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A St. Croix County business was damaged by fire Monday night.  Flames ignited at St. Croix Castings in Woodville at around 9 p.m.  All workers were able to safely evacuate and no one was hurt.  The cause of the fire is not yet confirmed.

The Madison community is remembering the deadly Abundant Life Christian School shooting one year later.  Yesterday was the anniversary of the shooting in 2024, leaving one student and teacher dead while injuring six others.  Police say 15-year-old Natalie Rupnow entered the school and opened fire during a study hall period with kids from several grades.  Former principal Dough Butler released a message saying “we remember those we lost” and continue praying for those “still healing.”  The school was in session

Wisconsin is part of a group of states that filed a lawsuit against Uber. The lawsuit claims that Uber charged consumers for its subscription without their consent, failed to deliver promised savings including no delivery fees, and made it difficult for users to cancel the subscription. Users who try to cancel can be forced to navigate as many as 23 screens and take as many as 32 actions to cancel.

Testimony continues today in the trial for the Milwaukee judge accused of helping a defendant evade arrest by ICE inside her courthouse.  The incident involving Milwaukee County judge Hannah Dugan took place at the county courthouse last April, and a grand jury indicted Dugan the following month.  She faces felony obstruction and other charges.

Wisconsin’s  FoodShare program will not see new restrictions next year. It comes as nearly 20 other states prepare to limit what SNAP recipients can purchase. Wisconsin FoodShare currently restricts purchases of alcohol and tobacco products, certain health products, and hot food served in stores, among other things. Over 350-thousand residents in Wisconsin are currently using the benefits.

A member of the Wisconsin volleyball team is being considered for the AVCA Division I Player of the Year Award.  Outside hitter Mimi Colyer has been a key piece for the Badgers so far this year, tallying over 560 total kills with at least one match remaining. The announcement of the Player of the Year recipient takes place on Friday.

Two interior design students at University of Wisconsin-Stout are working to ensure their peers have a more efficient, comfortable and warm experience at Helping Hand Food+ Pantry, the university’s student pantry Emma Walstra and Klaire Johnson – project co-leads who form the EWKJ Interiors team – reimagined the pantry space to create an “atmosphere that reflects the care UW-Stout places in serving its students.” Their three-week-long project was part of Lecturer Lindsy Tomski’s Educational, Civic, and Cultural Interior Design Studio course, which partnered with the pantry to simulate

A second person is being charged in connection with an overdose death in Tomah.  Fifty-four-year-old Harley Carlson was recently charged with reckless homicide with investigators saying they supplied drugs to someone that later sold those drugs to the eventual 28-year-old OD victim.  The victim was found dead at a Tomah home in August.  The middle man is now being identified as 47-year-old James Zinsmeister who now also faces charges of reckless homicide.

Charges are being filed against a Chippewa Falls woman following an investigation into allegations of animal neglect.  Earlier this month, police seized 14 dogs of varying breeds from the woman’s apartment.  Investigators say the dogs were being kept in crates that were too small for the canines and that most lacked access to food and water.  The dogs are currently receiving medical care. Suspect Hannah Swanson faces 35 charges including failure to provide proper shelter to animals, failure to provide

Authorities have identified the suspected cause of a Sunday afternoon fire in Chippewa Falls.  Crews were called to a location on Canal Street where a shed went up in flames.  Officials now believe a wood stove was the source of the fire.  No one was hurt.