Some people get surprise birthday parties. Ilda Ruth Southey gets surprise weddings.
Twice in her life Southey was surprised with a wedding ceremony on Christmas Eve, both times to Francis Southey.
Her future husband planned their original wedding for Christmas Eve 1942 while he was stationed in Sherman, Texas, awaiting orders to ship off to Europe during [...]

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A law protecting library records’ confidentiality has hamstrung officials pursuing a man who reportedly masturbated among the books at the Neenah Public Library earlier this month. City Attorney James Godlewski said the library can’t turn a surveillance video of the man over to police without a court order.
“That is state law,” Godlewski said Monday. “The [...]

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Brown County Sheriff Dennis Kocken didn’t have to write himself a ticket. But he says it was the right thing to do.
“As sheriff, I’m held to the highest standard in law enforcement. How can I hold officers accountable if I don’t hold myself accountable?” he said. “I’m satisfied I’m doing the right thing.”
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A peeping Tom seen peering into a second-floor window at Matt Edgerton’s apartment fled before Edgerton could catch him, but he left a key piece of evidence behind — his ladder. “The ladder is absolutely in our custody,” said police Lt. Rob Sinden, who is heading the investigation.
Edgerton, 24, said he and a date [...]

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A 20-year-old man received probation after he was convicted of having sexual contact with a dead deer. The sentence also requires Bryan James Hathaway to be evaluated as a sex offender and treated at the Institute for Psychological and Sexual Health in Duluth, Minn.
“The state believes that particular place is the best to provide treatment [...]

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The idea of making rural residents pay $9 a year for a postcard reminder to get their septic systems inspected sounds like a load of you-know-what to some local officials.
The reminder would only be mailed out every three years, which some say raises the fee to $27 per postcard.
“They should not be assessed that $27,” [...]

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A judge imposed $50,000 cash bond Friday for a man accused of cutting off his electronic monitoring bracelet to ride by limousine to Chicago and be on “The Jerry Springer Show.” Defense lawyer Margaret Johnson argued against the high bond, noting that Mario Sims, 21, of Racine, is already being held on $20,000 cash bond [...]

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Attempts to do a movie stunt landed one man in the hospital with burned genitals and another facing criminal charges. The men were trying to do a stunt from one of the “Jackass” movies, in which a character lights his genitals on fire.
Jared W. Anderson, 20, suffered serious burns to his hands and genitals, according [...]

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If only all criminals were this helpful. A 24-year-old man called police to tell them he was trying to break into a church, but he wasn’t having much luck.
Police said the would-be thief’s call prompted them to show up at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, where they found him waiting. The man told them he had [...]

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SHEBOYGAN, Wis. - Too bad nobody told him his fly was down. A 22-year-old man was arrested for drug possession after police found a marijuana pipe and drugs stashed in his underwear.
Police made the arrest after they found the man’s car stuck in a ditch in the Town of Wilson. According to a [...]

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