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A registered sex offender will be living in Eau Claire County starting next week. Thirty-three-year-old Chizaram Okoroji will live at a home on Randall Street in Eau Claire beginning Tuesday, September 13th. He pleaded guilty to charges of second and third-degree sexual assault of an intoxicated victim in 2009 and sentenced to four years in prison and six years of extended supervision. Okoroji must follow all sex offender registry requirements. He is also not allowed to have any contact with

The University of Wisconsin at La Crosse is responding to two possible cases of monkeypox. In a letter to students, faculty, and staff, the university says the people in question are isolating as they await their test results. There will also be an increase in cleaning and disinfecting around campus. The school added that they are working with the Student Health Center and the county health department to identify and notify any close contacts.

Several Wisconsin schools make the new Forbes list of the Top 500 Colleges and Universities in the U.S.  The University of Wisconsin Madison is the highest rated Wisconsin school, at number 49.  Marquette University in Milwaukee is the second highest Wisconsin school at number 159.  University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire is the third highest Wisconsin university on the Forbes 500 list, at number 253. 

Two events highlighting Americans’ constitutional rights will be held in September at University of Wisconsin-Stout. From 4:30 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 14, free speech will be the topic in the Great Hall of the Memorial Student Center. Walter Kimbrough will present “I Respectfully Disagree: When Debate Dies Who Loses?” He will discuss how to enter into a debate, respect others’ free speech rights and talk across differences. Kimbrough has been president of two Historically Black Colleges and Universities

The Eau Claire County Broadband Committee’s mission is to develop or expand broadband services in all parts of Eau Claire County. To achieve this mission, they are asking all community residents to take a quick internet speed test. There is also an opportunity to provide comments if you would like to. This information will help the committee further identify areas of greatest need and assist the committee to identify appropriate funding and project priorities. Residents are asked to visit the

Six elected leaders in Wisconsin are being named by the Anti-Defamation League as possible members of a group connected to the January 6th riot at the U.S. Capitol.  The Anti-Defamation League says the six are accused of signing up as members of the Oath Keepers, which has been labeled as an anti-government group.

Dane County is including hundreds of thousands of dollars in its budget to address the opioid epidemic.  Dane County Executive Joe Parisi says the 740-thousand dollar Harm Reduction and Prevention Act will take six key actions, including community education, awareness, widespread distribution of Narcan and fentanyl test strips.  Parisi says 86 percent of the overdose deaths in Dane County last year were opiate-related.

The Milwaukee County Zoo invites you to a spooky Zoo visit this Halloween season. Kids and families will enjoy Boo at the Zoo, presented by Prairie Farms Dairy, Thursday, Oct. 20 through Sunday, Oct. 23 from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Boo at the Zoo (back as a walking event this year) will feature wicked family-friendly activities including a Trick-or-Treat Trail, live pumpkin-carving demos, dazzling light shows, plus so much more! Several of the animal buildings will be open just

A teenage boy is facing attempted homicide and burglary charges after police say he stabbed a teenage girl multiple times. The 15-year-old victim says she was asleep in her home in Onalaska when she woke up to find 17-year-old Austin Bailey attempting to strangle her. She told police that she broke free and began punching him, only to have him begin stabbing her. Bailey had reported that he took photos of her without her consent while she was sleeping. The

A man is facing murder charges in a homicide case dating back to 1985. Sixty-year-old Donald Maier will be formally charged tomorrow with first-degree murder. He is currently in a Racine prison serving a sentence for an unrelated stalking case. Maier is accused of fatally stabbing Benny Scruggs in his bed back on July 17th, 1985. Court documents state that Maier and Scruggs’ wife, Yvonne, had slept together and that she told him that if he wanted her, she knew