“He likes to be round folks,” Tonya Makinye informed Dateline about her son, Ronald. “He loves serving to folks.”
Thirty-four-year-old Ronald Henry was final seen on December 5, 2022, in Platteville, Wisconsin.
Tonya informed Dateline that Ronald grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with seven siblings. “Ronald was my third born,” Tonya mentioned.
“There’s not too many individuals you may discover that in case you requested them about Ronald, that will say dangerous issues,” Tonya informed Dateline “He’s enjoyable to be round.”
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Tonya informed Dateline that Ronald was residing along with her youngest son in Milwaukee. She mentioned she spoke with Ronald on December 3, and every thing appeared regular. “We simply mainly all the time be in contact with one another,” Tonya mentioned. “Simply to see what he was doing and every thing.”
That was the final time Tonya spoke with Ronald.
Tonya informed Dateline that on Thursday, December 1, Ronald took a Greyhound bus to Platteville – about two hours away from Milwaukee – for work. “He did farm work in Platteville and he’s gone there earlier than to try this,” Tonya mentioned. She informed Dateline that Ronald was pals with the folks he labored for and would keep on the farm, too. “These are people who he had identified for years.”
Tonya informed Dateline that Ronald was supposed to go away the farm on December 17 to go again to Milwaukee. However someday within the night of Sunday, December 4, into the early morning hours of December 5, Ronald disappeared.
Based on Tonya, she acquired a apprehensive name from Ronald’s girlfriend, Alicia Bennett, on Wednesday, December 7. “His girlfriend known as me and informed me she hadn’t heard from Ronald ever since Sunday night time,” Tonya mentioned.
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Dateline spoke with Alicia, who mentioned that she had been courting Ronald for seven months. “We really met at our place of business,” Alicia mentioned. “He simply lights up the room when he walks in.”
Alicia mentioned she final spoke along with her boyfriend on December 4. “Our final dialog was sort of like a, ‘Goodnight, I’ll discuss to you tomorrow,’” Alicia mentioned. “He informed me when he had gotten dwelling at midnight after which he mentioned goodnight.”
Alicia informed Dateline that when she didn’t hear from Ronald the subsequent day, she initially wasn’t too apprehensive. “We had been in an argument a bit bit earlier on Sunday,” Alicia mentioned. “So I believed he was simply ignoring me on Monday when he didn’t name.”
However by the subsequent day, Alicia mentioned she knew one thing was fallacious. “I began to get actually involved as a result of he doesn’t go greater than — I imply, possibly 4 or 5 hours, with out speaking to me,” Alicia mentioned. “So having him go the entire day Monday till the subsequent day, I used to be involved immediately.”
Alicia informed Dateline she started contacting Ronald’s household to see in the event that they heard from him. She mentioned she additionally reached out to Ronald’s good friend on the farm the place he’d been staying. “He mentioned he final noticed Ronald [Monday] morning round 3:30 a.m.,” Alicia recalled. “They had been sort of texting forwards and backwards when Ronald was on the sofa and [he] was in his room.”
However she mentioned the good friend informed her when he wakened the subsequent day, Ronald wasn’t there.
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Dateline has reached out to the good friend however has but to obtain a response.
Alicia informed Dateline on Wednesday, December 7, that she reported Ronald lacking to the Grant County Sheriff’s Workplace in Lancaster, Wisconsin.
The following day, the Grant County Sheriff’s Workplace posted on Fb that their workplace “performed a seek for Ronald Henry this afternoon using a drone, helicopter & K9.” The publish provides that “info was additionally acquired from two eyewitnesses who had noticed Mr. Henry within the metropolis of Platteville for the reason that time he was initially lacking.”
No additional info has been launched and it’s unclear of any of these sighting have confirmed to be true.
Alicia mentioned that investigators performed a search on the farm. “The deputies mentioned that they introduced out an eight-dog cadaver staff,” Alicia mentioned. “That’s sort of the place we’re at proper now — a bunch of looking.”
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Ronald’s cousin Christian Mariscal-Henry informed Dateline that he has been serving to with the seek for his “favourite” cousin. “We appeared on the farm. We appeared in and out,” Christian mentioned.
Christian mentioned he additionally spoke with Ronald’s good friend who lives on the farm. “[He] was very cooperative,” Christian mentioned. “He simply appears actually involved, too. [He] got here together with us and helped us look down the roads.” However they discovered no signal of Ronald.
“It’s simply not like him to only, you already know, disappear,” Christian informed Dateline on Tuesday. “He’s an enormous sports activities fan — Packers fan. He was alleged to go to the Packers recreation yesterday. He had received two free tickets.”
However Ronald didn’t go to the sport. And his household continues to be looking for him.
“It’s simply all types of various rumors going round,” Tonya Makinye informed Dateline about her son’s disappearance. “I don’t care the place he at. He would discover a option to simply name his household.”
Ronald’s girlfriend, Alicia, informed Dateline that she began the ‘Discover Ronald Henry’ Fb web page devoted to spreading consciousness and in search of solutions.
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Ronald is round 5’7” and weighs 170 lbs. He has lengthy braids and a mustache. He was final seen carrying a blue coat, basketball shorts, and darkish tennis sneakers.
Anybody with info on Ronald’s whereabouts is requested to name the Grant County Sheriff’s Workplace 608-723-2157 or Grant County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-789-6600.
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. (WSAW) -With the cut of a ribbon, the holiday festivities began in Wisconsin Rapids.
This year, they started the night with a bridge lighting ceremony to celebrate the new lights that were installed on bridges downtown.
Wisconsin Rapids Mayor Matt Zacher says, “It is beautiful, you see it in other cities around the state that have spent the money on making it happen.”
The lights took four months to install and will be a permanent fixture in the community, used for celebrations and events in the future.
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Soon, other lights came into view as the holiday parade kicked off. From fire trucks to beloved characters, it’s a perfect holiday tradition.
Brennan Agen, who brought his children to the parade, said, “The excitement in everybody and the holiday spirit just brings cheer to everybody.”
This year, organizers wanted to bring a little extra to the event. From the bridge lighting ceremony, a food truck, and around 70 floats, there was plenty to enjoy. Even a special after party with Santa and Mrs. Claus.
Some favorites from the kids were the trucks, and of course, the candy.
Former Wisconsin basketball guard Chucky Hepburn put together his best performance of the 2024-25 season in the Louisville Cardinals’ blowout win over No. 14 Indiana on Wednesday.
As one of eight teams competing in the Battle 4 Atlantis non-conference tournament, Louisville decimated the No. 14-ranked Hoosiers 89-61 on Wednesday morning.
Hepburn was absolutely electric on both sides of the floor. In 29 minutes of action, the former Badger star registered 16 points, a season-high 10 assists and seven steals. Those numbers came on 7-of-10 shooting and 2-of-4 from beyond the arc.
Through five games with the Cardinals, Hepburn is responsible for averages of 11.6 points, 2.4 rebounds, 5.2 assists and 3.8 steals in over 27 minutes per game. As of Nov. 27, his 3.8 swipes per contest are the second-best in the nation behind only UC San Diego’s Hayden Gray (3.86 SPG).
Hepburn, who flashed his defensive brilliance during his tenure in Madison, is morphing into one of college basketball’s most pesky perimeter defenders. He is also proving his worth on the offensive end — the guard is shooting over 51% from the floor for the Cardinals to start the season.
In 103 career appearances with Wisconsin from 2021-24, the point guard averaged 32.1 minutes per game, 9.8 points, 2.8 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.6 steals on 42% shooting and 36% from three-point range.
In his absence, the Badgers have leaned on star wing John Tonje and sophomore guard John Blackwell. Wisconsin is off to a red-hot 8-0 start to the season and currently sits at No. 15 in the latest AP Poll.
The Minnesota Golden Gophers, losers of two straight will look to finish the 2024 regular season on a high note on Friday afternoon when they travel to Madison to take on the Wisconsin Badgers. The Badgers enter Friday with a 5-6 record and are in danger of missing a bowl game for the first time in 22 years.
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The second year of Luke Fickell era not going to plan
The Badgers had hoped the second year of the Luke Fickell era would be more fruitful. After a 7-6 season last year, the Badgers went into the transfer portal this offseason and upgraded their quarterback position by nabbing former Miami (FL) starting quarterback Tyler Van Dyke.
Van Dyke would play in just two full games before suffering a season-ending injury against Alabama in the third week of the season. Since then, the Huskers have looked towards redshirt freshman Braedyn Locke to lead the offense. As with most young quarterbacks, the results have been mixed. This season, Locke has completed 56.4% of his passes for 1,806 yards and 12 touchdowns while throwing 10 interceptions.
Overall, the Badgers started the season off 2-0 with wins over Western Michigan and South Dakota before falling to Alabama and USC. In October, it appeared that Fickell’s program was finding its stride with four straight wins over Purdue, Rutgers, and Northwestern but have since lost four straight games.
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The Badgers made a change at OC midseason
The Badgers fired their offensive coordinator, Phil Longo, earlier this month following a 16-13 loss to the Oregon Ducks. Longo came to Madison with the hopes of bringing the Air Raid offense to the Big Ten, but the transition to the offense has been largely unsuccessful for the Badgers.
This season, the Badgers are averaging just 24.7 points per game, their lowest mark since 2004. Additionally, their passing attack has only garnered 202.7 yards per game ranking 93rd nationally, their rushing attack is slightly better when it comes to nationally ranked with 164.4 yards per game, ranking 65th.
In their first game without Longo last weekend against Nebraska, the Huskers totaled 25 points and 407 yards from scrimmage including 292 passing yards.
SERIES HISTORY
Friday will be the 134th meeting between the two programs since their first meeting in 1890. Through the first 133 matchups, the series is as tight as possible with Wisconsin holding a 63-8-62 advantage over the Gophers. The Gophers for a long time held the series advantage but a 14-game winning streak from 2004 through 2017, shifted the series in favor of Wisconsin. The Gophers over the P.J. Fleck era have been working to even it back up, doing so in 2022 with a a 23-16 win in Madison before the Badgers reclaimed the lead with a 28-14 win last season.