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A Poynette woman is facing her tenth OWI charge after the Wisconsin State Patrol says she crashed into a pickup truck in Sauk County.  The State Patrol says Laura Parrish drove under a semi truck on Interstate-90/94 Tuesday afternoon, causing the right eastbound lane to be blocked.  The State Patrol says Parrish drove away from the crash but was later found and charged with OWI and operating after revocation.

A pedestrian was hit on I94. It was at approximately 10:57 p.m. on Thursday June 21st when the NWR Eau Claire Post Communications Center received a call from St. Croix County dispatch advising of a pedestrian that had been struck near mile marker 1 on I-94 eastbound. WI State Patrol Troopers and St. Croix County Deputies responded to the scene. Upon arrival it was determined that a pedestrian, 59 year old Darryl Grimshaw from Australia, was wearing dark colored clothing

The criminal case against a northeast Wisconsin superintendent who stripped searched her students for vape cartridges is over. A judge in Oconto yesterday dismissed the charges against Suring Superintendent Kelly Casper. Prosecutors say she held six girls against their will during the search back in January. The judge yesterday said there’s no evidence that she held them against their will. Casper has been on paid leave from the school district since prosecutors first filed charges. The girls’ parents say they are still

The Brewers are on-board with changes to roads around their ballpark. Brewers’ president of baseball operations Rick Schlesinger yesterday said the team supports changing the Stadium Freeway. There are a couple of plans for changes, including one that would open-up the road to local traffic, connect some parking lots, and provide room for a Deer District-like area just outside of American Family Field. Schlesinger says the team would like to see changes even if the so-called Beer District doesn’t happen.

There is a suspect in custody in connection to a homicide case in Eau Claire County. Below is the update released from local authorities: Update #3 06/22/22:At approximately midnight last night, Philip Novak was taken into custody without incident in Phillips, WI, which is located in Price County. Attached is Novak’s booking photo taken this morning. The Sheriff’s Office would like to thank the community for all the information and tips that came in that led to the arrest of

Investigators in Barron County say last month’s deadly house fire was not intentional. The state’s Department of Justice yesterday said there is no evidence that the fire was an intentional act. No one is saying just what caused the fire, however. Three people died in the fire on May 12th.

The city of Eau Claire is reminding people to clean-up after their dogs. Parks manager Steve Plaza yesterday said it’s a public health hazard to leave dog poop in city parks and in other people’s yards. Eau Claire allows for 200 dollar fines for anyone who doesn’t clean-up after their dogs, but Plaza said he’d rather see people just clean-up. Plaza says police have issued just seven dog poop tickets over the past four years.

 Add Madison to the list of cities that are paying people a guaranteed monthly income. Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway yesterday said Madison will pay 155 families 500 dollars per-month for a year. That comes to six thousand-dollars per-family, and 930 thousand-dollars in all. The mayor says the money is coming from donations, not taxpayers. The families who get the 500 bucks can spend it on whatever they like. Applications are being accepted until July 3rd.

Wisconsin’s election managers are trying to get ahead of any anger about this year’s elections.  Wisconsin Elections Commission administrator Meagan Wolfe told reporters yesterday that there are no locked doors or dark corners in elections in the state. She explained that most of the work for election in Wisconsin is done at the local level, and said the Elections Commission is merely there to support local clerks. Wolfe and the Elections Commission, however, continue to face questions about the guidance and election rulings

There is a new coronavirus vaccine recommendation from Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services. The state yesterday said everyone six-months and older should get the shot. That includes babies and young kids between six-months and five-years-old. The CDC approved vaccines for younger kids over the weekend. DHS says 300 thousand young kids in Wisconsin are now eligible for the vaccine.