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 Darrell Brooks Jr. says there are two sides to every story.  He cried yesterday as he began his defense in the Waukesha Christmas Parade trial.  Brooks is acting as his own lawyer in the trial, and started his day yesterday by calling two witnesses.  Brooks is facing life in prison for a host of charges, including six counts of homicide.  Prosecutors spent two weeks tying Brooks to the attack at the parade last year.  Brooks, for his part, tried to

The bone found in a Dunn County creek is human, but it is not new. Scientists at the state crime lab say the jawbone found in the creek in Menomonie is from an ancient Native American. There’s no exact date as to just how old the bone is. A pair of fishermen found the bone back in July. The state crime lab says it was likely only found because the water levels were so low at the time.

It was a busy day for police departments across southeast Wisconsin as they rushed to local schools after getting calls about school shootings.  More than a dozen different schools got a call about a shooter yesterday.  All of the calls were fake.  This is not new or isolated to Wisconsin.  Many states have seen similar waves of fake school shooter calls.  The FBI says it is working on the case. Nearest to us, it looks like Cameron Schools were the only ones in

A new report says Governor Evers’ push to be carbon-free by 2050 comes with a 250 billion-dollar price tag. The Center of the American Experiment released its report this week. The study looks at the cost associated with closing coal and natural gas power plants, as well as the cost to build new solar farms and wind turbines. The report notes that 65 percent of Wisconsin power currently comes from coal or natural gas. Just two-and-a-half percent comes from wind. The report

The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear a challenge from Wisconsin to President Biden’s student loan cancellation plan. The high court yesterday rejected the appeal from the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, again saying the group doesn’t have the standing to sue. WILL challenged the president’s plans by saying President Biden overstepped his authority by ordering between 10 and 20 thousand-dollars worth of student loan debt canceled.

 Prosecutors rest their case in the Darrell Brooks Jr. trial.  Today the prosecution called its last witness to the stand and Brooks started his defense.  The trial is expected to last until October 28th.

The FBI says its getting a number of school threats today including multiple in Wisconsin, but says the threats aren’t credible.  An FBI spokesperson in Milwaukee says some of the calls were swatting calls, where a person calls in a fake shooting report to cause a large police presence.  Madison police say a school shooter was called in at Madison East High School this morning but the threat wasn’t credible.

On Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at 10:13pm the Barron County 911 Center received a call of a one vehicle rollover on County Road U just south of Dallas. Deputies from the Barron County Sheriff’s Department along with the Mayo Ambulance, Dallas Ambulance, WI State Patrol, Dallas Fire Department, Life Link Helicopter and Mayo Helicopter all responded to the scene. Initial investigation shows a vehicle driven by an 18-year-old male from Rice Lake was travelling south on County Road U when

ABOVE PHOTO: The Eau Claire Carson 5 and 10 race T-shirt designed by UW-Stout student Sara Nyhus features Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox.  University of Wisconsin-Stout student has been named a winner in the annual Carson 5 and 10 in Eau Claire even before the foot race begins. Sara Nyhus, from Roberts, won the T-shirt design competition for the 54th annual event, to be held Saturday, Oct. 29, in and around Carson Park. She earned $100 for her work. Even

A child is the latest of Milwaukee shooting victims. Police say a 12-year-old was wounded in a shooting yesterday at 44th and Center. It happened about 7 p.m., officers say the boy is expected to survive. The shooting comes about a week after a 12-year-old girl was gunned down on the city’s northside. Her mother says she was killed because the mom stared at a group of young men. Milwaukee Police say a third 12-year-old was wounded in an accidental