Wisconsin's Popular Tejano Singer Little Tina (Tina Ruiz) In The Mid 1970's, Later Becoming A Hair Stylist In San Antonio Behind Selena's Barrel Curl Updo Hairstyle In 1993

Little Tina, popular Tejano style singer in the late 1960's to mid 1970's in Wisconsin recorded 3 albums in her short career as a female vocalist along with her young sister Mary who played the drums with the band Little Tina y Sus Cardenales from Delavan, Wisconsin. Ruiz later retired from performing as a singer and became a popular hair stylist in San Antonio, Texas.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

October 3, 2024

Delavan, Wisconsin - in the late 1960's to mid 1970's, one of the popular female Tejano style bands was Little Tina y Sus Cardenales, a five member group from Delavan. Little Tina was the stage name for Tina Ruiz who recorded 3 albums at ages 13, 15 and 17 with Freddie Records in Texas.

Little Tina and her band performed in Milwaukee at Tony de Rosa bar and dance venue, Salon Mexico in the Southside of Milwaukee operated by Juan Reyes known as "El  Chicle", and at the Southside Division High School Prom dance celebrating the Hispanic Graduation Class of 1972 at the Sheraton-Schoeder Hotel, now known as the Hilton Milwaukee Center at 509 W. Wisconsin Ave. in Milwaukee.

Mary who was a vocalist with Little Tina also played drums with another popular Tejano band led by Beto Salinas who was a popular vocalist and played the accordion conjunto style in Milwaukee and Texas. 

After moving to San Antonio, Tina opened the House of Styles & Spa, which became popular in downtown San Antonio. In 1993, Selena Quintanilla was attending the 13th Annual Tejano Music Awards and she wanted to have a unique hairstyle for the special day where she would be nominated for Female Vocalist of the Year and Orquesta Album of the Year at the 13th Annual Tejano Music Awards in 1993. Selena won both awards.

Selena contacted Tina and Mario Iturralde who also worked at the House of Styles with Tina. Both Tina and Iturralde went to Selena's dressing room at the Henry B. González Center where the Tejano Music Awards were taking place and created the famous Barrel Curl Updo hairstyle for Selena hours before she would make her presentation at the awards event, according to Michael Quintanilla's Facebook post dated March 31, 2020. Selena won two nominations in 1993 and her hairstyle became iconic, which in 1997, Jennifer López played Selena in a movie about her life and the Curl Updo hairstyle by Tina and Iturralde was also featured.

In April 2024, Tina recreated the famous Selena Barrel Curl Updo for Jackleen Rios who was performing on April 16, at the Pearl Bidi Bidi Party in San Antonio, according to KENS5.

The Little Tina y Sus Cardenales albums were recorded and released in 1970, album " Little Tina y Sus Cardenales", the second in 1972, "Gracias Paloma", and the third in 1974, "Little Tina & Mary en Corpus". Hispanic News Network U.S.A. (HNNUSA) searched the internet for any of the Little Tina's songs or albums recorded and uploaded in YouTube and in multiple social media sources and found none.

Tina, according to her personal Facebook account posted that in February 1995, she became the owner/master designer at House of Styles.

Wisconsin Needs Radical Refom And Oversight In Courts, Especially At The MAGA Controlled Waukesha County Family Court, Which Judges Committed Errors And Their Failure To Follow Domestic Abuse Protection Laws

Unfortunately, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers (D), Lt. Governor Sara Rodriguez (D), Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul (D) and the majority of the Wisconsin State Supreme Court who are Democrats as well have failed to apply State laws and oversight of the MAGA/Republican controlled Waukesha County family court, which judges repeatedly committed errors, and won't follow the State's domestic abuse protection laws and have Illegally taken 4 children from their mother in the Julie Valadez vs. Ricardo Valadez divorce case # 2018FA000296.

By H. Nelson Goodson

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

October 1, 2024

Waukesha, Wisconsin - The Waukesha County family court has been known to be the most corrupt court system in Wisconsin, after it became known that multiple Judges Michael J. Aprahamian and Ralph M.  Ramirez engaged in illegal acts that led to multiple errors and who failed to follow State domestic abuse protection laws in the infamous Julie Valadez vs. Ricardo Valadez divorce case. The Julie divorce case dilemma was first published by Hispanic News Network U.S.A. (HNNUSA) who broke the story on August 2021. (http://hispanicnewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/08/temporary-stay-granted-in-finding-of.html)

Both Judges Aprahamian and Ramirez were removed after the Wisconsin Court of Appeals ruled that they committed multiple errors in Julie's divorce case, that resulted in the illegal placement of her 4 children with the known abusive father, Ricardo Valadez, instead with Julie. (http://hispanicnewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2024/06/waukesha-county-family-court-judge.html)

Today, Waukesha County family court Judge Jennifer R. Dorow has been assigned to Julie's divorce case. After the Wisconsin Court of Appeals ruled that multiple errors have occurred in her case, Judge Dorow will now hold an evidentiary hearing on November 1, 2024, which will be the third evidentiary hearing in Julie's case. Judges Aprahamian and Ramirez previously held their own evidentiary hearings and yet, they continued to ignore to apply State domestic abuse protection laws in Julie's case, which led to having her 4 children taken away and placed with the abusive father, without even holding any court proceedings to see, if Julie was an unfit mother, in otherwords, Julie wasn't given due process of the law and she continues to fight today the Waukesha County family court corrupt system hoping that her children will be allowed to see their mother.

On October 1, 2024, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals District 2 ordered for the respondent (Judge Dorow) to file a response to the petition of Writ Mandamus (to comply with the law) no later than November 1, 2024. (Case: Julie Valadez vs Jennifer Dorow #2024AP001945-W)

What's ironic in this case, is that Ricardo Valadez never petition the court to have full custody of the 4 children. Ricardo and Julie had agreed to have joint custody, but Judge Aprahamian decided to place the 4 children with the abusive father without just cause and Judge Ramirez followed his decision after the Wisconsin Court of Appeals ruled twice that they both committed errors in Julie's case and were forced to recuse themselves from the case.

On September 24, 2024, Julie Valadez posted on her Facebook (FB) account, "Right here in Wisconsin I have been unlawfully ordered to jail 5 times with 5 appellate reversals and a custody and placement reversal by the appellate court that the Waukesha court still refuses to comply with and they continue to threaten me with jail all related to the unlawful custody and placement orders they continue in defiance of the law and appellate orders." 

(https://www.facebook.com/share/p/yuqxhb5wpeu7M3Xd/)

Julie now resides in Canada and has sought refugee asylum. 

Julie's divorce case also exposed the widespread corruption in both Waukesha and Walworth Counties, involving the Delavan Police Department, where Delavan Police Detective Trevor G. Hinman made a false police report allegedly accusing Julie of kidnap minor to sexually assault, regarding Julie's 15-year-old son who ran away on January 10, 2023 from his abusive father and crossed into Canada to be with his mother. Julie was criminally charged on February 3, 2023 with two felony counts for interfere with child custody-other parent including party to a crime, and interfere with custody-after custody order including party to a crime. (http://hispanicnewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2023/06/julie-valadez-ordered-released-from.html)

Julie had reached out to Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers and Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul about her case, but none have acted to hold the Waukesha County family court system accountable for not following State laws regarding domestic abuse protection laws for abused spouses and their children.

HNNUSA spoke with Kaul on September 17, 2024 at a Southside Milwaukee non-profit organization's event about Julie's case, and Kaul confirmed to HNNUSA that he didn't known about her case. Julie wrote a letter in July 2021 to Wisconsin Attorney General Kaul seeking help in her case, but Kaul never received her letter from his administrative staff at the Wisconsin Department of Justice. (http://hispanicnewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2024/09/wi-doj-attorney-general-josh-kaul-d.html)

Justice for Julie Valadez and her children!

58-year-old Dimitri A. Kamolov, A St. Francis High School Resource Officer Charged With Hiding Cellphone To Secretly Record Female Student Changing Clothes

Kamolov, a St. Francis Police Officer is facing termination from the department after he was criminally charged in Milwaukee County with multiple felonies in connection with setting up a cellphone in a room at the St. Francis High School in order to secretly video record a female student while she was changing.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

October 27, 2024

St. Francis, Wisconsin - On Friday, Dimitri A. Kamolov, 58, made his initial appearance at a Milwaukee County court where he was charged with two felony counts for invade privacy-use of surveillance device - (victim under 18 years old) and attempt capture of intimate representation - (victim - under 18 years old).

If convicted, Kamolov is facing up to 3 years and 6 months in prison and up to $10,000 in fines, or both for invade privacy, and up to 6 years in prison and up to $10,000 in fines, or both for attempt capture of intimate representation. A $5,000 cash bail, was set for Kamolov.

According to the criminal complaint, on September 4th, a female student at St. Francis High School noticed a concealed cellphone that was recording inside a room where she was changing. She reported the cellphone to the principal, which was later recovered by a agent from the Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI).

The St. Francis Police Department received a call from the school when the cellphone was found raising allegations of inappropriate behavior by School Resource Officer (SRO) Kamolov who worked part time at the school. Kamolov was immediately placed on unpaid administrative leave and is now facing termination.

The DCI investigation recovered a cellphone video showing him placing the cellphone in the room. Kamolov had also emailed or texted multiple videos to himself, according to the DCI.

Kamolov had given the female student a t-shirt from Brazil to try on. When she went into a room, she unzip a hoodie and tried the t-shirt while wearing a tank top. When she removed her shorts that's when she noticed the hidden cellphone and then contacted the principal.

On Tuesday, September 24, Kamolov was taken into custody by the DCI pending criminal charges.

Kamolov has served with the St. Francis Police Department for 32 years and 4 of those years, he served part time at the high school.

The DCI hasn't released any information or confirmed, whether Kamolov had secretly cellphone video recorded other students in private school room settings in the last 4 years.

Milwaukee County DA's Office Letter Reveals Juveniles Involved In Southside Elderly Aggrevated Assault/Battery Cases Won't Be Facing Criminal Charges For Assaulting One Of The Victims

A letter from the Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office posted in social media by the stepson of one of the elderly victims brutally attacked on September 11 in the Southside of Milwaukee indicated that in one of the victim cases, the juvenile suspects (Bradley Tech students) involved in the felony aggravated assault of an elderly won't be facing criminal charges.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

September 19, 2024

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On Wednesday, Felipe Martínez Jr., posted a copy of the letter from the Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office dated September 12th sent to Jesse M. Andino, one of the elderly victims indicating that the juveniles involved in his assault won't be criminally charged. 

The Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office unsigned letter to Andino says that in the juvenile case 24MJ001809/03342924, "The Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office at the Juvenile Justice Center has reviewed police reports and other evidence in the case in which you were listed as the victim. Based upon that review, Assistant District Attorney Anthony Moore has concluded that no charges will be issued in this matter."

Martinez Jr. also indicated in his social media post that the juveniles were charged for the brutal beating of his stepfather Freddie Vega, but won't face charges for the assault of his uncle Andino, who is Vega's brother.

The 5 juveniles who have been arrested ages, two 14, two 15 and one 16 years old will be criminally charged for the felony aggravated assault of Vega, but according to the DA's letter, they won't be facing criminal charges for assaulting Andino,  who suffered minor injuries and most likely won't be charged in the third unidentified elderly victim case, who also suffered minor injuries during the brutal attack on September 11 at an alleyway located at the 700 block of S. 1st Street,  that was caught on cellphone videos that went viral in social media. The three elderly victims, Freddie Vega, 63, Jesse M. Andino, 62, and a 53-year-old unidentified victim.

The three victims were at a gray painted building doing some remodeling work inside when a group of students from Bradley Technology and Trade School had gathered in the alley to see several female students fight. Some of the female students were allegedly on top of a vehicle belonging to one of the elderly victims, they were twerking (a sexually suggestive dance style) and the the victims came out of the building and told them to get off the vehicle and stop what they were doing. Then, multiple male students aggressively assaulted the three victims. 

In the cellphones videos, Vega was seen being brutally attacked, punched and kicked by multiple juveniles. Vega suffered multiple broken ribs, a broken nose and collarbone, he also suffered a six inch cut that was stitched up in his left side of the face, according to family members. (Cellphone videos of brutal attack posted in the following article link: https://tinyurl.com/55f4c7pu)

Both Andino and a third victim suffered minor injuries.

Editors note:

The Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office exposed the double justice system that is practiced in Milwaukee County under District Attorney John T. Chisholm, which one justice system is for Whites and the other justice system is for people of color.

Most likely, if the Black juveniles had brutally attacked three elderly European-Americans (Whites), the juveniles would be facing three felony counts each for aggravated assault of an elderly and would quickly be waved to adult court. But in thls case, as we can read the Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office letter dated September 12th, to Jesse M. Andino, he won't get justice in Milwaukee County.

D.A. Chisholm previously announced that he won't be seeking reelection.

WI DOJ Attorney General Josh Kaul (D) Confirmed That He Never Received Any Information From His Staff Regarding Julie Valadez Exposing The Waukesha County Family Court Corruption

Kaul says, he didn't know anything about Julie Valadez's divorce case in Waukesha County, which her 4 children were left with the known abusive father.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

September 17, 2024

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On Tuesday, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul (D) attended a Southside non-profit organization's event and Hispanic News Network U.S.A. (HNNUS) was able to speak and asked him directly about the Julie Valadez v. Ricardo Valadez divorce case number 2018FA000296 in Waukesha family court. Kaul confirmed to HNNUSA, that he didn't known anything and never received a letter from Julie exposing the blatant Waukesha family court corruption by Judge Michael J. Aprahamian who failed to follow Wisconsin State domestic abuse case laws involving children and spouses. 

In July 2021, Julie wrote a 6-page letter to Attorney General Kaul in Wisconsin detailing her ordeal and exposing the corruption going through the Waukesha County family court system. Kaul confirmed on Tuesday, he never received it and didn't know anything about Julie's allegations. (Article exposing the ordeal that Julie went through at link: http://hispanicnewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/08/temporary-stay-granted-in-finding-of.html)

Apparently, Kaul was never informed by anyone or any executive staff member from the WI Department of Justice (WIDOJ) about Julie's dilemma and ordeal she was facing in July of 2021, which exposed one of the most corrupt Waukesha County family courts in Wisconsin.

Julie has won at least 5 Wisconsin Court of Appeals decisions, that reversed and remanded a solution to apply in Julie's divorce case, especially her right to be a parent and see her children who were allowed to remain with the abusive father. 

Also when Judge Aprahamian was replaced after the Wisconsin State Court of Appeals ruled that he erred in his decisions, the replacement Judge Ralph M. Ramirez kept Judge Aprahamian's decision and also failed to follow the Wisconsin State Court of Appeals decisions in favor of Julie.

Today, Julie remains in Canada as an asylum refugee and continues to fight for her rights to see her 4 children that were illegally taken from her, and hopes to some day be able to see all her children.

According to Waukesha County Court records, former Chief Judge Jennifer R. Dorow replaced Judge Ramirez after the Wisconsin State Court of Appeals ruled that he also erred in Julie's divorce case and had to recuse himself from the case after failing to follow state laws dealing with domestic abuse of a spouse and failing to protect her children from the abusive father.

Justice for Julie and her children!

Julie Valadez recently posted the following in her Facebook account:

Please know…

I am still alive despite being deemed a high lethality risk I have managed to somehow survive still..

I am still here despite that I was wrongfully ordered jailed 4 times by Waukesha courts who was reversed each time and it is still the case that both Aprahamian and Ramirez were reversed by the appellate court and that neither one followed the WI domestic abuse laws…

I am still here despite that I was subject to an unlawful and reversed order on remand by Ralph Ramirez and Kurt Schuster admitted that the order for his clients custody was null and void yet he aided his client to lie about having custody on remand…

I am still here with an appellate court order that you can't change my stipulated sole custody and primary placement of my children and direct mandate to make me and my children's safety paramount as the law requires is still in exists as published case law despite everyone that is acting like I am dead or like an appellate court order doesn't matter…

I am still here despite all those ignoring reports of continuing abuse and concealment of my children that is still happening….

I am still here despite informing the court I had to flee due to ongoing abuse and concealment of my children and failure to follow the law which I have a right to do and I am still being ignored as well as continued ignoring of Wisconsin laws and the WI appellate order, I may have had to flee but I am still alive…can I be treated as dead when I am alive? Can I be treated as if I don't have any rights secured for me by the law and appellate order?…

I would appreciate acknowledgement I am alive and the mother of my children who are being concealed from me with a court adjudged abuser against the law and against an appellate order 

I would appreciate support for me my kids 🙏🏽 and for support for WI law and WI appellate orders 

For more information follow Julie's Facebook account at link: https://www.facebook.com/share/3Mcy2spSTdGw7BjG/?mibextid=qi2Omg

Milwaukee Police Called To Prevent Brawl At Mitchell Park Between Females, No Community Activist Showed Up To Deescalate Situation, Despite More Than 1,000 Views On Social Media

Social media anticipated female brawl draws more than 1,000 views during live streaming about Latina females and Black females instigating each other for a brawl at Mitchell Park.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

September 17, 2024

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On Monday, a group of Latinas including a mother of one of them who apparently was jumped and allegedly beaten up by another group of Black females showed at Mitchell Park around 5:00 p.m. for an anticipated brawl between females. Chantilis Delapaz live streamed a social media video on Facebook (FB) showing her and other women headed to Mitchell Park to confront a group of Black females or female. (Live stream later deleted)

While at Mitchell Park, the Latina females were lived streamed drinking from a tequila bottled at the Mitchell Park parking lot. While Thalia Phelipe lived streamed in social media that she drove by Mitchell Park and showed police at the Mitchell Park, and confessed that she (we) had called police. 

In this incident, more than 1,000 individuals were viewing the live streams connected to the anticipated brawl and no one stepped up at Mitchell Park to deescalate the situation, not even the so called local activists that show up after incidents to capitalize on the situation while mainstream news cameras roll suggesting that they are trying to prevent a racial war between Brown and Black communities, which is certainly a myth, and never the case. 

Even Phelipe shared a FB post from Dior Ari promoting an after party, after the brawl to meet at La Cueva Bar & Restaurant, labeled "entertainment post". 

La Cueva management on social media confirmed, that the bar and restaurant is also open on Mondays. But, La Cueva Milwaukee social media page didn't show any scheduled after party promotion for monday night related to Dior Ari's FB post.

Why can't people of color just get along, without always trying to fight each other for popularity and who gets the most views and likes in social media, despite social media followers that just laugh at you for the provided entertainment. Not that anyone is getting rich from it.

Today's national politics have also fueled such divisions among people of color with anti-immigrant rhetoric and hate to divide our communities. 

Apparently, Phelipe did what she had to do to deescalate the situation by calling police and preventing the brawl from materializing at Mitchell Park. 

It seems that these women don't realize that they are actually degrading themselves in front of hundreds of FB followers who most don't even care about them. Women, don't degrade yourself (block those who don't respect you in social media, and move on) and you need to set the example for other women too, don't video record your intoxication vibes in public, especially at a Milwaukee County park, because it comes back to haunt you later.

Women of color, be nice and show that today's American culture and politics that promote hate and division among people of color will not define the people of color in our communities.

Be nice people, learn to live with each other's tolerance to resolve disagreements and misunderstandings by not engaging in physical harm that can lead to severe consequences, which can lead to separations of families due to long prison terms that could have been avoided.

Be nice out there, and for the local so called activists, where were you to deescalate this incident?

Oops, the social media live steaming doesn't attract them, only the mainstream news media cameras do.

¡Que triste! How unfortunate!

¡VIVA MEXICO! Flag Should Never Be Placed On The Ground, According To Flag Etiquette

¡VIVA MEXICO!

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

September 16, 2024

MIlwaukee, Wisconsin - The Mexican Independence Day, September 16th, is celebrated today in México, including the U.S.A. and around the World!

Flag should never be placed on the ground, according to the flag etiquette, "The flag should be flown aloft and free, not carried flat or horizontally. It should not touch the ground or anything else beneath it," according to the VFW.

Same etiquette practiced for the Mexico's flag.

Photo shared by the César E. Chávez Business Improvement District Facebook page in Milwaukee on September 16, 2024, the photo was shared by Líderes por la Salud.

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La bandera nunca debe colocarse en el suelo, según la etiqueta de la bandera: "La bandera debe ondear en alto y libremente, no debe llevarse plana u horizontalmente. No debe tocar el suelo ni nada que esté debajo de ella", según la VFW.

La misma etiqueta se practica para la bandera de México.

Foto compartida por la página de Facebook del Distrito de Mejoramiento Comercial César E. Chávez en Milwaukee el 16 de septiembre de 2024, lo foto fue compartida por Líderes por la Salud.