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A Fond du Lac mom is looking at 40-plus years in prison for the death of her daughter. A judge in Fond du Lac found Shauntina Fuller-Pankey guilty of reckless homicide yesterday. Investigators say she smashed her baby in the head in 2018. The case lingered for years, in part prosecutors say, because of poor work by a former Fond du Lac police detective. The D.A.’s office says that detective made the case much more difficult to prove. Fuller-Pankey is

Wisconsin’s tornado from last week’s windstorm is now up to eight. The National Weather Service in Minneapolis yesterday confirmed that two more tornadoes touched down in western Wisconsin last Wednesday. Both of the newly confirmed tornadoes are rated EF-1. One was in Winona County, the other was confirmed near Greenwood in Clark County. Forecasters say the storms did plenty of damage, but there are no reports of any serious injuries.

Waukesha is getting ready to move the city’s makeshift memorial to the Christmas Parade victims. The mayor’s office yesterday said crews will remove the flowers, teddy bears, and signs that are currently in Veterans Park by next Wednesday. The idea is to eventually build a new, permanent memorial. The items will be housed with the county’s historical society. Six people died and more than 50 others were injured in that attack last month

The back and forth between the state’s special election investigator and a western Wisconsin Republican lawmaker is not ending. Former Supreme Court Justice Mike Gableman told a crowd at the Chippewa County Republican Party this week that state Senator Kathy Bernier should resign. Bernier has been critical of Gableman’s election, and last week she said he was ‘jazzing-up’ people who don’t know what they’re talking about. Gableman said if Bernier is afraid of her constituents, then perhaps she should resign. Gableman said

Wisconsin is ending the week with fewer people in the hospital with the coronavirus. The state’s Hospital Association yesterday said 16-hundred people are in the hospital with the virus. That number hovered above 15 hundred all week. The Hospital Association says just over 400 people are in ICUs across the state.

The holidays just got a lot brighter for one Eau Claire veteran. The crew at Green Oasis landscaping donated decorations, and the installation, to Vietnam veteran Tom McMahon. He says he was as surprised as anyone when he saw his house decorated for Christmas. McMahon’s son-in-law nominated him this year because McMahon can’t put the lights up himself. The crew at Green Oasis says the lights are a gift you can’t wrap.

This morning a weather event came through the area dropping freezing rain, which caused icy roadway conditions along the I-94 corridor from Menomonie to Black River Falls. As a result, emergency services responded to multiple crashes, run-offs and jack-knifed semi units Around 5:45am on I-94 at mile marker 96 the State Patrol and several emergency agencies responded to a multiple vehicle crash. Upon arrival a semi unit was in the median on fire with two passenger vehicles underneath. Several secondary

Wisconsin has some of the cheapest gas in the country as gas prices go down nationwide.  According to Triple-A, the average price for regular unleaded in Wisconsin is two dollars and 97 cents a gallon.  That’s over 30 cents below the national average and down nearly 15 cents since this time last month.  Some of the cheapest gas in Wisconsin is in Appleton, where the average is two-84 a gallon.

Three Green Bay Packers are headed to the Pro Bowl.  Quarterback Aaron Rodgers, wide receiver Davante Adams, and defensive lineman Kenny Clark were selected to the Pro Bowl Wednesday.  The selection is Rodgers’ tenth of his career, beating Packers legend Brett Favre’s team record.  The Pro Bowl is scheduled for February 6th in Las Vegas.

The City of Marshfield Parks and Recreation Department proudly recognizes Bridget A. O’Brien as their 2021 Volunteer of the Year. Bridget is longtime volunteer, advocate and supporter in the Marshfield community. As for the Parks and Recreation department specifically, Bridget is most known for garlic mustard removal in Wildwood Park. Garlic mustard is an aggressive invasive plant, that drowns out native species and alters ground chemistry. Bridget has led many volunteer events where people gather in the spring to pull