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 The white stuff is back and we return to our winter weather habits here in Wisconsin. Road crews in and around Eau Claire are asking for a bit of patience. The County Highway Department yesterday said a plow driver shortage means it will take longer to get the roads clear. The county says in some cases, some roads will have to wait up to eight hours to see a plow. In the meantime, plow drivers are asking for space and

A Walmart worker from Ladysmith is accused of stealing nearly 13 thousand-dollars by simply walking away with it. Prosecutors in Rusk County filed formal charges yesterday against 32-year-old Saybre Graeff. Investigators say she was in charge of collecting cash from the registers each night, but would only deposit some of it. The D.A.’s office says she walked-off with just under 13 thousand-dollars between January and May of this year. Police say she told them she stole the money because she’d

 A suspect is dead and two Waukesha police officers are recovering after a shootout. It happened at an apartment yesterday evening. Police responded to a call about an erratic tenant. That’s when officers say the shooting started. One officer was shot, and the other was injured. Waukesha Police say they found the tenant dead in the basement, but it’s unclear if she died from the officers’ bullets or her own gun. An autopsy is scheduled in the case.

The 10-year-old Milwaukee boy accused of killing his mom over a virtual reality headset will stay in jail on 50 thousand-dollars bond, despite a plea from his attorney to set his bond at just 100 bucks. The boy’s attorney yesterday argued that the boy doesn’t have the money to get out of custody, but could afford to pay 100 dollars. The judge says the serious nature of the crime, and the fact that none of the boy’s family wants him

Investigators in Janesville say they are finding new victims of a Navy recruiter accused of preying on underage girls. Prosecutors yesterday added new charges against Bryan Bradley-Hubbard. He’s the former Navy recruiter who police say would meet high school girls, then reach-out to them on social media for sex. He’s accused of the sexual assaults of at least four young women. He’s being held on 50 thousand-dollars bond, and could soon face charges from the Navy as well.

The FBI is joining the hunt for Wisconsin’s Culver’s robber. The FBI last week announced a 10 thousand-dollar reward for any information that leads to an arrest and conviction in the case. Police in several communities, including Lake Mills, Janesville, Mequon, and Beloit say the same man robbed Culver’s stores between late September and just last week. The suspect is described as white, six-feet five-inches tall, weighing about 300 pounds, and driving a red, four-door Jeep Wrangler with no license

A new audit raises new questions about how Wisconsin’s coronavirus stimulus money was spent. The Legislative Audit Bureau report from yesterday said Governor Tony Evers’ office made almost all of the decisions about how four-and-a-half billion-dollars in coronavirus stimulus money was spent, but no one wrote anything down. Auditors say they asked for policies and criteria for the money, but got nothing but press releases back. State Senator Roger Roth said that’s what happens when you give this governor almost unlimited

The lawmaker who led Wisconsin’s look into the problems and delays with professional licensing says he’s frustrated that he never got any answers. State Senator Rob Stafsholt wrapped-up his Study Committee on Occupational Licenses yesterday. He says he wanted to know why so many people, from engineers to dental hygienists, are waiting so long for the state to process their license to work. He says the Department of Safety and Professional Services stonewalled his committee, and only provided ‘misleading’ answers

There continues to be shock and anger at UW-Richland. Students and community leaders continue to plead with the university not to close the Richland campus. The UW’s president announced last month he is closing the campus because just 60 students are taking classes. Students blame the low enrollment on the lack of university support, a lack of money, and the move to regionalize the UW System. Richland County Board member Lisa Gentes is working on a resolution that asks the

Due to the extreme weather conditions occurring in the city of Marshfield,  the Parks and Recreation staff are asking patrons to refrain from driving through the Hillside Cemetery for safety reasons due to fallen branches.