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| They needed the panoramic camera for her interview |
I'm sick of these damned Karens and she is a disgrace to the education system.
It has been proven long ago that residency restrictions don't work, and may actually increase crime. If someone wants to commit a crime they will go do one no matter where that person lives, just as Tarin Crud drives to pick up her McDonald's.
You need a real job, Karen. Education isn't your forte. STFU and go work at McDonald's; it is obvious you patronize that place on the regular.
Chippewa Falls mother inspires city to update sex offender ordinance
Ken Kosirowski May 7, 2026 Updated 13 hrs ago
Chippewa Falls mother inspires city to update sex offender ordinance
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (WKBT) -- Tarin Rud has spent her whole life in Chippewa Falls.
By Ken Kosirowski
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (WKBT) -- Tarin Rud has spent her whole life in Chippewa Falls.
"I went to school here. I grew up here. My husband's from here. My whole family is from here," she said.
She couldn't imagine raising her young family anywhere else. But in March, her sense of security was shaken by a Facebook post from city police.
"It was getting sent to me about, a sex offender who was getting released on my block," she said. "And all of these people were saying, oh, this is this close to you. And I was like, no, no, we live really close to school."
But the reality was in black and white--and chilling.
"Three houses away from an in-home daycare and up three blocks away from my school, and we have churches everywhere and, nursing home. And so I was like, how is this a thing?" she said.
She went to the police department to find out. They told her the rules are limited to an ordinance written 20 years ago.
The ordinance as it's currently written does two things. Sex offenders cannot be within the physical boundaries of any city parks, pools, trails, or licensed daycare centers, and those offenders cannot loiter within 66 feet of those same locations. Now, schools are currently not listed as an off limits zone in the ordinance, such as Southview Elementary School, which is near Rud's home. News 8 Now measured it out: 66 feet from the edge of the school's playground amounts to being on the other side of the street.
Rud started a petition to change the ordinance.
"We had over a thousand signatures, in the first two days," Rud said.
She also received a phone call with the mayor who asked her to come before the full council meeting April 7.
"This isn't just one person speaking. It's a community standing together," Rud announced when she got up to speak that night.
It's a conversation many towns have had: the state restricts sexually violent offenders from 1,500 feet of places a child may be, but any other guardrails on residence are up to municipalities.
The latest to act is Black River Falls last November. They wrote sex offenders can't live within 750 feet of places like schools and parks. Blair and Tomah have 1,500 foot boundaries for residence.
But Rud noticed all those towns restrict where sex offenders live. Chippewa Falls' does not.
"We don't want to take away someone's rights, but also, I want to live in a community where I feel safe with my family," Rud said.
City leaders have a first draft of changes to the language. If passed, it would keep offenders from living or being present within 500 feet of parks, pools trails, athletic facilities, schools, and licensed child day care centers.
"When the ordinance was set many, many years ago, you know, 20 years ago, [66 feet]'s what they felt was correct. Well, you know, lot has changed in 20 years," Rud said.
The draft could go through several revisions before becoming law. What it can't do is ban sex offenders entirely--federal courts won't allow it.
The law may not change tomorrow, but Rud is happy she's spoken up for families just like hers in the city she loves, and that change is on the way.
"I think overall it feels great. And no matter if we get 500 or 1,000 or 1,500 feet, I'm going to feel like it's a pretty big success," she said.
During the April 21 Committee #3 meeting, city leaders said they would plan future discussions after May 5 involving additional stakeholders including the district attorney and Department of Corrections.
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