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We’re getting a bit of new information about the man killed by authorities in Fort Atkinson last week. The Wisconsin Department of Justice says 23-year-old Joseph Crawford died when three state troopers shot him on December 9th. They say Crawford was trying to carjack someone and continue a police chase. Yesterday, the DOJ said Crawford robbed a bank in Monona just hours before the shootout. He was on the run from the bank robbery when police spotted his car and began that

The owner of an Eau Claire Mexican restaurant will not go to prison for sexually assaulting two women who worked at the restaurant. Judge Jon Theisen accepted Filiberto Rivera’s guilty plea yesterday, and ordered him into a deferred plea agreement. That means if Rivera doesn’t commit a crime for three-and-a-half years, the sexual assault charges will be erased. Original charges say Rivera got two women who worked at his restaurant drunk, then assaulted them. PHOTO CREDIT: WEAU 13 NEWS

The coronavirus affected a record number of Americans on Wednesday.  The database at Johns Hopkins University says there were over 247-thousand new cases of coronavirus in the U.S. on Wednesday, shattering the previous all-time record.  There were also over 36-hundred COVID-19-related deaths reported yesterday, another daily record high.  It’s only the fourth time that the U.S. has seen over three-thousand coronavirus deaths in a single day.  A record number of Americans are also being hospitalized with COVID-19. The nation’s top

Governor Evers’ office gets to make its case as to why bars and restaurants in Wisconsin should be limited to just 25-percent of their customers. The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear arguments in the governor’s crowd limit case today. The state’s Tavern League sued over the governor’s 25-percent cap, claiming the order would all but shut down hundreds of small businesses across the state. The case is due to be argued later this morning.

The Wisconsin Elections Commission is taking on the criticisms of the November Election one-by-one. The Commission yesterday released a 10-part question and answer letter that tries to answer questions about everything from Dominion voting machines to Milwaukee’s middle of the night vote delivery. Elections Commission executive director Meagan Wolfe said the idea is to put questions about the integrity of the November election to bed. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE

The Wisconsin Dells man accused of being a part of the plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor is getting a chance to appeal his extradition. A judge yesterday ordered that Brian Higgins be sent to Michigan to face charges. Investigators say he helped the militia group that wanted to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. But before Higgins will be sent back, the judge said he will stay in Wisconsin until his appeal in the case is complete.

There will finally be a trial for Lisa Holstead’s murder. A judge in Green Bay yesterday said there is enough evidence against 65-year-old Lou Griffin to move ahead with the case. Investigators say Griffin raped and killed Holstead back in 1986. Police tied Griffin to the old case earlier this year through DNA. He’s due back in court in February for a hearing.

The plan from Governor Evers’ Blue Ribbon Commission on Rural Prosperity includes more taxes and a lot more government spending. The commission released its 10-recommendation report yesterday. Among the ideas is more investment in high speed internet and roads for rural communities. But the commission also wants to spend more on the arts and to build inclusive communities in rural parts of the state. To help pay for all of this, commission members want to allow local communities to raise

The state of Wisconsin is very likely on its way to setting its own standards for forever chemicals. The state’s Department of Natural Resources yesterday released a report of PFAS chemicals. PFAS chemicals are used in all manner of things, but are the main component in fire fighting foam at airports. DNR’s report says in order to keep PFAS chemicals from polluting local streams and fields Wisconsin needs to set its own environmental standards. The federal government had been in charge of those standards

Wisconsin could receive thousands of doses of the new Moderna coronavirus vaccine in the coming days.  State Health officials say up to 100-thousand doses of the Moderna vaccine could arrive next week.  These doses will not only vaccinate frontline healthcare workers, but people in long-term care facilities as well.