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The former pharmacist who pleaded guilty to intentionally ruining doses of COVID-19 vaccine is going to prison.  Steven Brandenburg of Grafton pleaded guilty earlier this year to tampering with a consumer product.  He was sentenced in Milwaukee today to three years in prison.

A Wisconsin couple is using a loophole to celebrate Pride month.  Memo Fachino and his husband, Lance Mier, were told by their Racine neighborhood association they had to take down their rainbow flag.  The rules state that only the U.S. flag can be flown.  But there aren’t any rules about light bulbs, so they bought multicolored floodlights to bathe their home in a rainbow.  Images of the house went viral online.  Fachino says they aren’t trying to stick it to the association

The Eau Claire Police Department has arrested two people in connection with a shooting that occurred on April 8,2021, in the 2400 block of Sessions St. Witnesses indicated shots were fired from a vehicle toward another occupied vehicle. No one was injured in the shooting. Through a combination of interviews, digital forensic analysis and neighborhood surveillance video, investigators were able to identify the suspect vehicle as well as the two occupants. On June 4, 2021, one of the suspects, 20

Stephanie Lacher—formerly Stephanie Roeglin—pled guilty in Milwaukee County Circuit Court earlier this year tofive felony counts of filing fraudulent Wisconsin income tax returns, one felony count of theft in a businesssetting and one felony count of business identity theft. According to the criminal complaint, Lacher was employed as director of payroll for a home health care companyin Glendale, Wisconsin. In this position, Lacher created a fake employee using her ex-husband’s Social Securitynumber and her employer’s IRS employer identification number. Lacher

The fundraiser for the Barron County Shop With A Cop program is back after a year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The 6th annual Barron County Cops & Robbers Donut Dash is going to start at 8:30 am on July 17th at theBarron County Fairgrounds. It will also be the 5th year they will be honoring Law Enforcement Officers that died in the line of duty. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SWEET DETAILS!

The Eau Claire City Council will vote tonight to fill a vacant at-large seat.  Nine candidates are in the running for the seat after one withdrew from the running at last night’s meeting.  The meeting is at 4 p.m.

The Irvine Park Zoo is open and one of its most popular attractions is back after the pandemic. The Red Barn Petting Zoo opened Memorial Day.  It’s open through Labor Day.  Admission is free, but donations are welcomed.

The Eau Claire Job Center Resource Room is open to the public again after the pandemic. Job Center of Wisconsin says hours are Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The facility is used by those searching for work or filing unemployment claims.

After an incident involving a ride at Thorp Dairy Days we now know that officials from the event are working closely with the family who are reporting that the child involved is doing well. Jim Micke, Vice President with Thorp Dairy Days confirmed with us that it was an employee who did not have the ride inspected by the owner ahead of running it, causing the malfunction Friday night. The child was not seriously injured, but was given medical attention

What was originally thought to be a drug-related suicide is now being called a poisoning. Prosecutors in Waukesha County yesterday filed homicide charges against 37-year-old Jessy Kurczewski for the death of her friend, back in 2018. The medical examiner at the time said the dead woman had an extremely high level of the chemical found in eyedrops in her blood, far too much to simply have overused the drops. Investigators say Kurczewski initially denied having anything to do with her