Lois Ireland Zwettler, artist whose paintings captured Wisconsin, dies of COVID at 92 March 1, 2021 6:32pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Her paintings had a sense of authenticity, art critics said, capturing the farmlands and lives of people with an empathy that comes from being one of them, and an appreciation of color and an eye for detail that seemed almost intuitive.
Lois Ireland Zwettler was largely self-taught and painted her corner of the world central Wisconsin beginning in the late 1940s. Her work drew the attention of one of the nation s most celebrated American scene painters, John Steuart Curry, who was the artist-in-residence at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.
Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on China
80th pre-session
Attacks on women’s rights activists including in the context of the #MeToo movement (Articles 1, 2, 3, and 7)
Two years after the #MeToo movement took off in China, Chinese women’s rights activists face a political environment in which the Chinese Communist Party’s control over the internet, media, and independent activism is tighter than the previous 30 years.[1] Since the Chinese government prohibits collective actions, the country’s #MeToo movement has not been able to manifest in mass street protests. But individuals who have suffered abuse have taken their cases to court, demonstrating extraordinary determination and resilience.
Prosecutor says Pine County sheriff s deputy was justified in a shooting death on Interstate 35 Pine County attorney says deputy s use of deadly force warranted but accounts differ. February 5, 2021 9:13pm Text size Copy shortlink:
A Pine County sheriff s deputy was legally justified in fatally shooting a 25-year-old man on Interstate 35 at the conclusion of a vehicle chase that began on local roads, the county attorney said Friday.
Anthony Legato of Oak Park Heights was shot Oct. 9 while accelerating into oncoming traffic, Pine County Attorney Reese Frederickson wrote in a 13-page memorandum. Afterward, Legato stepped out of his vehicle, collapsed and died at the scene. He had guns in his vehicle but did not fire at officers.