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More details are emerging after the arrest this week of an Eau Claire special education teacher.  Twenty-two-year-old Nadia Horn is a North High School staffer and was arrested Wednesday on accusations that she sexually assaulted a child.  Police now say they know of multiple victims and that each is a student of North High School.  The school district has suspended Horn without pay pending legal resolution of the matter. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE WITH WEAU 13 NEWS.

Charges filed against the owner of an Onalaska bar have been dismissed.  Fargo Hillman is the owner of Nutbush City Limits and faces accusations in La Crosse County that he had secretly placed a video camera inside a woman’s bedroom.  The camera was discovered in November of last year with Hillman then charged with invasion of privacy using a surveillance device.  That charge was dismissed last week after a resolution was reached between all parties involved.

Charges are being filed against a La Crosse man in connection with a recent shooting.  The incident happened last Saturday at around 2 a.m. at a location on George Street.  Police dispatched to the scene found shell casings but no one had been hurt.  Twenty-two-year-old Jatay McKinney faces charges including recklessly endangering safety with use of a dangerous weapon.

The debate for Wisconsin Supreme Court in Milwaukee has a new date.  Chris Taylor and Maria Lazar were scheduled to debate at Marquette Law School Wednesday night, but Taylor’s campaign said physicians recommended the judge visit a hospital after waking up feeling sick.  Turns out Taylor was diagnosed with kidney stones and she’ll spend a couple days recovering before returning to her campaign.  The new date for the debate is now April 2nd, and will stay at Marquette Law School. 

The search for a runaway kangaroo continues in Juneau County.   The owners of Sunshine Farm in Necedah posted online Wednesday that their kangaroo named Chesney escaped his enclosure and have asked folks keep an eye out for him in hopes of a safe return.  The farm has been using a drone to help in their search.  Despite multiple sightings, Chesney remains on the run today.  Anyone spotting Chesney is asked to contact the farm at  773 682-8042 as opposed to

On Wednesday, March 25th, Township Fire and Emergicare were dispatched to a reported structure fire on a farm in the Town of Washington. The caller reported that the fire structure was a shed and was near the house. The initial engine company arrived on scene to find fire throughout a 20’x20’ metal shed with an attached 15’x60’ carport type structure, with heat from the fire beginning to impact the house. The house was promptly cooled, and crews spent the next

Authorities are charging a Barron County man who allegedly sexually assaulted a child on multiple occasions.  The victim tells police that 22-year-old Chetek resident Brandon Nelson began sexually assaulting her when she was eight-years-old and that the crimes continued for years.   According to the victim’s story, Nelson would have been 15- or 16-years old when he began victimizing her and 19 when the assaults stopped.

A defendant charged following a stabbing incident in Lake Hallie is accepting a plea deal with prosecutors.  Police responding to a 41st Avenue home on July 11th of last year found a man who had been stabbed five times.  Orestes Kouris of Eau Claire was later located near the Lake Hallie Golf Course and arrested.  Kouris faced charges including attempted 1st-degree intentional homicide.  As part of a deal with prosecutors, he pleaded guilty this week to charges of child abuse

A Cadott woman who authorities say stole thousands of dollars from a pair of organizations is changing her not guilty plea.  Nicole Ruhe was the treasurer on accounts for the Boy Scouts and for the Cadott Basketball Association.  Ruhe was accused of pocketing more than four thousand dollars from the scouts and more than 51-hundred dollars from Cadott Basketball.  She has pleaded no contest to a theft charge and will be sentenced at a later date.

In Washington, Congressman Derrick Van Orden is co-sponsoring a bill aimed at improving access to mental health and addiction services for the nation’s farmers and ranchers.  The Wisconsin Republican is joining with Democratic Congressman Joe Neguse of Colorado this week in introducing the Agriculture Access to Addiction and Mental Healthcare Act.  Van Orden says the legislation takes an important step toward understanding the gaps in access to mental health and addiction care for agriculture communities.