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A Eau Claire man looking at sexual assault charges and his sixth OWI conviction skipped-out on his sentencing in Chippewa County.  The sheriff says 45-year-old Jason Lucht was due to be sentenced yesterday, but he never showed-up.  There’s now a warrant out for his arrest.  Lucht was arrested in February of last year for drunk driving and grabbing a woman in his car.  That arrest came less than a year after his fifth OWI conviction.

Eau Claire’s superintendent is telling parents that their kids’ school lunches are safe, even though a teacher bit into something in her lunch yesterday.  Superintendent Mary Ann Hardebeck sent a letter to parents yesterday explaining that the teacher cut her mouth when she bit down on a ‘small object’ in a school lunch.  Hardebeck says the school pulled that lunch from the menu, and inspected other lunch items.  The superintendent said no one else found anything in their lunch, and

There will be a new helper roaming the halls in Onalaska Schools, and this one will not be blamed for eating homework.  The school district this year added a second therapy dog to help students throughout the year.  Onalaska school counselor Chrissy Delong says the dogs, Annie and Davie, help kids who may not be able to open-up to teachers or other students.  Annie started her shifts at the high school last year, while Davie started his time at Northern

One of the most recognizable names with Foxconn in Wisconsin is stepping down.  The company’s Louis Woo yesterday said he is leaving the company to tend to personal matters.  Racine County Executive Jonathan Delagrave yesterday said despite Woo’s departure, Foxconn leadership has ‘reiterated to us their commitment’ to their being-built factory in Wisconsin. 

Wisconsin has a new leader of the Economic Development Corporation  [[ WEDC ]].  Governor Tony Evers today appointed Melissa Hughes as the WEDC director.  She has been working with the organic farming community for the last 16 years.  The governor says Hughes brings a 72-county approach to economic development and he looks forward to working with her to encourage entrepreneurship and innovation while supporting farmers and manufacturers.

A La Crosse man is accused of stealing a wallet from a car but getting caught after leaving his cell phone behind.  Police say a man reported his car was broken into last week and his wallet was stolen but a phone with a red case was left inside.  Police identified and arrested Lucas Armstrong from selfies he’d taken on the phone.  Armstrong is also accused of stealing a laptop from a hotel room back in April.

The number of students getting vaccinated in Eau Claire County is decreasing.  According to the county health department, 87-percent of students were up to date on their vaccinations in the 2018-2019 school year, a drop from the previous school year.  The Center for Disease Control also reports the percentage of people declining vaccinations for personal, religious, or medical reasons in the state rose from just over one-and-a-half-percent to over five-percent.

The Bloomer School District has its first school resource officer ever this year.  Reports say Police Sergeant John Beyer will spend ten hours a week splitting time between all three Bloomer schools.  The district superintendent says he hopes this will give officers more of an opportunity to connect with students in the future.

Wisconsin lawmakers are debating bills that would toughen OWI laws in the state.  One such bill would make a person’s first OWI a criminal offense and give a five-year mandatory sentence to anyone who kills someone in a drunk-driving crash.  Another would toughen OWI laws for people driving vehicles other than cars, like ATVs and boats.  Eleven bills in total will be voted on by a senate committee later this month.

Wisconsin’s longest serving member of Congress says he’s hanging-it up.  Republican Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner yesterday said he will not run for reelection, and will retire when this Congress ends next year.  Sensenbrenner says it’s time, he said he is not leaving because of an opponent or because of anything that President Trump has done.  Sensenbrenner’s announcement set-off a flurry of activity to see who will run to replace him in his suburban Milwaukee district. Meanwhile, looking ahead…The top Republican in