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A former YMCA daycare worker accused of giving a sleep aid to young children without permission is pleading not guilty to child neglect.  Prosecutors accuse 50-year-old Annalee Nitz of giving melatonin to children under her care.  Nitz has denied the allegations and claims she was giving the children raisins or craisins.  She is barred from child care work and the YMCA while on bond and faces a misdemeanor charge punishable by up to nine months in jail.  Trial is scheduled

The man accused of stalking state Supreme Court Justice Jill Karofsky is sentenced to two years of probation.  Court records show 37-year-old Ryan Thornton admitted to intimidating a victim and disorderly conduct in Dane County Court.  Thornton pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges, which dismissed a felony stalking charge.  As probation, Thornton must have no contact with Justice Karofsky, wear GPS monitoring for 30 days, and stay out of Dane County without approval.

Due to icy road conditions, (today) Tuesday, January 6, 2026, garbage and recycling are not going to be collected in Marshfield.  Collection will resume on Wednesday. Due to the delay, there will be a one-day delay from the regular collection day this week.

As you are waking up today, sliding into Tuesday could make for dangerous travel. A First Alert weather day will be in effect until noon Tuesday due to these slippery and tricky conditions. After a rather dry night, rain and freezing rain have arrived in Western Wisconsin. Many locations are hovering near freezing, allowing for rain to freeze to surfaces upon impact, making for slippery conditions. CLICK HERE FOR CLOSINGS, DELAYS, AND YOUR FIRST ALERT FORECAST WITH WEAU 13.

An Eau Claire man is pleading not guilty to child porn charges.  Forty-two-year-old Anthony Loiselle appeared in court yesterday as he faces four counts of possession of virtual child pornography.  Investigators say that Loiselle used AI to generate child sex abuse images including at least one in which he placed the face of an underage neighbor girl onto a nude body.

Sentencing is being ordered for an Eau Claire County man convicted in connection with an armed robbery.  Twenty-seven-year-old Maxwell Luebeck robbed an Eau Claire credit union in 2023.  He was convicted on charges in the case back in October and has now been given a five-year prison sentence.

A Western Technical College instructor charged in connection with the death of a pregnant woman is pleading not guilty.   The body of 27-year-old Alexis Pickett was found in November at the scene of a La Crosse house fire.  Pickett’s former romantic partner Matthew Sierra is charged with first-degree intentional homicide in the case and entered his plea Monday in court.

The Eau Claire County Sheriff’s Office says that ICE agents are operating inside the county.  The department confirmed reports to that effect on Monday.  They say they are not involved with any of ICE’s operations and that ICE has not reached out to them asking for any assistance. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE WITH WEAU 13 NEWS.

The Milwaukee Bucks are getting a new president.  The team announced Josh Glessing, who works for Haslam Sports Group, has taken over the role following the departure of Peter Feigin.  Glessing is a Wisconsin Native, and in a statement, said he knows how important the Bucks are to Milwaukee and the state.  The team also mentioned Glessing has experience with the Bucks and helped finance the Fiserv Forum before it was opened in 2018.  Feigin spent 12 seasons as Milwaukee’s

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources confirms the first positive test result for Chronic Wasting Disease.  The positive result comes from a wild deer in Clark County. Clark County was already under a two-year baiting and feeding ban before the detection.  The ban will be extended for another three years and will reset following any future detections, as required by state law. No other counties are impacted by a baiting and feeding ban from this detection.