• WED., JANUARY 21, 2015 • VOLUME 82 • NO. 23 • 2 SECTIONS The best of chili chefs
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RICE LAKE - Two registered sex offenders who removed their GPS tracking devices are at large and being sought by authorities. The Wisconsin Department of Corrections received a “tamper alertâ€? at 10:41 a.m. Tuesday morning, Jan. 20, from the GPS device assigned to Steward Eagleman, 35, who lives on West Slocumb Street in Rice Lake. While investigating Eagleman’s disappearance authorities learned that a second offender - William Hollen, 30, may be with Eagleman and is also believed to have removed his GPS device. Eagleman was Hollen and Eagleman convicted of a second-degree sexual assault of a child in 2001, in addition to other crimes. Felony arrest warrants for both men have been issued and anyone with information is asked to call 911. - submitted ••• STATEWIDE - 2IĂ€FLDOV ZLWK WKH :LVFRQVLQ 'HSDUWPHQW RI 1DWXUDO 5HVRXUFHV DUH DVNLQJ Ă€VKHUPHQ DQG RWKHU ZLQWHU VSRUWV HQWKXVLDVWV WR FKHFN ORFDO FRQGLWLRQV EHfore heading out on the ice. Mostly because of the sheer number and differing sizes of :LVFRQVLQ¡V ODNHV DQG ULYHUV '15 RIĂ€FLDOV GRQ¡W PRQLWRU RU JLYH LQIRUPDWLRQ RQ ORFDO conditions. April Dombrowski, the safety section chief with the DNR’s Bureau of Law (QIRUFHPHQW VDLG LW¡V EHVW WR FDOO D ORFDO Ă€VKLQJ FOXE VQRZPRELOHUV JURXS RU EDLW VKRS before going out on the ice. “If they’re venturing into a community, just trying to touch base at that local connection, that’s going to be their most accurate information,â€? she said. - Patty Murray | WPR News ••• ST. CROIX FALLS - The third-annual Million March Against Child Abuse will WDNH SODFH 6DWXUGD\ $SULO IURP QRRQ WR S P LQ 6W &URL[ )DOOV DW 7KH 2YHUlook on Main Street, across from Festival Theatre. “We are marching to raise awareness, educate and to call for stiffer punishments and tougher sentencing for anyone who harms a child,â€? notes Penny Johnson, lead coordinator of the event and Survivor/Can advocate. MMACA is a nonpartisan, grassroots, nationwide effort to raise awareness of the magnitude of child abuse, to educate the masses, and ask lawmakers for tougher sentencing in violent crimes against our nation’s children. See full story elsewhere in this issue. with submitted information
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