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A Rusk County man accused of sexually assaulting a young child is in jail. A criminal complaint says 24-year-old Gerardo Torres Junior admitted to having sexual contact with a boy who was just six-years-old. Torres is facing up to 60-years if convicted. 

An Eau Claire County man accused of hiding a corpse is denied a lower bond. You may have seen this on television as WQOW-TV reports Roger Minck appeared in court virtually on yesterday after being issued a ten-thousand-dollar cash bond in January for charges related to hiding a body, selling drugs, and burglary. Minck’s attorney said his client was willing to offer 15-hundred-dollars.  Eau Claire County Judge John Theisen denied the motion. Minck will appear for a preliminary hearing March

Eau Claire is going to wait awhile longer to try and find a new city manager. The city council agreed to pause the search for a new city manager for several months. City leaders say they want to find a wider slate of qualified candidates. Engineering Director Dave Solberg will serve as interim city manager until someone new is picked.

Chippewa County has gotten only about 60 percent of the coronavirus vaccine doses it has requested. County Health Director Angela Weideman says they are continuing to be shorted by the state and federal government. Weideman says she’s canceled several vaccine clinics that her office was supposed to host. Weideman says she hopes that the vaccine supply will increase, and that she can finally get the shots to the people who need them the most.

Wisconsin’s coronavirus numbers are so low, the state is changing how it is tracking the virus. The state’s Department of Health Services this week said it is no longer tracking cases by a week-long, per-person average. DHS says not enough people are being tested for the first time to make that number valuable. Yesterday’s seven-day per-test average was under four percent, and DHS reported just 821 new positives. Hospitalization numbers are down dramatically as well. DHS says 489 people are

It’s another measure of just what the school shutdowns because of the coronavirus means for kids. A new UW-Madison study shows that canceling high school sports led to a spike in depression among student athletes. Young women suffered more than young men, and the study says depression rates were highest among athletes in team sports. Most schools canceled high school sports last spring and this fall because of coronavirus fears. Researchers said they never found a spike in coronavirus cases

The plan to make sure small businesses in Wisconsin don’t have to pay taxes on their paycheck protection loans is moving at the Capitol. But it remains to be seen if Governor Evers will change his mind. The governor last month quietly announced he will tax what were supposed to be tax-free loans to small businesses in the state. The legislature’s Joint Finance Committee yesterday approved a plan to declare the loans off-limits to state taxes. A vote in the Assembly and

There is a chance that the latest challenge to Wisconsin’s mask requirement could be different. Businessman and Republican donor Jere Fabick on Tuesday asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to strike down the mask mandate and Governor Tony Evers’ latest emergency order. This is not the first time the court has been asked to step-in, but it is the first time the court has been asked after lawmakers overruled the governor. The court has said in the past that lawmakers could act on the

Schools that are fully open for in-person classes in Wisconsin are seeing a bit more money from Madison. The legislature’s budget committee yesterday approved 69 million-dollars for schools that have students back in their classrooms. Senate budget chief Howard Marklein said the legislature wants to send the message that kids need to be in school. The 69 million is just a fraction of the 617 million that the state is getting from the federal government for schools.

As the Tampa Bay Buccaneers celebrated their Super Bowl win on the water, Tom Brady made NFL history with another kind of pass. Gordon Byrd has the story.