The leader of an animal rights movement to shut down a beagle breeding and research facility in Blue Mounds was still in jail Sunday.
- SABINE MARTIN and TEAGAN KING Wisconsin State Journal
Protesters were met with a barricade of hay bales, a manure-filled trench, a barbed-wire fence, tear gas, pepper spray and rubber bullets.
- AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL OWEN ZILIAK, STATE JOURNAL
Over a thousand animal rights activists attempted to storm Ridglan Farms, a beagle farm outside of Blue Mounds, on Saturday, April 18, 2026.
Video provided by Kenzee Dycus, an activist with the Coalition to Save the Ridglan Dogs, of the attempted break-in at Ridglan Farms on April 18, 2026.
Animal rights activists attempt to break into Ridglan Farms beagle breeding and research facility in the town of Blue Mounds on Saturday.
Originally from Madison, Roger Hoffman, who became a citizen of Saint Kitts and Nevisto in 2009 and renounced his U.S. citizenship, was also fined $150,000.
He also was ordered to serve four years of extended supervision
Officers were sent to a residence in the 4000 block of 28th Avenue about 4:13 p.m. April 7 after a report that a 4-year-old had been shot in the leg.
Makoto Kuroda also admitted to another colleague in an email that he’d tried to poison the victim, according to the criminal complaint.
After the suspect shot himself, he was carried out of a marsh to a waiting ambulance and life-saving measures were performed, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
The crash happened about 4:10 p.m. in the 4300 block of Rutland-Dunn Town Line Road, east of the village of Oregon, the Dane County Sheriff's Office reported.
Following an investigation and a confession, a lab employee was arrested.
A 6-year-old girl was found deceased in her bedroom in 2022, and investigators said they observed no foul play. Four years later, a renewed investigation points to a homicide.
Ridglan Farms and the Dane County Sheriff’s office have declined to say how they intend to handle activists planning to take beagles from Ridglan’s town of Blue Mounds facility April 19.
The crash remains under investigation by the Janesville Police Department and the Rock County Medical Examiner’s Department.
He pleaded guilty to homicide by intoxicated use of vehicle in February 2026.
Jury found him not guilty of attempted first-degree intentional homicide.
A railroad worker reported finding an unresponsive man shortly after 10 a.m.
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Kenosha’s compost and brush drop-off site opens April 6, 2026, with free seasonal disposal and curbside compostable collection running April 27 to June 5.
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- Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
Wisconsin DNR finalized a deal to protect 100 acres that will expand Devil’s Lake State Park, enhancing recreation and future Ice Age Trail opportunities.
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Kenosha enforces alternate side parking annually from Dec. 1 to March 31 to help snowplow and emergency vehicles safely clear narrow city streets.
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City of Kenosha honored student winners of its 2026 “I Voted” sticker contest, whose artwork will appear on official stickers for the April 7 Spring Election.
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