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Investigators in Dunn County say they got their break in a cold case murder last year when a relative of the suspect uploaded their DNA to the internet. The investigation into the 1974 murder of Mary Schlais sat idle for years until a DNA match was found at an online genealogy site. Investigators yesterday said that DNA was uploaded last year, and was likely from a first cousin. The DNA match led detectives to Jon Keith Miller from Minnesota. Dunn

It’s probation for an Eau Claire man who shot at his neighbors with a crossbow.  A judge yesterday ordered Robert Willi to get a mental health evaluation, stay sober, and spend the next five years on probation. Police arrested Willi back in March after his neighbors say he fired a crossbow at them while they walked by his house. They say Willi has made threats about shooting them before. Willi pleaded no contest in the case yesterday, and will not

It’s tickets, not charges in a deadly Barron County crash. The State Patrol yesterday said it ticketed Patricia Kronquist from Rice Lake for passing in a no-passing zone and driving in the left lane in the crash that killed a Michigan woman on Highway 53 near Haugen back in August.  Investigators say Kronquist smashed into another car while trying to pass someone. The tickets come with a nearly three thousand-dollar fine. The State Patrol says it’s up to prosecutors whether

Wisconsin’s state superintendent is asking for more than three-billion dollars in state public school funding. Superintendent Doctor Jill Underly says her proposal includes state reimbursements for special education, increased per-pupil aid, and limits to property tax increases. She announced her budget proposal at a conference at Conrad Elvehjem Primary School in McFarland today. Underly also recently requested more than 300-million dollars to pay for meals for all Wisconsin students and another 300-million for youth mental health.

University of Wisconsin’s assistant football coach is expected to resign after an OWI arrest. Head coach Luke Fickell says the university is taking Jack Del Rio’s arrest seriously and doesn’t want any distractions during the rest of the football season. Assistant coach and former NFL head coach Del Rio is accused of driving into and breaking a fence before crashing into a Madison yard while drunk early Friday morning. He joined the Badger football team before the 2024 season began.

The city of Marshfield is letting the public know about a detour. Due to road repairs, the road between sections O and P in Hillside Cemetery will not be accessible until Friday, November 15th. CLICK HERE FOR MORE

The Chippewa Valley Theatre Guild is in the spirit of the season with A Christmas Story running December 6th through the 15th at The Grand Theatre. Humorist Jean Shepherd’s memoir of growing up in the midwest in the 1940’s follows young Ralphie in his quest for a Red Ryder carbine action two-hundred shot range model air rifle as he pleads his case before his mother, his teacher and even Santa Claus. “You’ll shoot your eye out!”  This enjoyable stage version includes all the beloved movie

We now know more about a deadly water accident in Barron County. The following was released by Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald: Saturday, November 9, 2024, at approximately 12:35 p.m., the Barron County 911  Center received multiple 911 calls of subjects screaming for help on Kirby Lake in  Maple Plain Township. It was discovered there were two subjects were in the water  from overturned kayaks and a 17-year old male had not resurfaced.  Deputies from the Barron County Sheriff’s Department along with

“No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.” — James Allen It’s Veterans Day and we take this opportunity to express our deep gratitude to our Veterans and honor their service and sacrifice. What is the history of this day? Not surprisingly, the date has significance. World War I – known at the time as “The Great War” – officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, in the Palace of Versailles outside

The sheriff in Monroe County says the driver responsible for last week’s deadly crash was likely high at the time. The sheriff’s office says 39-year-old Kristoffer Cattle of Tomah crashed his pickup truck into another car Thursday morning on Highway A. The driver in that other car died on the scene, a passenger in the other car was flown to the hospital in critical condition. Deputies say Cattle crossed the centerline, and hit the other car head-on. He’d been spotted