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Jan 7, 2021 10:26 PM
TOWN OF FORT WINNEBAGO, Wis. A 15-year-old Portage boy was taken into custody Wednesday after he reportedly threatened to bring a firearm to school and harm another student, according to a news release from the Columbia County Sheriffs’ Office.
The Columbia Marquette Adolescent Needs School in the town of Fort Winnebago reached out to deputies after school officials learned of a “threat to bodily harm” that was made by one student to another.
Deputies found out through an investigation that several students were using a group chat on a social media app. A parent of one of the students called the content in the chat inappropriate and pointed it out to the other students.
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TOWN OF FORT WINNEBAGO, Wis. A 15-year-old Portage boy was taken into custody Wednesday after he reportedly threatened to bring a firearm to school and harm another student, according to a news release from the Columbia County Sheriffs’ Office.
The Columbia Marquette Adolescent Needs School in the town of Fort Winnebago reached out to deputies after school officials learned of a “threat to bodily harm” that was made by one student to another.
Deputies found out through an investigation that several students were using a group chat on a social media app. A parent of one of the students called the content in the chat inappropriate and pointed it out to the other students.
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Magnolia Regional Medical Center personnel received Wednesday the first 50-person batch of COVID-19 vaccine, hours before Gov. Asa Hutchinson pronounced the stateâs most grim day since he declared a public health emergency on March 11.
MRMC spokeswoman Karen Weido said the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine arrived about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday. It was delivered by Michael Butler, pharmacist and owner of Village Health Mart in Hot Springs Village.
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April 6
6 p.m. Public Safety Facility In-Person Community Meeting
The current St. Helens Police station, left, and a conceptual drawing on the right of what the new public safety facility could look like. Photo / Jeremy C. Ruark - The Chronicle
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April 10
April 10
Scappoose Bay Watershed Council’s Native Plant Sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the SBWC nursery, located behind Scappoose High School. For more information, see www.scappoosebay-wc.org/nursery-sales/.