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Local agriculture producers are encouraged to attend the Chippewa Valley Ag Conference, which will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. on Tuesday, January 18 at Chippewa Valley Technical College’s Energy Education Center, 4000 Campus Road in Eau Claire. The full-day conference will feature two keynote addresses and a variety of breakout sessions on topics specifically designed for area ag operations.The conference will kick off with a welcome keynote address from Greg Peterson, who founded the Peterson Farm Brothers with

Republican State Representative Amy Loudenbeck is running for Wisconsin Secretary of State.  Loudenbeck announced her candidacy today in Janesville.  She was first elected to the state Assembly in 2010.  As Secretary of State, Loudenbeck said she would look to take more control of election administration in the state.  Democrat Doug La Follette has held the office since 1978.

Kyle Rittenhouse says he’s destroying the weapon he used to kill two people last year in Wisconsin.  While appearing on a podcast, Rittenhouse said he doesn’t “want anything to do with” the AR-15-style weapon he used in August 2020 in Kenosha.  The shootings happened during racial justice protests after the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man who was shot by a white police officer.  Rittenhouse was found not guilty on the charges he faced from that night.

A Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s deputy is recovering from injuries inflicted during an altercation with a man suffering from mental health issues.  Officials say the deputy was hurt during a scuffle with a man who was reported running in and out of traffic on I-41 near Highway 23 yesterday afternoon.  The deputy suffered a significant knee injury but was able to handcuff suspect.  The suspect faces several charges including resisting arrest causing injury.

The Festival of Trees is underway at the National Railroad Museum.  Nearly 50 trees decorated by local businesses and nonprofits are displayed throughout the museum.  Each tree features a unique theme.  The National Railroad Museum is located outside of Green Bay and is open everyday except Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.

55 year old Lawrence Waube, from Black River Falls, has been arrested by the Wisconsin State Patrol Eau Claire Post for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 7th offense. It was on Wednesday, December 1st at approximately 12:09 AM, when a Trooper from the Wisconsin State Patrol stopped a vehicle for a speeding violation on Highway 54 at I-94, near Black River Falls. The driver was identified as Lawrence Waube, age 55, of Black River Falls, WI. Troopers conducted

It’s ten charges for the suspect in Sunday’s deadly shooting at the Kwik Trip in Blooming Grove. Dane County’s district attorney filed formal charges against 29-year-old Trevon Adams yesterday. The charges include first degree homicide, fleeing and eluding, felony weapons possession, and seven counts of bail jumping. He’s being held on a million-dollars bond. Prosecutors say Adams confessed to the shooting, he told police that he was high when he pulled the trigger.

Madison’s police department is getting more money to try and stop crimes from occurring in the first place. The city yesterday announced it’s been awarded 125 thousand-dollars for ‘wrap-around’ services aimed at teens. The idea is to provide teenagers enough support that they don’t fall into a life of crime early. Madison Police Captain Mike Hanson says the idea actually came from social workers who said a holistic approach could keep some kids from following down the wrong path.

One of the attorneys assigned to Darrell Brooks Jr’s defense is walking away from the case because of a conflict. Attorney Joseph Domask told the judge that he knows some of the victims of the parade tragedy in Waukesha. Brooks is accused of killing six and injuring over 50 others when he drove through the parade two weeks ago. Brooks will be assigned a new lawyer in the case.

We’re getting a look at the moment when a Kenosha police officer discovered an MSNBC producer was following the Rittenhouse jury. Kenosha Police released bodycam footage of the traffic stop that led the judge in Rittenhouse’s case to ban MSNBC from the courthouse. The footage shows the producer trying to explain that while he was following the jury bus, he was not trying to make contact. You also see a phone call between the officer and an MSNBC producer in