Retired Wausau officer remembered as “bridge builder”
He was hired by the Wausau Police Department in 1995. One of the department’s first Hmong officers, he’s credited with being a bridge builder. A Wausau police captain said Yang added far more value. “I really hope Pao is remembered as not just one of the …
Hmong officer retires from Wausau Police Department
Wausau Police Officer Pao Yang hung up his badge this week. Yang, one of the city’s first Hmong officers, has served the department as a patrol officer since 1995. His fellow officers said he played a crucial role in connecting the station with the Hmong …
Nation’s second Hmong-American judge is elected in Milwaukee County
Nation’s second Hmong-American judge is elected in Milwaukee County Kashoua “Kristy” Yang defeated Fox Point lawyer Scott Wales, becoming only second Hmong-American jurist in country Check out this story on jsonline.com: https://jsonl.in/2nVlwaK
Endorsement: Vote Scott Wales for Milwaukee Circuit Court, Branch 47
Yang, who is Hmong, came to the United States with her family as a refugee at the age of six. The only English phrase she knew was “Pepsi please.” Her family struggled against great odds to achieve the American dream. As a kid in Sheboygan, she picked …
Barrels of Crude Oil Spilled in Pipeline Incidents in the US
MADISON, Wis. — The husband of one of four people killed in a string of shootings by a suspect who is Hmong urged community members not to “get caught up in colors” in reacting to the attack. Trump omits Iraq from new version of travel ban WASHINGTON …
Shooter’s wife speaks about Marathon Co. rampage
The fund is set up at Wells Fargo under the name — Wausau March 22, 2017. The account number is: 3982010682 The money will be presented to the Wausau Area Hmong Association next month and will be given to the families who were affected by the tragedy.
An Unassimilated Hmong Writes VDARE.com About The Latest Hmong Atrocity
Only Hmong people does the following thing and no whites have done them at all. Again, James never heard of the mass shooting by whites I guess James think the killer in Milwaukee that murder a Hmong couples and a Spanish person is a HERO, since he yelled …
Teen driver who struck government building also involved in crash at high school, police believe
Police know his identity, though he had not been arrested as of Wednesday morning. Hmong Village and an unlicensed tree trimmer are in hot water after 104 trees cut down in St. Paul Deal with Milwaukee developer could move Midway soccer stadium ahead …
California Dreaming: Chukou Thao, Hmong Farmer
What, for you, does California represent? California is the melting pot of all ethnicities, all diversity, all cultures. And it starts at the roots of those groups of people through agriculture. We moved out to California from Madison, Wisconsin, years ago …
Schein, Vue: Profiling: not on the street, but in court
Fast forward from 1995 to October 2016. A Wausau, Wis., courtroom. White judge. A Hmong American youth being sentenced for reckless homicide. No one questions whether he did it. Dylan Yang was 15 years old when the confrontation that resulted in the tragic …
Devin Nunes’ hot seat. John Wallace tributes. ‘I wuv you, robot.’ Your Morning Scoop
It’s easy. • Reporter Rory Appleton tells us about the first day of a high-profile civil trial in which a Fresno Unified teacher says the district failed to protect her against sexually explicit allegations by a Hmong radio host. • Barack Obama’s …
‘Possibly … erratic driver’ strikes government building in St. Paul, police say
Officers found minor damage to the building, Ernster said. A light pole was also damaged. Hmong Village and an unlicensed tree trimmer are in hot water after 104 trees cut down in St. Paul Deal with Milwaukee developer could move Midway soccer stadium …
Speaker to La Crosse anti-hate rally: Presidential campaign unleashed torrents of bias
A case in Rochester, Minn., in which a gang calling itself the “All-American Boys” pummeled a young Hmong resident almost to death. A Wisconsin student who bragged of displaying a Confederate flag and said, “I’m proud to be racist and white.
Two Asian Americans Pushing to Break the Bamboo Ceiling
36-year-old Kashoua “Kristy” Yang is in contention to be the first Hmong American woman to be elected judge in the United States. She’s running in Wisconsin against Scott Wales, 55, a lawyer and part time judge who has the backing of many in the …
Nation’s first female Hmong-American judge could be elected in Milwaukee County
Nation’s first female Hmong-American judge could be elected in Milwaukee County Is it time for Milwaukee County to elect the nation’s first female Hmong-American judge, or will voters go with a mainstream candidate with more trial experience and a longer …
Yang seeks to become the first Hmong woman judge in U.S.
Kashoua “Kristy” Yang, an attorney in Wisconsin, is currently campaigning to be a Milwaukee County circuit court judge ahead of the April 4 election. If elected, Yang would become the first female Hmong judge in the country and only the second judge of …
New details emerge after shooting rampage kills 4 in Wisconsin
And Vang’s Hmong ethnicity has reawakened racial tensions in Wisconsin, a state that houses one of the largest Hmong communities in the country but has struggled to welcome it for decades. Animosity has occasionally flared between the white population in …
‘This rain just hides the tears’: After shooting rampage kills 4, Wisconsin mourns
And Vang’s Hmong ethnicity has reawakened racial tensions in Wisconsin, a state that houses one of the largest Hmong communities in the country but has struggled to welcome it for decades. Animosity has occasionally flared between the white population in …
