Marshall Community Services activities

May 23: Stride & Ride Youth Bike Lessons rescheduled dates: May 23, 24, 25. These lessons teach each rider how to move, balance and stop while on a strider bike. With no pedals in the way, the biker’s progression starts with walking the bike to sitting on the seat and eventually taking longer strides. This is a great way to learn how to ride a bike. Strider bikes and helmets are supplied courtesy of the Marshall Community Foundation. These three sessions will be held at the Southview Elementary parking lot.

Summer 2022 registration is now open. View MCS’ online brochure at https://bit.ly/MCSSummer2022 for summer offerings and season passes to the Marshall Aquatic Center.

Marshall Aquatic Center: The MAC is scheduled to open (weather permitting) on Saturday, June 4 at 12:30 p.m.

City Band: City Band returns Wednesday, June 8, at Liberty Park. All concerts will begin at 7 p.m. and will be on Wednesdays (weather permitting) through July 20. Concerts are free of charge.

Garden plot rental: The city of Marshall and Marshall Municipal Utilities offer 60 garden plots for rent ($50) located near the Marshall Water Plant. There are less than 12 plots left for summer 2022.

Bike Share: The city of Marshall Bike Share Program is now open. Reserve your bike by calling (507) 537-6767 or stop in at City Hall (344 W. Main St.) Monday- Friday 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Pick up your bike at either one of the local host locations; The Bike Shop or the Marshall YMCA.

Register online for any of MCS’ offerings at: https://bit.ly/MCS2022Registration.

Wisconsin couple kills bear that attacked them in their home

MEDFORD, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin couple say they killed a bear that attacked them inside their home after they spotted it eating from their bird feeder.

The Taylor County Sheriff’s office said the attack happened around 11 p.m. Friday at a home near Medford in north-central Wisconsin. The couple told authorities that the bear charged through a window after they yelled at it to go away.

Both the husband and wife were injured before they were able to stab the bear with a kitchen knife. Eventually, the man was able to grab a firearm and kill the animal.

The man and woman were treated at a hospital for several bites and other injuries before being released. The couple’s children were asleep in their bedrooms at the time and were not injured.

The sheriff’s office said the bear was an adult female, and one cub was seen running off as the bear ran toward the home. State wildlife officials took the bear for testing. Authorities have not specified what kind of bear it was.

Republicans reject recalling Biden votes, removing Vos

MIDDLETON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans on Saturday rejected calls to rescind the state’s Electoral College votes cast for President Joe Biden and to remove Robin Vos as speaker of the state Assembly.

Delegates at the state party’s annual convention outside of Madison rejected those two resolutions, while adopting nearly four dozen others that include calling for every ballot in the state to be cast on paper and hand-counted on Election Day.

The resolutions become a part of the party’s platform but are nonbinding. Nearly all of the measures would require law changes to take effect.

Some Republican activists are unhappy with the leadership of Vos, particularly over his refusal to decertify Biden’s win. Vos reiterated the impossibility of decertification in his comments at the convention, drawing boos from the crowd.

Just over 36% of delegates voted to approve the resolution calling on Vos to resign or be removed from office. The resolution calling for rescinding Biden’s electors, which numerous attorneys have said is not legally possible, drew support from 40% of delegates.

The other 46 resolutions were approved on a single vote. Those included calling for dissolution of the Republican-created, bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission; imposing the death penalty for people who kill police officers; opposing vaccine mandates; and criminalizing physical treatments for minors who want to transition their gender.

Police arrest woman after 6-year-old son is found in trunk

MOUND (AP) — A 28-year-old woman has been arrested after police found her 6-year-old son’s body in the trunk of her bloodied car in a Minneapolis suburb, authorities and family members said.

Orono police said the woman and a man were arrested on suspicion of murder after the boy’s body was found Friday following a report of a car with a smashed back window driving on a flat tire. When officers stopped the car in Mound they noticed blood inside the vehicle.

Police have not yet released details about the boy or the circumstances of the his death. The man and woman had not been formally charged as of Sunday.

Family members said the boy’s father had been trying to win custody at the time of his death. The boy had been placed back with his mother in December after nearly a year in foster care because she failed to properly care for him.

The boy’s behavior changed after his mother regained custody and family members said he had been misbehaving in school and showing signs of anxiety.

Nikita Kronberg, who was the boy’s foster mother for 11 months, told the Minneapolis Star Tribune that Dakota County social workers “failed this child big-time.” The social worker in charge of the case didn’t immediately respond to messages from the newspaper.

The father’s fiance told the newspaper that the boy was a patient, happy child who loved playing with Matchbox cars and wanted to become a firefighter. He suffered from a rare genetic disorder that caused kidney disease and hearing problems that required hearing aids.

No charges for deputy who killed man at North Dakota school

MOTT, N.D. (AP) — A sheriff’s deputy will not be charged for killing a man inside a small North Dakota public school after the man refused orders to leave the building and fought with the deputy.

The Hettinger County sheriff said prosecutors declined to file charges against the deputy after the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation reviewed the April 21 shooting, according to The Bismarck Tribune. Jeffrie Ray Glover Jr. died after he was shot inside Mott-Regent Public School in the town of Mott in the southwestern corner of the state. There are 242 students enrolled in the district.

“The deputy exercised all de-escalation and lesser-force options before resorting to the firearm discharge,” Sheriff Sarah Warner said in a statement Friday. An administrative review also determined that the unnamed deputy didn’t violate department policies.