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Teen Faces Life Sentence

By Morgan McCarthy | March 16, 2021

 A jury is now listening to the evidence against a now-17-year-old accused of gunning down his girlfriend in Kenosha back in 2019. Opening arguments began yesterday in Martice Fuller’s trial. Police say he murdered his 15-year-old girlfriend, Kaylie Juga, and shot her mom in May of 2019. Prosecutors yesterday painted a picture of Fuller as abusive and controlling. He’s facing a life sentence if convicted.

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WI Coronavirus Snapshot Improves

By Morgan McCarthy | March 16, 2021

 Very few of Wisconsin’s coronavirus vaccine doses have gone to waste. The state’s Department of Health Services says fewer than 24-hundred of the nearly one-and-a-half-million vaccine doses given out as of last month spoiled or were thrown away. DHS says 500 of those were intentionally wasted by a pharmacist in Grafton. DHS says the overwhelming majority of vaccines are used before they expire. The states’ numbers show Aurora Medical Center in Grafton had the most spoiled doses, with 522.  Aurora BayCare

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Here’s a Tip…

By Morgan McCarthy | March 16, 2021

There’s a plan at the Wisconsin Capitol to end tips for servers and bartenders in the state. Democrats Chris Larson and Francesca Hong are pushing a plan to end the state’s two-dollar and 33-cent tipped-minimum wage. They say servers and bartenders should instead be paid a living wage. Hong runs a restaurant herself. Larson says paying servers and bartenders more could turn a job into a career. Wisconsin’s Restaurant Association says now is not the time to saddle bar and restaurant owners with

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RoboCop Connection in Stevens Point

By Morgan McCarthy | March 16, 2021

Stevens Point could become RoboCop’s home. Mayor Mike Wiza has been trying to land an 11-foot statue of RoboCop for years. It was supposed to go to Detroit, where the movie was set, but that fell through. Wiza says Stevens Point would be a great home. RoboCop star Peter Weller is from Stevens Point, and the mayor says it would be a fitting tribute.

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Fatal Vehicle Fire in Otter Creek

By Morgan McCarthy | March 15, 2021

A man is found dead in a burned vehicle, but no foul play is suspected. It was on Monday, 03/15/21, at approximately 9:24am when the Eau Claire County Sheriff’s Office responded tothe area of County Road NN, near Sieg Rd, in the Township of Otter Creek, for a vehicle fire. Aneighbor reported they observed a vehicle on fire in the ditch and didn’t see anyone around it. Uponarrival, fire fighters and deputies observed a person in the driver seat of

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Lawyers Push for Delay of Trial

By Morgan McCarthy | March 15, 2021

Nine jurors are now set to hear the case against former Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin.  He’s the one seen on video last year holding George Floyd down until he stopped breathing.  Jury selection began last week with opening statements set for March 29th, but Chauvin’s attorney wants the trial delayed.  He feels news of the recent 27-million-dollar settlement with the Floyd family could impact the jurors already chosen and potential jurors.

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WI Coronavirus Picture Continues to Improve

By Morgan McCarthy | March 15, 2021

Health officials reported fewer than 300 new COVID-19 cases statewide today.  The 294 new cases pushes the total number of cases since the beginning of the pandemic to just under 570-thousand.  There were no new deaths reported today so that toll remains at 65-hundred-and-36. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS. More than two million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in the state.  The Wisconsin Department of Health Services says today about one-million-259-thousand people have received at least one

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Piggly Wiggly Customers Living High on the Hog

By Morgan McCarthy | March 15, 2021

Frank’s Piggly Wiggly (3238 W Main St.) in East Troy of Walworth County is no stranger to selling winning Lottery tickets. Two $50,000 Powerball® prizes were won at this lucky spot in the March 10, 2021 drawing. Three months earlier, Frank’s sold a winning Megabucks™ ticket, worth $1.4 Million annuity, $1.1 Million cash. Jessica Eickman of East Troy claimed that jackpot-winning ticket from the December 16, 2020 drawing. “We’re happy to sell big winning tickets and plan to keep doing so,” said Frank’s Piggly Wiggly co-owner Steve Lueptow. “Guess

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Local Trails Announce Closures

By Morgan McCarthy | March 15, 2021

The Eau Claire County Parks & Forest Department announces that the state-fundedATV trails in Eau Claire County will be closed from March 15 through May 14 andwill open on May 15. These dates coincide with closing of the adjoining ATV trails/routes in Clark County.

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Spring Clean up Begins at Local Cemeteries

By Morgan McCarthy | March 15, 2021

Cemetery staff will begin spring cleanup at the Forest Hill and Lakeview cemeteries today. The city Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department says metal pot holders will be left, but anything plastic will be recycled and ceramic pots will be turned over. There’s no fine for leaving items behind, and clean-up is held twice a year as a courtesy.

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