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Prosecutors in Wisconsin would need a judge’s permission before dismissing gun charges against felony suspects under a new plan at the Wisconsin Capitol.  Lawmakers held a hearing on the proposal yesterday.  The idea, Republican state Senator Van Wanggaard said, is to make sure the prosecutors don’t toss-out weapons charges as part of a plea deal or to avoid a lengthy trial.  Wanggaard said too many felons are getting away with carrying guns in the state.  Democratic Senator Lena Taylor from Milwaukee said Wisconsin is not going

An investigation’s underway after a house exploded in central Wisconsin.  The explosion happened in the Town of Saratoga Monday night and caused the house to catch on fire.  No one’s hurt and the cause of the explosion and fire is unclear.

The trial of a Missouri man accused of killing two brothers from Shawano County, Wisconsin is delayed.  Garland Nelson will go trial for the double-murder in February 2023.  Nelson’s accused of killing Justin and Nicholas Diemel in 2019 and hiding their remains across Wisconsin and Missouri.  He was originally scheduled to go to trial this June.

The Madison Police Department plans to hold several public forums on the possibility of putting body cameras on all officers.  The first forum is Thursday at University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Memorial Union.  A second in-person event is scheduled for February 24th and online forums are scheduled for February 17th and March 3rd.  Online preregistration is required for the in-person events.  The Madison City Council has approved spending 83-thousand dollars on a body cam pilot program but the plan has been delayed until

A new children’s museum is open in Sun Prairie.  The Explore Children’s Museum has ten interactive exhibits and several exhibits that rotate throughout the year.  The museum officially opened at the beginning of the year but the grand opening takes place today.  The museum opens at 9 a.m. seven days a week. CLICK HERE TO EXPLORE THE DETAILS

If you have ideas about what you would like to see in our community, your ideas are welcome! Eau Claire County will be conducting 3 virtual community engagement sessions to prepare for Board strategic planning in May. The sessions are designed to learn from our community about what is important to them, and how it effects the services the County provides.The sessions are planned for 90 minutes each and will be held virtually. You can sign up for Tuesday, March

On February 7, 2022 at 9:49pm Marshfield Police responded to a call in the 800 block of E. Harrison St. reference a 19-year-old Stratford male who was pointing a handgun at two people inside of a residence, threatening to kill them. The male suspect fled the residence prior to police arrival. Marshfield Police received additional information that the suspect went to a residence in the 1300 block of N. Peach Av. (a short distance away) and again pointed the handgun

Phishing is when scammers try to scam you through your email, smishing is when they try the same thing through your text messages.   Wisconsin’s DMV is warning of a smishing scam.  The DMV says several people have complained about fake text messages asking for personal information and a credit card number to validate their driver’s licenses.  The DMV says it doesn’t send out texts like that, and is warning it is 100-percent a scam.

A Chippewa County woman is looking at charges after police say she stole 50-thousand-dollars from a local Subway over the course of the couple years that she worked there.  Prosecutors filed theft charges yesterday against 34-year-old Jessica Guthman from Holcombe.  Investigators say she would ring-in items as cash sales, then pocket some of the money.  She was caught after the store’s owner noticed a dip in profits.  Guthman is looking at 10-years in prison if convicted.

A Minnesota man was stopped for OWI in Eau Claire. 62 year old BYRON HOWARD, has been arrested by the Wisconsin State Patrol Eau Claire Post for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 1st offense, with one child in the vehicle under the age of 16. It was on Monday afternoon just before 3:30 when a Wisconsin State Patrol Trooper conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle for speed. A subsequent investigation, including standardized field sobriety testing, showed the