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A man identified as the shooter in a fatal incident last week in Taylor County is free on bond today.  Authorities say that 19-year-old Brent Porter shot 21-year-old Austin Olson at a home on County Road E in the Town of Little Black last Tuesday night.  The shooting was reported as accidental.  Porter is charged with 1st Degree Reckless Homicide.

The trial of Josie Dikeman continues today in La Crosse County. Dikeman is charged in the 2023 death of her six-year-old son A.J.  Authorities found the boy dead at his home with prescription drugs near his body.  Blunt force trauma was listed as the cause of death with the use of a prescription sedative as a contributing factor. Jurors on Friday were shown body camera footage recorded during a welfare check the day before the young boy’s death. 

In Sawyer County, sentencing is being ordered for a man convicted in the death of his girlfriend’s daughter.  The four-year-old child suffered from severe cerebral palsy and was on a feeding tube.  At the time of her death, the child , who died of died of ethanol toxicity in 2021, was found to have a blood alcohol level of more than seven times the legal driving limit for an adult.  Domenic Falkner previously pleaded guilty to charges of physical abuse

A Platteville woman wanted on a warrant for first-degree reckless homicide is in custody after a weekend arrest in Mineral Point.  Tiffany Chandler reportedly tried to flee a traffic stop but officers pursued and caught up with her.  The reckless homicide warrant is out of Grant County.

The City of Eau Claire is encouraging residents to take part in the No Mow May effort.  The idea behind No Mow May is to ask people not to cut their grass this month as part of a movement to promote biodiversity and provide a habitat for pollinators like bees and butterflies.  Participation is optional and the city advises that they will be continuing to mow in public parks.

Today FEMA officials will be Wisconsin assessing damages caused by recent flooding.  Emergency management officials say they’ll travel in the northeast part of the state.  The visit is a critical step to help secure federal funds for damages left by the severe storms, flooding and tornadoes last month.  Governor Evers thanks the agency for their swift response.  

A new dispute is brewing over tuition at the university of Wisconsin system, with former president Jay Rothman accusing the board’s leader of not being fully honest with lawmakers. Wis-politics reports that Rothman says a 2 percent tuition increase was already in the works when regent’s president Amy Bogost testified that nothing had been decided. He believes a planned vote was quietly pulled after that hearing raised concerns. The board of regents is standing by its actions and says it

Wisconsin is set to receive more than 80-million-dollars from a nationwide settlement with Purdue pharma and its owners.  The agreement is part of a nearly seven-and-a-half-billion-dollar deal resolving lawsuits over the company’s role in the opioid crisis.  Officials say Purdue and the Sackler family were accused of aggressively marketing opioids across the country.  The settlement bans the Sackler family from selling opioids and directs funding to treatment, prevention, and recovery efforts over the next 15 years.  State officials say Wisconsin

Hello. Welcome to your weekend. It’s the first weekend of a new month and as we dip into May, what will Mother Nature have in store? CLICK HERE for your full First Alert Forecast details with WEAU 13. As Churchill Downs prepares for the Kentucky Derby today we take it from the stables to the lakes. Wisconsin’s 2026 general inland fishing opener is Saturday, May 2, 2026, marking the start of the season for walleye, northern pike, and largemouth/smallmouth bass.

The Dunn County Sheriff’s Office would like the public to be aware of an ongoing scam involvingindividuals impersonating bail bond agents and contacting family members of those arrested and/orincarcerated. The individuals request money to cover bail and sometimes offer an “ankle monitor”program. This is not a legitimate process. Neither Bond Agents nor the Dunn County Sheriff’s Office will evercontact families directly and request money for an ankle monitor or bail. These scams appear to becirculating throughout the country within recent