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Arrests were made after an incident in the Northwoods. Below are the details from Barron County officials. On Monday, February 7, 2022, at about 8:00 a.m., the Barron County Sheriff Department was requested by the Polk County Sheriff’s Department to check an address on 6th Ave in our county near Clayton. This was in regards to a domestic type incident where a firearm was used and fired at a car and residence. Deputies from the Sheriff’s Department arrived at this

If you live in Watertown you likely have a lot of car loan debt.  That’s according to WalletHub, which says Watertown is in the first percentile for U.S. cities with car loan debt.  WalletHub says the median car loan debt in Watertown is over 29-thousand dollars, the second most of any U.S. city.  The city with the most car loan debt is Southlake, Texas. TO READ MORE ABOUT THIS, CLICK HERE.

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The family of two murdered Shawano brothers will have to wait another year to see if they get justice.  A judge on Monday pushed back Joey Nelson’s trial for the murders of Nicholas and Justin Diemel until next March.  Nelson’s lawyers say he needs a mental evaluation before trial.  The trial was supposed to start in June.  Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty in the case.  They say Nelson killed the brothers over a bad cattle deal, then burned or

Everyone is alright after a school bus crash in Eau Claire yesterday afternoon.  North High School sent out a message yesterday afternoon saying one of its buses was involved in a minor accident at Old Wells Road and the North Crossing.  No students were injured.  The school says a second bus was sent to make sure kids got home as quickly as possible.

 A Madison man who was angry over having his snowblower stolen is now looking at charges for what he did with that anger.  Madison Police say 29-year-old Corey Sanderson t-boned a car full of people who had just stolen his snowblower on Monday night. A man and a woman in the car were taken to the hospital with serious injuries.  Sanderson was arrested.  He’s looking at reckless endangerment charges.  The man and the woman could be charged with theft.

Nearly three-quarters of all Wisconsin towns rely on trucks to bring them their groceries, gas, and just about everything else, but there is a growing shortage of truck drivers.  Lawmakers at the state capitol listened to trucking experts yesterday as part of a push to have the state support the trucking industry. Wisconsin’s Supply Chain Committee is considering a plan to help train, recruit, and in some cases pay bonuses to new truck drivers.  State Rep. Bob Brooks from Saukville says inflation and

Add Eau Claire County to the list of places where coronavirus cases are falling rapidly.  The city-county health department yesterday said positive cases are down 70-percent from just two weeks ago.  Eau Claire County is now averaging 74 positives per-day.  That number was above 240 per-day back in January.  Despite the drop, the health department continues to suggest that people wear masks and get their coronavirus vaccinations.

There’s more money available for local communities to look for forever chemicals in their water.  Governor Tony Evers’ office yesterday said Wisconsin will use 600-thousand-dollars in federal funds to pay for local water testing.  The governor has focused on PFAS testing during his time in office.  There’s no list yet as to just which communities will see a share of the new money.