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A high speed chase in a stolen vehicle ends in the arrest of a 22-year-old Minneapolis man. Early on Friday at approximately 5:30 in the morning a  car was clocked at 103 mph along I-94 westbound by a trooper in Jackson County. The trooper attempted to conduct a traffic stop, but the vehicle fled driving off at a high rate of speed. The trooper notified additional units of the Infiniti and the last known direction after losing sight of the

A woman is accused of stealing more than 40-thousand dollars from a veteran’s home resident in Chippewa Falls. A criminal complaint says Nola Tyrrell was working in the facility at the time and used the victim’s debit card to make fraudulent purchases at Walmart, Kwik Trip, ATMs, and the casino. She’s charged with theft, false representation and six counts of identity theft. 

More parents are considering home schooling as schools announce their plans for returning to the classroom. A home school consultant with the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction said she’s received more calls and emails about home school options this year, than ever. She wants parents to know homeschooling is a big commitment and they should be prepared to be responsible for their child’s learning. 

 Milwaukee state Senator Tim Carpenter says he wants an apology and some restorative justice for the mob that beat him to the ground last month. As many as 10 people attacked Carpenter for taking a video of Madison’s violent night of protests. He was left with cuts, bruises, and a concussion. Carpenter told Fox 6 last night that he wants some kind of punishment, but he really wants to hear someone from the mob say they are sorry. Madison Police

The hope, at least right now, is to have kids in Chippewa Falls schools in their classrooms this fall. The school district released its Roadmap to Reopening yesterday. The plan calls for in-person classes, unless that’s not possible. There will be some changes, including a mask requirement for teachers and a mask recommendation for students, socially distanced classrooms, and no field trips. Chippewa Falls High School says it will follow the WIAA guidelines for sports and sports crowds. CLICK HERE

Wisconsin’s coronavirus hospitalizations have topped 300. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday reported 310 people are being treated for the virus, 88 are in the ICU. Those numbers are up from last week when just over 200 people were being treated in the hospital. DHS reported 900 new positive tests yesterday, and over 13 thousand negative tests. CLICK HERE FOR LOCAL UPDATES AND INFORMATION

La Crosse’s wooden Hiawatha statue is the next to come down. The city’s Park Board voted last night to remove the statue from Riverside Park. Hiawatha has stood in the park since the 1960s. The family of the artist who carved it wants it back, and La Crosse’s mayor says given the climate in the country right now it is a good time to take the statue down. It’ll cost at least 15 thousand-dollars to remove the statue, work is

More people are getting back to work across Wisconsin. The state’s unemployment rate for June fell to eight-and-a-half percent. That’s a steep drop from April when unemployment topped 14 percent, and from May when the jobless rate in Wisconsin was over 12 percent. The state’s Department of Workforce Development says businesses added almost 100 thousand private sector jobs last month.

The warden and a handful of guards at the state prison in Portage are out in the aftermath of an escape in April. Warden Susan Novak and two guards resigned rather than be fired. So did the prison cook accused of helping James Newman and Thomas Deering escape. Several other prison employees were fired, and one was suspended. Department of Corrections Secretary Kevin Carr said they lost their jobs because of performance failures and unaddressed systemic failures.

COVID-19 cases are climbing by the day in Wisconsin.  The seven-day average is up in the state to 817 cases per day.  It was 596 cases a day just a week ago.  Wisconsin reported its third highest total of new coronavirus cases today with 900.  There was one new death in the last 24 hours bringing the death toll from the virus to 831. There have been over 42-thousand-400 cases reported statewide since the outbreak began.