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The Waukesha Christmas Parade killer has two weeks left in county jail. The judge in the case yesterday set Darrell Brooks Jr.’s sentencing for November 15th and 16th. Brooks is going to prison for the rest of his life for killing six and injuring 60 others during last year’s Christmas Parade, the only question is will he serve those sentences back-to-back, or all at once. Brooks was in court yesterday, and was once again removed from the courtroom because of

The woman accused of murdering, then chopping-up a man after a day of meth-fueled sex in Green Bay wants another mental exam. Taylor Schabusiness is asking a judge for a third competency hearing. The other two found that she is mentally stable enough to stand trial for murder. Police say she strangled a man while they were having sex. Afterwards, investigators say, she chopped-up his body and hid his body parts in several different places in his home.

The old Ottawa House on Water Street could be gone by the end of the week. Eau Claire’s Plan Commission last night okayed the designs for a new store and apartment building to go in its place. The Landmarks Commission voted back in September to tear the Ottawa House down because of its age and deterioration. The hope is to start work right away on its replacement, which will be two storefronts and six apartments.

Don’t throw your Jack-O-Lanterns in the trash. Eau Claire County is asking people not to throw out their pumpkins after Halloween. County Recycling and Sustainability Coordinator Regan Watts said keeping pumpkins out of landfills is good for the environment. She says you can cook with un-carved pumpkins, and you can compost carved ones. Or, she said, you can toss them in the woods to give animals a Halloween treat of their own.

Wisconsin’s local government associations are airing ads about election security heading into next week’s election. The League of Wisconsin Municipalities, the Wisconsin Counties Association, and the Wisconsin Towns Association released the new ads yesterday. The idea is to reassure voters that local election managers are taking election security and election integrity very seriously. The League of Wisconsin Municipalities’ Jerry Deschane says local election managers are our neighbors and friends, and are doing the best they can with what he calls a “rigorous process.”

Wisconsin has its first-ever conviction under its invasive species law. The state’s Department of Natural Resources yesterday said a judge ordered the Louisiana Crawfish Company to pay over 34 thousand-dollars in fines for shipping and selling red swamp crayfish. The crayfish are banned in Wisconsin because of the damage they may do to the state’s waterways. The case started in 2020 when neighbors in Ozaukee County spotted a crayfish acting ‘aggressively.’ It apparently escaped from a crayfish boil at a near-by house. That

The Powerball jackpot will continue to grow.  There wasn’t a winner in Monday’s drawing which means Wednesday’s jackpot will be an estimated one-point-two-billion-dollars.  That marks the largest Powerball prize in over six years.  Monday still saw plenty of winners of smaller prizers.  Powerball said more than five-point-four-million winning tickets were sold for prizes that totaled nearly 60-million-dollars, including ten that won one-million-dollars.

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is coming to Wisconsin.  Sanders will make stops in Madison, La Crosse, and Eau Claire Friday before stopping in Oshkosh on Saturday.  Sanders is campaigning for Wisconsin Democrats ahead of next week’s election.

A new study says Madison is one of the top cities in the country for veterans.  WalletHub ranks Madison fourth for veterans compared to the 100 largest cities in the country.  WalletHub says Madison also ranks in the top ten in two categories, veteran economy and veteran employment.  Madison’s worst category is veteran health, ranking 25th.  Milwaukee is much further down the list at 76th.

At 9:27am on Monday, October 31 2022, the Barron County 911 Center received a call from the Jennie- O Plant in Barron reporting a chemical leak at its Main Plant Feed Mill location. Upon arrival, emergency responders conducted an assessment and determined that two chemicals (Anatox and Lysine) had been accidentally mixed together and were off-gassing a poisonous vapor into the atmosphere. Jennie-O had immediately evacuated the facility to protect employees against inhalation hazards.  Emergency responders enacted a precautionary shelter-in-place on