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Jury selection is underway in the trial of a southern Wisconsin man accused of murdering his parents.  Chandler Halderson of Windsor is accused of killing Bart and Krista Halderson back in July, dismembering their bodies and hiding them in two separate places in rural Dane County.  Halderson reported his parents missing but was arrested after their remains were found.  He faces eight charges including two counts of first-degree intentional homicide.

Three people are dead in connection with an explosion in east-central Wisconsin.  The Shawano County Sheriff’s Office says the explosion happened last Friday at an auto repair shop in the town of Lessor.  Three men died in the explosion while a woman was hurt but survived.  Investigators say the explosion was caused by a punctured pressurized container.

The Madison area reaches a new record for coronavirus cases.  Public Health Madison and Dane County says its seven-day case rate rose to nearly one-thousand over the weekend, the highest it’s ever been.  However, coronavirus hospitalizations are still below their peak from November 2020.  Dane County also has the highest coronavirus vaccination rate of any Wisconsin county, nearly 80-percent.

Wisconsin basketball returns to Big Ten action tonight on the road against Purdue.  The Badgers play Purdue at 6:00 p.m.  The Badgers have won eight out of their last nine games dating back to late November.  The Badgers play a conference-only schedule the rest of the regular season.

The FDA is authorizing Pfizer boosters for 12-to-15-year-olds amid a surge in COVID cases, driven by the Omicron variant.  Sara Lee Kessler with details.

We could get more of an idea just what Eau Claire school leaders are going to include in their next referendum by the end of the day. Eau Claire’s school board is set to talk about what kind of referendum they plan on putting on the November ballot, and just what projects will be included. The city’s school district is looking at a multi-million dollar referendum question to expand and update several schools. The final price tag is not yet

Wisconsin lawmakers are heading back to the Wisconsin Capitol, but it’s unclear if they will do anything about the state’s election system. State Rep. Tim Ramthun has a piece of legislation that would do away with the Wisconsin Elections Commission, but it is not yet scheduled for a hearing. There’s also no word if lawmakers will act on State Senator Steve Nass’ request to force the Elections Commission to adopt new rules on absentee ballots and ballot drop boxes. Nass wants a special session this

Wisconsin’s coronavirus hospitalizations are up a bit. The state’s Hospital Association on Friday said just over 17 hundred people are in the hospital with the virus. That’s about a hundred since the week before. There are, however, fewer people in the ICU. The Hospital Association reports there are just under 400 people in intensive care units across the state. Last week, that number was over 400. FOR MORE FROM WI DHS, CLICK HERE.

There’s a plea to stay out of the emergency room for non-emergencies. Public health managers say people need to get a coronavirus test at a dedicated testing facility, not in the emergency room. Jamie Lucas, the Executive Director of the Wisconsin Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals, says people are clogging an already overloaded healthcare system when they use the ER for tests. Hospitals across the state say they are dealing with staff shortages and burn-out as coronavirus cases spike again in

 Milwaukee is starting 2022 where it left-off in 2021. Police say 12 people were shot on either New Year’s Day or yesterday, two of them died. One died during an argument at about 1:15 a.m. on New Year’s Day. The other death was a 16-year-old girl who was shot and killed last night. Milwaukee Police say the circumstances leading-up to that shooting are still under investigation. Acting Mayor Cavalier Johnson yesterday said he’s making a return to public safety his