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The Wisconsin  Court of Appeals is denying Steve Avery’s request for an evidentiary hearing or a new trial in connection with the 2005 murder of Teresa Halbach.  Avery, who was featured on the Netflix docuseries Making a Murderer,  is serving a life sentence for her killing.  The judges ruled today that Avery wasn’t entitled to any of his motions because there was no error by the lower court when it used its discretion to deny motions to vacate and for reconsideration. 

On Wednesday, July 28, 2021, an independent shooting review panel, made up of law enforcement firearm instructors and law enforcement administrators, met to review the July 14, 2021 incident in Mikana. As a result of the review, the panel found no violation of any department policy, the deputy followed all Training and Standards use of force procedures and the use of force was justified to protect the deputy and the citizens in the area. The deputy has been taken off

Each year thousands of individuals are injured while mowing the lawn. These injuries can be everything from a first-degree burn to a tragic amputation or even death. HSHS Sacred Heart and St. Joseph’s hospitals urge community members to use caution while mowing. “Prevention of these injuries is key,” says Regi Geisler, trauma coordinator for HSHS Sacred Heart and St. Joseph’s hospitals. “The most common injuries could be prevented by just slowing down and using common sense.” Read your mower’s instruction

Farmstead Meats is issuing a voluntary Class I recall of packaged jerky products sold from its store in New Franken, WI. The recalled product includes: Jerky, various flavors, 1-lb. packages, produced before March 2, 2021 This is a Class I recall resulting from evidence collected during a routine inspection by state inspectors. Evidence shows that the product was not produced with the benefit of inspection or in accordance with the establishment’s Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) food safety plan.

The technical colleges in Madison and Milwaukee are using some of their coronavirus stimulus money to pay-off past due tuition costs. Milwaukee Area Technical College says it will spend nearly six-million-dollars to wipe out student debt. Madison Area Technical College last week said it would spend four-million-dollars of its stimulus money on the same thing. The money is only for costs for students who took classes in 2020 and 2021, and it doesn’t do anything to any student loans that

Former Milwaukee police chief Alfonso Morales is walking away from the city with 627-thousand-dollars. Milwaukee’s Common Council approved Morales’ wrongful termination settlement yesterday. The agreement spares Milwaukee from any further lawsuits from the former chief and allows the city to hire a new permanent police chief. Morales sued after he was pushed-out last summer. Morales is one of four finalists for the police chief’s job in Fitchburg.

The number of new coronavirus cases in Wisconsin is at its highest level since April. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday reported 983 new cases, the highest number in four months. DHS says new case numbers are growing while vaccinations are flat-lining. Just 51-percent of people in the state have gotten at least one dose of the vaccine. So, what’s next? Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services usually abides by the CDC’s recommendations on the coronavirus and masks, so it’s likely just

Eau Claire County Treasurer, Glenda Lyons, would like to remind all Eau Claire County property owners thatthe final installment (commonly known as the second half or postponed amount) of the 2020 real estate taxesare due to the Eau Claire County Treasurer by July 31, 2021. Please include your payment stub(s) or indicate the parcel number(s) you are paying on your check, or in a separate memo, so we can apply your payment(s) correctly. CLICK HERE FOR ONLINE PAYMENT INFO.

The woman who nearly starved her dog to death back in 2019 will not go to jail. A judge in Menomonie yesterday sentenced Anne Iehl to two years probation. Iehl was convicted back in May of not feeding the dog, now named Gabriel. Animal rescuers say the dog weighed just 23 pounds when they found him. Iehl says she wasn’t financially stable enough to take care of the dog on her own. The dog is now with a new family,

More apartments are coming to Eau Claire. The city council last night okayed the plan to renovate the Campus View Inn & Suites and turn it into apartments. The old motel is across from HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital on Eau Claire’s south side. Developers are promising 87 apartments by next fall.