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Eau Claire Parks, Recreation, & Forestry is proud to announce the rededication of McDonoughPark. The event is planned for Monday, July 11th from 12:00pm-1:00pm at McDonough Park. New Adult andIntergenerational Amenities have been added. Celebration is open to the public. Please bringyour own chair. Amenities will be available for play after the presentations. Rain date is Thursday, July 14th from 12:00pm-1:00pm.

The man charged with killing several people at a parade in Illinois, allegedly considered a second mass shooting in Wisconsin the same day.  Officials say Robert Crimo the Third came upon a 4th of July celebration in Madison and was going to open fire on that event.  He told investigators he changed his mind because he hadn’t done enough research on the Madison event, which is just over two hours away from the Highland Park shooting scene.  Crimo has been charged with

A Wisconsin murder suspect is being allowed to use human trafficking in her defense.  The state Supreme Court ruled today the state constitution lets Chrystul Kizer’s lawyers tell a jury she was trafficked by Randall Volar in 2018.  Kizer told Kenosha police she killed Volar because she became tired of him touching her.  Kenosha County DA Michael Graveley posted on Facebook in 2019 they never had any evidence suggesting Kizer was trafficked by Volar.

Donald Trump is coming back to Wisconsin.  The former president is set to appear August 20th in Milwaukee as part of his American Freedom Tour.  Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, along with former FOX News host Kimberly Guilfoyle are also set to appear.  More information is at AmericanFreedomTour.com.

We now know the victim and the suspect in Altoona’s deadly weekend hit-and-run. Police yesterday said 29-year-old Jonathan Peacock was killed while walking down Highway 12 early Sunday morning. Altoona Police say 35-year-old Brendan Barkovich is the one who hit him. Police are asking for hit-and-run charges as well as cocaine possession charges against Barkovich. Prosecutors have not yet filed formal charges in the case.

Prosecutors in Eau Claire say a car in a ditch led to a pot bust. It happened in the Town of Washington yesterday. Deputies found 17-year-old Cesar Cruz-Ramirez’s car stuck in the ditch. They then found nearly a pound-and-a-half of marijuana. Cruz-Ramirez was booked into jail on drug and bail jumping charges. He was freed on a 15 hundred-dollar signature bond.

Homicides in Milwaukee are up nearly 40 percent from this point last year, but the city is seeing fewer stolen cars and burglaries. Mayor Cavelier Johnson yesterday tried to put the best face on the city’s crime states for the first half of 2022. Johnson said he is encouraged by an overall drop in crime. That drop comes, however, as Milwaukee is looking at another record year for shootings and homicides. Through the end of June, Milwaukee Police say 112

Police in Madison aren’t saying anything about the reports that the suspect in the Highland Park parade massacre traveled to the city after he opened fire on the crowd. Police in Illinois yesterday said Robert Crimo the Third drove to the Madison area after the shooting, then drove back to Illinois. Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes yesterday said any questions about the case need to be asked of the FBI. Primo was formally charged with seven counts of murder yesterday

There are questions about Wisconsin’s latest voter registration postcards. The state’s Elections Commission is set this week to mail almost 180 thousand postcards to people who are eligible to vote, but not yet registered. State Rep. Janel Brandtjen said wants to know how the state found these unregistered voters, and is wary of the multi-state voter information group that Wisconsin partners with for voter list maintenance. Brandtjen said the Elections Commission needs to be very careful with the security of the state’s voter

Wisconsin is getting decent returns on its state investments, but it is also paying-out a lot to manage those investments. A new audit says the State of Wisconsin Investment Board is spending more than 60 percent more on outside investment managers than just five years ago. The same audit found that bonuses for in-house investment management doubled in those same five years to 24 million-dollars.