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A man is charged with election fraud in Fond du Lac County.  District Attorney Eric Toney says Anthony Van Egtern of Malone is accused of illegally voting in the 2020 election.  Van Egtern was on probation for a drug charge which made him ineligible to vote.  He could face up to three-and-a-half years in prison if convicted.

The numbers for the deer harvest from Wisconsin’s nine-day hunt are down nearly eight-percent from 2020.  The Wisconsin DNR says the hunt produced just over one-percent fewer antlered deer and about 13-percent fewer antlerless deer.  In total about 175-thousand-670 deer were harvested.

Frontier Airlines is adding nonstop service between Green Bay and Florida.  The airline announced today that beginning February 19th Frontier is offering a weekly non-stop from Straubel International in Green Bay to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International.  The introductory fares are under fifty-dollars.

Madison is named one of the best midsize college towns in America.  That’s according to WalletHub, which ranks Madison eighth for midsize college towns.  WalletHub also ranks Madison as the 30th overall college town.  The city ranks best in social environment at 58th.  The top college town in the U.S. is Austin, Texas.

The suspect in Blooming Grove’s deadly shooting was out of jail despite a history or bail jump and seven open felony cases. The Dane County Sheriff’s Office identified the suspect in Sunday’s shooting at 29-year-old Trevon Adams. Investigators say he shot and killed a man Sunday night at the Kwik Trip on Milwaukee Street. The sheriff says Adams was facing seven felony charges prior to his arrest, he’s now facing two more. Prosecutors are expected to file formal homicide charges

The suspect in last week’s deadly buggy wreck in Taylor County is looking at a six-figure bond. A judge in Medford yesterday set 35-year-old Skyler Opelt’s bond at 100 thousand-dollars. Investigators say he was high when he smashed into the back of a buggy full of kids last Wednesday. Nine people went to the hospital, one of them died. Opelt is due back in court in January.

It’s now six counts of homicide for the deaths at Waukesha’s Christmas Parade. Prosecutors filed the additional count against Darrell Brooks yesterday. The charge covers the death of eight-year-old Jackson Sparks. Brooks was already facing a slew of homicide and other charges. Police say he plowed-through the parade crowd last week. No one, however, is offering a motive. This, as time marches on and some of the victims of Waukesha’s parade tragedy have already been laid to rest, others will

There’s hope and excitement heading into this Giving Tuesday. The United Way of the Greater Chippewa Valley says Giving Tuesday is one of their biggest opportunities to raise money and do some real good. The United Way’s Andy Neborak says small contributions today add-up, and mean more opportunities for charities in Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls.

Lawmakers are looking to create a new law that could be called the Rittenhouse law. Kenosha’s three Democratic lawmakers yesterday introduced a plan to make it illegal for anyone under 18 to carry a rifle or a shotgun unless they are hunting. Prosecutors in Kyle Rittenhouse’s case tried to charge him with illegal possession of a firearm, but that charge was dropped because Wisconsin law allows some teenagers to carry certain rifles and shotguns. Senator Bob Wirch along with Representatives Tod Ohnstad

The power is back on for folks in rural Eau Claire and Chippewa counties. The lights went out for about 200 Eau Claire Energy Cooperative customers yesterday afternoon. No one is saying just what knocked the lights out. The power went-out a little bit before 4 p.m., and came back on about an hour-and-a-half later.