornings 5/6 a.m. to 1 p.m. Stop in for an application.
Around the County
WAUPACA — The Waupaca Common Council has passed a strict new sex offender residency ordinance. The law blocks new registered offenders from living within 1,000 feet of schools and parks, while grandfathering in the city’s 40 current resident offenders. A new five-member citizen board will handle appeals. (Source: WBAY)
CLINTONVILLE — The Clintonville School Board approved slashing the cost of high school student parking passes in half for the upcoming academic year. The annual student parking fee drops from $40 to $20 to ease financial burdens on local families. (Source: WAOW 9)
Around the State
Here are the top overnight news stories from across Wisconsin:
MILWAUKEE — A 39-year-old person died, and a 33-year-old person was injured Friday following an early morning double shooting. Milwaukee police officers responded to the scene at North 26th Street and West Walnut Avenue around 3:43 a.m. after a suspect inside a vehicle fired multiple rounds at the victims.
(Source: CBS 58)
GREEN BAY — Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs was criminally charged Thursday in connection with a domestic incident involving his former girlfriend in late May. Local prosecutors stated they obtained a portion of video footage documenting the altercation. The NFL is investigating the episode under its personal conduct policy.
(Source: FOX6)
BARABOO — A 23-year-old man was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries Wednesday night after being shot in the head during an attempted armed robbery on Fourth Avenue. Baraboo police officials reported the victim had arranged a meeting with individuals for a suspected drug transaction when two masked suspects fired.
(Source: Channel 3000 / WISC-TV)
MADISON — Madison police officers arrested a male suspect Friday morning in connection with a series of recent gas station robberies across the city. Investigators tracking the individual reported that he tried to escape the scene using a rideshare vehicle before law enforcement officers apprehended him. (Source: WMTV)
Today in History
Here are 10 notable moments from Today in History:
1789 — BRITISH ASTRONOMER William Herschel discovered Enceladus, a major moon of Saturn, using his newly completed 40-foot reflecting telescope in England. The discovery significantly advanced the scientific understanding of the solar system’s planetary satellites.
1833 — THE SLAVERY Abolition Act received royal assent, paving the way for the eradication of slavery throughout most of the British Empire. The landmark legislation went into effect the following year, initially establishing an apprenticeship system before full emancipation was achieved.
1845 — THE FIRST issue of Scientific American was published as a four-page weekly newspaper by inventor Rufus Porter. The publication, which initially focused on reports from the U.S. Patent Office, eventually became the oldest continuously published monthly magazine in the United States.
1937 — JAPANESE MULTINATIONAL automotive manufacturer Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. was officially established as an independent company. Spun off from Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, the firm went on to become one of the largest automobile manufacturers in the world.
1955 — EMMETT TILL, a 14-year-old African American boy from Chicago, was brutally abducted and murdered in Money, Mississippi, after allegedly whistling at a white woman. His death and his mother’s open-casket funeral galvanized the American civil rights movement.
1963 — CIVIL RIGHTS leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech before a crowd of 250,000 people at the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington. The address became a defining moment in American history.
1975 — AMERICAN ROCK band Aerosmith released the hit single “Walk This Way” from their Toys in the Attic album. The track reached the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and later revitalized their career through a 1986 rap-rock collaboration with Run-DMC.
1982 — ROCK BAND Survivor held the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for a sixth and final consecutive week with their anthem “Eye of the Tiger”. The song served as the theme for the hit film “Rocky III.”
1993 — NASA’S GALILEO spacecraft completed a close flyby of asteroid 243 Ida while en route to Jupiter. The encounter marked a major milestone in space exploration when images later confirmed the first discovery of a moon orbiting an asteroid.
2005 — HURRICANE KATRINA strengthened into a Category 5 storm over the Gulf of Mexico, prompting New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin to order a mandatory evacuation. The massive storm made landfall the next day, causing catastrophic damage across the Gulf Coast.
