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A pedestrian was struck in Washburn County. It was on 08-13-21, at approximately 8:33 a.m., law enforcement from Spooner Police Department, Washburn County Sheriff’s Department and the WI State Patrol responded to a car versus pedestrian crash at the intersection of Main Street and Highway 63 in the city of Spooner. A female was walking westbound through the crosswalk at Highway 63 when a southbound vehicle struck her causing severe injury. Preliminary investigation indicates the pedestrian failed to yield to

Officials are looking for information about damaged property. Recently, the Barron County Sheriff’s Department received a report of farmland that had been damaged as a result of a vehicle driving off of the ATV trail and recklessly through a field. The damaged field was just west of the Barron County ATV intensive use area which is one of the most heavily traveled ATV trails in Barron County. If anyone has information regarding the subject(s) responsible for this damage please call

Timothy M. O’Shea, Acting United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that David Hartwig, 34, Menomonie, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 81 months in federal prison for possessing a firearm and ammunition as a felon and for possessing heroin with intent to distribute. This prison term will be followed by 3 years of supervised release. On May 6, 2020, undercover officers approached Hartwig as part of a drug trafficking investigation. Upon seeing the

It’s homicide charges for one of the two men who were racing across Milwaukee’s north side and smashed into another car. The D.A. in Milwaukee yesterday filed charges against 30-year-old James Hinton and 37-year-old James Malone. Police say they were racing near 60th and Hampton last Saturday when they smashed into a car that was trying to make a turn. The crash killed two people in the other car. Crash data says the two were going at least 120 miles-per-hour.

The judge in Larry Lokken’s case says his request to get out of prison early doesn’t look good for him. Lokken appeared before a judge yesterday in a bid to end his prison sentence early. Eau Claire County prosecutors are trying to keep Lokken locked-up. He’s served five years of his nine-year sentence for stealing over a million-dollars from Eau Claire County taxpayers. He also has not paid much of the money back. Records show he’s paid just under 19-thousand-dollars

As expected, there will be no charges filed against the officers who shot and killed the gunman at the Oneida casino back in May. Brown County Attorney David Lasee cleared the three officers yesterday. Investigators say the officers shot and killed Bruce Pofahl moments after he shot and killed two people and wounded a third inside the casino’s restaurant. The state’s Department of Justice says Pofahl worked at the restaurant and was looking for revenge. The officers will return to

Eau Claire schools are updating the back to school plan and will now require masks for younger kids. The school district yesterday said kids from kindergarten through eighth grade will be required to wear masks in class. Masks will be optional for kids in high school. CLICK FOR MORE BACK TO SCHOOL INFO.

Wisconsin’s coronavirus vaccine numbers are better when you look at just the adults who are eligible for a shot. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday said 53-percent of people in Wisconsin have gotten one dose of the vaccine. But that number jumps to over 63-percent when you look at adults 18-and-up. Wisconsin’s public health managers say the goal is to get at least 70-percent of people to get vaccinated, but no one is guessing when that may happen. CLICK HERE FOR MORE

Wisconsin’s slow growth continues. The latest Census numbers show the state grew by just over three-and-a-half-percent over the past decade, about half of what Minnesota saw. There are five-point-nine-million people in the state. Madison and Dane County were the fastest growing areas in Wisconsin, adding more than 73-thousand people. That growth came as Milwaukee shrank. The Census shows Milwaukee lost 17-thousand people since 2010. Most notably, the Census shows that fewer children are now living in the state. That means Wisconsin is likely

The political back-and-forth over Wisconsin’s new political map has begun. The Census Bureau delivered the numbers to the states yesterday. In Wisconsin, it means Republican lawmakers will begin drawing the state’s new political map. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said they are beginning that process. There are sure to be lawsuits and delays, and no one is saying when the new map will be finished. The hope is to have the new map in time for the spring election next year.