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A Menomonie teen charged in connection with a deadly Dunn County hit and run is again pleading guilty.  The body of 54-year-old Ann Seidl was found lying in a ditch along County Highway Y on March 29th of last year.  Authorities say that then-17-year-old Addison Bowell was the driver of the vehicle that hit Seidl and failed to stop.  Bowell pleaded guilty earlier this year to charges including homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle.  Thursday, she pleaded guilty in

Jurors in La Crosse County are deliberating in the trial of Josie Dikeman.  Dikeman is charged in the 2023 death of her boyfriend’s six-year-old son A.J.  In the trial, Dikeman took the stand in her own defense, denying that she committed abuse that led to the boy’s death.  In closing arguments yesterday, her attorney called the matter a case of how innocent people get convicted of murder.

La Crosse city leaders this week are saying it isn’t their fault that the community’s fire and police departments have gone over budget for three consecutive years.  The departments have gone over budget by nearly 250-thousand dollars each year.  Council Member Erin Goggin says overtime is to blame but that its not a matter of waste but of necessity.  She says when officers work OT, it’s out of concerns for public safety. 

BBQ Fest returns to Chippewa Falls this weekend.  The Northern Wisconsin State Fairgrounds plays host today and tomorrow to the event featuring multiple vendors, a backyard grilling competition, live music and more fun for the family.  The event runs from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m. with more details WITH AN EASY CLICK HERE.

A new Amazon fulfillment center is coming to Brew City.  The e-commerce giant is planning to create a smaller facility in the Riverwest neighborhood to allow for the Amazon Now service to work in the city.  The service allows customers to receive their items within 30 minutes of placing the order.  That includes fresh groceries and other household items, things considered to be needed sooner than later.  The new facility in Milwaukee would operate all day, every day throughout the

Governor Tony Evers is issuing new rules to protect public trust in state government. Evers signed an executive order that bans Wisconsin state employees from using or sharing nonpublic insider information they learn on the job to make money. It also prevents losses in prediction markets or other betting. The order covers helping themselves, a spouse or family members profit from bets tied to government actions, elections or other events. Evers said there’s no known cases in Wisconsin, but cited

The state-funded ATV/UTV trails and routes in Eau Claire County will open tomorrow Friday May 15th, 2026. Off trail riding is strictly prohibited. Any questions regarding this news release can be directed to the Eau Claire Parks Department.

University of Wisconsin-Stout’s game design programs continue to climb in the rankings among their peers around the nation, rising to No. 6 in the Midwest and No. 17 among all public universities in the United States, according to the latest figures published by Animation Career Review. UW-Stout held steady on another Animation Career Review leaderboard, but that’s only because it couldn’t climb any higher: The game design programs were ranked No. 1 in Wisconsin for the eighth consecutive year. UW-Stout also placed No.

Xcel Energy is bringing artificial intelligence-driven wildfire detection cameras to Wisconsin, providing quick notifications to first responders of grass and forest fires and helping protect communities, natural resources and power infrastructure. Pano AI wildfire detection cameras have been installed in nine locations in northwestern Wisconsin, including areas near Hayward, Luck, Spooner and Tomah.  Xcel Energy will install additional Pano AI cameras by the end of 2026 in areas where there is a higher risk of wildfires near the company’s power