Ryan Weckerly

Businessman Ryan Weckerly of MorningStar Media was sentenced Friday a year in prison for his involvement in a $3 million kickback scheme to defraud Mercyhealth.

Breaking: Businessman Ryan Weckerly of MorningStar Media was sentenced Friday by a federal Wisconsin judge to one year and one day in prison for his involvement in a $3 million kickback scheme with a former Wisconsin hospital executive.

Sycamore businessman Ryan Weckerly, of MorningStar Media, is set to be sentenced Friday by a federal Wisconsin judge after he pleaded guilty to charges from a $3 million tax evasion and fraud scheme with a former Wisconsin hospital executive.

BREAKING: Sycamore businessman Ryan Weckerly pleaded guilty Thursday to federal charges related to a $3 million tax evasion and fraud scheme concocted with a former Wisconsin hospital executive. Weckerly could face 23 years in jail. This is a developing story.

A Sycamore businessman facing federal charges related to a $3 million tax evasion and fraud scheme concocted with a former Wisconsin hospital executive is expected to appear before a federal judge in Wisconsin Thursday for a plea hearing.

A candidate questionnaire from Ryan Weckerly, Sycamore District 427 School Board, in the 2019 election.

Ryan and Karen Weckerly of Morningstar Media are moving their business to the former Knodles Appliance Store on the 200 block of South California Street in Sycamore, and opening a new coffee shop, too.