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A western Wisconsin man is looking at life in prison for the beating death of his girlfriend’s three-year-old son.  Monroe County prosecutors filed charges against 34-year-old Marcus Anderson on Tuesday.  Investigators say he beat the little boy to death back in May.  The D.A.’s office isn’t saying why.  Anderson could spend the rest of his life in prison if convicted. 

A man who thought he was setting-up a date with a 15-year-old boy is agreeing to a plea in Barron County that could send him to prison for up to 40 years.  Prosecutors yesterday said 39-year-old Joseph Matz pleaded guilty to attempted second degree sexual assault of a child.  Police say Matz thought he was texting a 15-year-old, but he was really texting an undercover officer.  Matz will be sentenced in October. 

Nearly four dozen people who work at US Bank in Eau Claire will soon be out of a job.  The bank told the state of Wisconsin this week that it plans to eliminate 43 jobs from the bank on South Barstow Street.  The workers’ last day will be October 1st. 

The top Republican in the Wisconsin Assembly wants to let lotto winners keep their anonymity.  Speaker Robin Vos yesterday submitted the testimony for his plan to roll back Wisconsin’s requirement that lottery winners be named in public.  Vos says there’s no reason lottery winners should be forced to endure months of harassment just because they hit it big.  Wisconsin Lottery managers say publicly naming lotto winners helps fight fraud. 

A group of top Democratic presidential candidates is in Milwaukee today.  Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Beto O’Rourke, and Julian Castro are all speaking at a town hall at the League of Latin American Citizens national convention at 6:00 tonight.  The event can be streamed at univision-dot-com. 

Family and friends will gather to commemorate the year anniversary of the explosion in Sun Prairie.  The explosion killed fire Captain Cory Barr.  The event will be held at 6:45 this evening at Fire Station 1 on North Bristol Street.  There will be remarks by the mayor and the fire chief and an honor guard will lead a walk to the site of the Barr house. 

Attorney General Josh Kaul today announced the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged Terence D. Blackmon of Plover, Wis. with Second Degree Sexual Assault for an incident that occurred in May 2012 in Stevens Point, Wis. Blackmon, age 45, was charged with one count of Second Degree Sexual Assault and was arrested by the DOJ Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) on July 9, 2019. Mr. Blackmon was booked into the Portage County Jail. Through the Wisconsin Sexual Assault Kit

The City of Clearwater is also known as the Kubb Capital of North America. This weekend we live up to that moniker. It’s time for Kubb! the 13th annual U.S. National Kubb Championship is July 12th. You can plan on seeing 128 teams, with more than 450 players hailing from 18 states, Washington D.C., and Sweden. They will be vying for honors in the game described as a combination of bowling, horseshoes and chess, with the term “Viking chess” often

The Menomonie Police Department will be participating in the Annual National Night Out campaign on Tuesday, August 6, 2019. The event will be from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the Cedar Corporation parking lot, located at 604 Wilson Ave.The event will feature vehicle displays from area law enforcement and public safety agencies including the Menomonie Police Department, Dunn County Sheriff’s Office, UW-Stout Police Department, Menomonie Fire/EMS, Eau Claire Regional SWAT, Wisconsin DNR, Union Pacific, and Wisconsin State Patrol. Throughout

A man accused of killing a motorcyclist during a crash in Saint Croix County is now charged with homicide.  The sheriff’s office says Brandon Lieffring was running from deputies in a stolen Jeep last weekend when he hit a motorcycle driven by Dustin Kalland near New Richmond, killing him.  Yesterday Lieffring was charged with ten counts in the crash and chase including first-degree reckless homicide.  He’s being held on 100-thousand-dollars bond.