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The man who kidnapped Jayme Closs and killed her parents spent some time in isolation in a New Mexico prison for fighting with inmates who questioned him about the case. Reports from New Mexico’s corrections department show Jake Patterson got into a fight back in August. A guard had to fire a beanbag round to stop it. He’s serving his life sentence in New Mexico because prison officials in Wisconsin wanted him moved for his own safety.

Western Wisconsin’s Democratic congressman is ready to vote to move forward with impeachment, and may actually vote to impeach President Trump if it comes to that. Congressman Ron Kind told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel yesterday that he thinks President Trump is unpatriotic and has abused his power. Kind said he’ll vote today for the rules that will govern the impeachment process. He says he’s still waiting for all of the evidence before making-up his mind on whether the President should be

It will no longer be MillerCoors in Milwaukee. The company that brews Miller Light yesterday said it is dropping the Miller half of the name, and will become Molson Coors. But the name change is being softened by the news that the company will be bringing hundreds of new jobs to Milwaukee. The new Molson Coors is moving its corporate headquarters as part of a consolidation in the U.S., Canada, and Latin America.

Add Wisconsin to the list of states looking to pay college athletes. State Rep. Dave Murphy, who heads the Assembly’s Colleges and Universities Committee, this week said he is working on legislation to allow college athletes to make money while in school. About a dozen states have, or are considering, laws that allow athletes to make money off of their names or images. Murphy says Wisconsin cannot afford to wait and see what other states or the NCAA does. No one at the University

The City of Eau Claire City Councilvoted to approve an ordinance that will return the City of Eau Claire to “Alternate Side Parking” rules between November 1 and May 1.     Alternate Side night time parking restrictions will go into effect on all city streets on Friday, November 1, 2019 and continue through May 1, 2020.  The restrictions apply and will be enforced between midnight and 7 a.m.    When parking a vehicle or trailer on the street, the date

An increased demand for propane is prompting Governor Tony Evers to declare an energy emergency in the state.  The governor today said people are heating homes with the arrival of cold weather and farmers need propane to dry their corn.  The governor’s order also temporarily lifts restrictions on truck drivers making propane deliveries in the state.  Regulations mandate truckers can only drive 14 hours consecutively before a ten-hour mandated rest period, but that will not be enforced during the emergency. 

The nation’s report card has arrived and it shows Wisconsin struggling to close the achievement gap between black and white students.  The National Assessment of Educational Progress released data last night showing results from math and reading tests given to fourth and eighth grade students over the last ten years.  In general Wisconsin students scored higher than the national average for math and reading.  But education officials consider the achievement gap experienced by African-American students to be a crisis and imperative for the state

A Clarke County woman is charged with attempted murder after her husband reportedly cheated on her.  A criminal complaint says Shannon Liddell admitted to catching her husband cheating on her, then hurting people.  The complaint says Liddell stabbed a woman in the neck and injured a man’s chest.  She was charged Tuesday and ordered held on 50-thousand dollars bond. PHOTO CREDIT WEAU 13 NEWS

An Iowa man is accused of stabbing another man at a Chippewa Falls motel.  A criminal complaint says the victim told co-workers Anthony Avila stabbed him with a box cutter outside the County Inn and Suites on October 24th.  Avila has been arrested and charged with second-degree reckless endangering safety, substantial battery, and carrying a concealed knife.

Wisconsin dairy experts predict milk prices will go up across the state in 2020.  The U.S. Department of Agriculture says milk production was up by over half a percent this September from last year, meaning a recovery year could be on the way.  The USDA says the increase in production is because of higher milk prices.  It expects the price of milk to go up by about a dollar per 100 pounds by the start of 2020