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No charges will be filed against a Fort Atkinson officer involved in a deadly shooting.  The incident happened in late October when officers responded to a shots fired report at a home.  Body camera and home video footage show Logan Krahn being ordered to drop a rifle aimed at officers before firing.  Krahn was pronounced dead at the scene, and authorities recovered the weapon.  The Jefferson County District Attorney found no crime after reviewing witness statements, body camera, and home

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is hosting career fairs through the state.  Attendees will have the chance to speak one-on-one with current DNR staff, ask questions, explore roles and learn how to apply online. Job opportunities in environmental sciences, law enforcement, business, customer service, natural resources, administrative support and information technology are available. 

This season it seems we got an instant Winter Wonderland! The snow is here and for this week’s Friday Feel good we clear a path to a story that is sure to warm your heart.  A nine-year-old boy in Iowa named Colton Holmes took time to shovel snow from around a fire hydrant near his house last week.  And it paid off the very next day when there was a house fire on the same block. Colton and a firefighter talk about

Charges are being filed against a Trempealeau County man accused of abusing a 14-month-old child. Twenty-nine-year-old Edgar Valdez is charged with physical abuse of a child.  According to reports, the victim’s mother took the little girl to a Whitehall hospital earlier this month where x-rays showed she had fractures to both of her arms and legs.  Police say Valdez later admitted to having hit the child on numerous occasions.  He is being held on a 150-thousand-dollar bond.

Bond is being set for a Tomah man charged in connection with an overdose death.  Fifty-four-year-old Harley Carlson is accused of providing the drugs that led to the death of a 28-year-old victim in August.  Bond has been set at five-thousand dollars for Carlson who is charged with first degree reckless homicide for delivering drugs.

Tomah High School was placed on a hold for short time on Thursday as authorities searched for a possible weapon.  Administrators and authorities were alerted to the possible presence of a weapon yesterday morning and a BB gun was subsequently found in a backpack inside a student locker.  The school district advises that the student involved will be appropriately disciplined.

Sparta Area firefighters were dispatched to the scene of a structure fire Wednesday morning.  The blaze on State Highway 27 destroyed the building and farm equipment that had been inside.  No one was hurt.

Opening statements in the trial of the Milwaukee County judge is scheduled to start Monday.  Both sides of the case were in court yesterday for the first day of jury selection, and those in consideration were told the trial is expected to take about four to five days.  Judge Hannah Dugan is accused of obstructing immigration agents who were attempting to arrest a man in her courtroom.  Dugan pleaded not guilty to obstruction charges.

Another Democrat is entering the race to be Wisconsin’s next governor.  Joel Brennan launched his campaign to be the Badger State’s chief executive yesterday following weeks of speculation he would join.  In his announcement, Brennan said he would be a governor who stands up to “Trump’s dysfunction.”  The 55-year-old served as the Department of Administration secretary for three years under Governor Tony Evers.  He joins an already-crowded field on the Democratic side, which includes Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley.