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A plea deal in a Rusk County murder case could mean no prison time for one suspect. Prosecutors say Tristan Shober pleaded guilty yesterday to two counts of being party to felony murder. He was 16 when police say he was with Adam Rosolowski and Joseph Falk when they killed Rosolowski’s grandparents last June. The deal could spare Shober any prison time. The D.A. says if a pre-sentencing report suggests probation, they will accept it.

After a meeting last night, there will be a return for some, not others. Below is the statement released by the Eau Claire Area School District regarding the plan moving forward with a return-to-learn path. On Wednesday, the Eau Claire Area School District Board of Educationvoted to approve a plan to increase the level of in-person learning for grades K and 3-5. The approved plan calls for grades K-5 to begin learning in person Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, starting

Milwaukee is ready to remember those lost in the Miller brewery shooting. Tomorrow is the one year anniversary of the shooting that left five workers and the gunman dead. There is a plaque outside the brewery, and there will be a remembrance tomorrow. Milwaukee Police say Anthony Ferrill, an electrician at the brewery, shot and killed five co-workers during a rampage. Investigators never settled on a motive for the shootings but did rule out racism.

Hunters in Wisconsin had a very busy wolf season. The state’s Department of Natural Resources says hunters and trappers bagged 182 wolves as of yesterday, though that number is expected to go-up. DNR set a non-tribal goal of just 120 wolves. The hunting season got off to a fast start, so fast that DNR pulled the plug just two days into what was supposed to be a seven-day hunting season. This was the first wolf hunting season in Wisconsin since the gray wolf was

There are more people asking Governor Tony Evers to sign the law to protect businesses, schools, and non-profits in Wisconsin from coronavirus lawsuits. The protections are included in the legislation to fix the problems at the state’s unemployment office. The governor has said he will sign that package, but has not yet committed to the liability reforms.  Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce on Tuesday said businesses in the state have done everything they can to reopen safely, and said they deserve to be protected

The latest election reform at the Wisconsin Capitol could mean more choices on Election Day. A small group of lawmakers yesterday introduced a ranked voting proposal. The idea is that voters rank candidates for Congress and the U.S. Senate from their first choice on down. If one candidate doesn’t get a majority on the first vote, second choices are then counted until there is a winner. Supporters say ranked voting could help get different people elected from Wisconsin. Ranked voting would not be

Electric cars could be the future for Foxconn in Wisconsin. The company yesterday announced a new partnership with car maker Fisker. No one is saying just where the cars will be made or how many will be produced. But the idea is that Foxconn can use its sprawling manufacturing campus in Mount Pleasant. Foxconn originally planned to make iPhone screens at the plant, but later shifted production to other LCD screens, then to a ventilator side project. Foxconn yesterday said the

More than twice as many people in Wisconsin have gotten a coronavirus shot than who ever tested positive for the virus, but vaccinations have slowed. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday reported just 52-thousand vaccine doses have been handed out this week. Last week, DHS reported almost 200- thousand doses were put into people’s arms. DHS says over 825-thousand people in the state have gotten one dose of the vaccine, and another 386-thousand have been fully vaccinated. That’s twice as many

The latest charges from Kenosha’s nights of violence are for looting. The D.A. in Kenosha filed charges yesterday against 25-year-old Antoine Simpson and 23-year-old Rhyanon McNab. Police say the two were caught on a security camera stealing from the Uptown Beauty store in Kenosha. Both are facing felony burglary and theft charges, and they are both being held on five-thousand-dollars bond.

Wisconsin’s largest business group wants a judge to force the state’s Department of Natural Resources to be more clear about the rules for environmental clean-ups.  Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce filed a lawsuit yesterday. The suit accuses DNR of ‘unilaterally and unlawfully’ changing the rules for the state’s voluntary clean-up program. WMC says the state decides what qualifies as a clean-up and what qualifies as a contamination on a case by case basis. WMC’s lawyers say spilled milk can even be considered