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A Wisconsin judge is rejecting a plea deal for a former prison guard accused of a hate crime.  Brown County Circuit Court Judge Kendall Kelley dismissed the agreement for Shane Nolan today saying he’d go to trial in February.  Prosecutors say Nolan beat Dessiray Koss last year, used a gay slur, and then pushed her into a fire.  Defense attorneys say Nolan accepts responsibility for the attack and suggested everyone should be able to move on with their lives.  He’ll go to

Two Wisconsin Republicans running for governor promise to protect emergency contraceptives.  Rebecca Kleefisch and Kevin Nicholson tell Milwaukee Journal Sentinel they wouldn’t ban Plan B or other contraceptives.  Fellow Republican Tim Michels hasn’t announced a position.  Marquette University Law School’s most recently poll last month had Michels just ahead of Kleefisch in the GOP primary.

It’s down to Milwaukee and Nashville to host the 2024 Republican National Convention.  The Nashville Metro Council is expected to vote on a resolution tonight saying it wants to host the RNC.  Milwaukee approved its own resolution last month.  No word on when the RNC may decide where the event should be held.

Eau Claire, WI will host the 15th annual Kubb National Championships this weekend, July 8-10, at the Eau Claire Soccer Park. This year’s event boasts 128 teams and over 440 players, coming from at least 19 different states. “Players are coming from coast to coast, and the local growth here in the Eau Claire area has been huge in the past year…” “This year, the U.S. Championship will be the second-largest tournament in the world, and we are extremely excited

Over the past 14 months, the Health Department has been partnering with area school districts to host on-site vaccination clinics. Health Department staff and volunteers were able to vaccinate individuals because of the vaccination clinics at the School District of Altoona, Eau Clare Area School District and Fall Creek School District. In Eau Claire County, 35% of children ages 5-11 and 69% of kids ages 12-17 have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. As of June 22,

One person is dead and four injured after a shooting last night in Kenosha, Wisconsin.  Police say they responded to a report of a shooting around 10:20 p.m. to find a chaotic scene.  All of the victims are adults.  Two of the survivors were taken to local hospitals while the other two were taken to Milwaukee-area hospitals with serious injuries.  Police don’t yet have a suspect or a known motive.

Police in Altoona have a suspect in custody in a deadly weekend hit-and-run. It happened Sunday morning along Highway 12. Police say the victim was walking along the road just before 6 a.m. when an SUV hit them, then sped off. Altoona Police say they had their suspect in custody by Sunday afternoon. There’s no word when formal charges could be filed.

Authorities are investigating a possible human bone found in Dunn County. The sheriff’s office says someone found the bone in a creek just outside of Menomonie yesterday. Deputies say the bone appears to be very old. Authorities have sent the bone to St. Paul, Minnesota to see if it is indeed human.

Milwaukee is ending the long holiday weekend with 19 shootings. Police in the city say 19 people were shot, two of them died, between Friday morning and late last night. Two three-year-olds were wounded in what police are calling accidental shootings, one of those toddlers died. There were also two double shootings in Milwaukee yesterday. The city is on pace for another record year for both shootings and homicides.

The members of Scorched Waves are okay after spending their Fourth of July in Highland Park, Illinois. The band from Stevens Point was in town to compete in a battle of the bands at the town’s high school football field, a few miles from Highland Park’s parade shooting. Lead guitarist Tyler Armstrong says they heard about the shooting while they were doing pre-concert sound checks. They then hid under the stadium’s bleachers. Everyone is okay now back in Wisconsin.