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A western Wisconsin man is once again looking at prison time after being convicted of killing his son. A jury yesterday convicted Kayle Fleischauer of killing his 18-year-old son. Police say Fleischauer was drunk back in April of 2018 when he shot his son in the head. A jury convicted Fleischauer of the same crime last June, but a judge ordered a new trial because of juror misconduct.

Firefighters in Eau Claire are not saying what caught fire at a UW Eau Claire dorm yesterday. The fire department rolled out to the Karlgaard Towers Hall yesterday morning. Crews say folks in the dorm were able to put out the flames before they arrived. Students were forced out of their dorm rooms for about an hour and a half. UW Eau Claire says the fire did little to no damage to the dorm.

There may be something to the claims that the accused shooter at Molson Coors’ brewery was racially harassed. A company spokesman yesterday said they found a noose in Anthony Ferrill’s locker back in 2015. The spokesman said the company never found the person who put it there, but said that kind of behavior is unacceptable. There are questions as to whether racial harassment drove Ferrill to shoot and kill five co-workers last week. Molson Coors says police have asked them

Wisconsin’s newest laws cover everything from elections to bestiality. Governor Tony Evers yesterday signed over 60 new laws. The most headline grabbing law is a new ban on bestiality. In addition to reaffirming that sex with animals is wrong, the new law requires anyone convicted of it to register as a sex offender. The governor also vetoed two laws that deal with raffles and sweepstakes. The rules for when and how schools can physically restrain students are changing. Governor Tony

The state of Wisconsin is ready to deal with gypsy moths this summer. The state’s Department of Agriculture yesterday said they will present their gypsy moth action plan starting March 15th. The plan calls for the state to spray forests across Wisconsin from May through July to try and keep the moths from destroying trees and woodlands. The state says the moths are a serious threat to trees and forests across Wisconsin.

It’s National Kidney Month.  More from Alisa Zee. CLICK HERE FOR MORE

A 4-year-old girl was taken to the hospital after being hit while getting on the bus. It happened a bit after 7 on Tuesday morning. The Sawyer County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a personal injury crash with a student boarding a school bus in the Village of Radisson.   Initial investigation indicates that 63-year-old Geralynne A. Berg of Hayward was driving east and approached a school bus loading students at the intersection of Martin Street. Ms. Berg passed

Vice President Mike Pence is expected to visit Wisconsin this week.  Pence and his wife will be on a bus tour Thursday which will take them to a Women for Trump event in La Crosse.  The vice president is also scheduled to speak in Minnesota about coronavirus and attend a campaign event later in the day in St. Paul.

Help fill our shelves with empty bowls. It’s back! Empty Bowls will be held on Thursday, March 5 at The Florian Gardens from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The popular event helps Feed My Peopl good bank provide food to families in our community. Guests dine on locally made soup, specialty breads and desserts. Those who purchase a bowl ticket are invited to choose a handcrafted bowl to take home as well. Around 2,000 of these bowls have been donated

An Altoona man will avoid prison after trying to kidnap his ex-wife.  Nathan Homme pleaded guilty to burglary in January and was sentenced Monday to ten years of supervised probation and a 21-month stayed prison sentence.  A criminal complaint says Homme broke into his ex-wife’s house in Shoreview, Minnesota about a year ago.  Police say they found syringes, vials, cash, multiple guns, and what they’ve called a kidnapping kit in his Altoona apartment.