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One person is hurt following a one-car crash in Vernon County.  The county sheriff’s office says a 23-year-old man was westbound on County Road SS in Viroqua Sunday morning when he crossed the road, hit a fence, went through a field, and crashed.  Deputies say the driver’s injuries are serious.  They also say he wasn’t wearing a seatbelt. 

A Rice Lake man accused of hitting someone with his van has reached a plea deal.  A criminal complaint says a man told police he stepped out in front of a van driven by Richard Olson last August because he thought it was a taxi.  A surveillance video shows the victim getting hit by the van but Olson initially denied hitting anyone.  Last week Olson pleaded guilty to hit and run causing great bodily harm and operating a vehicle while

A soon-to-be women and infant shelter in Eau Claire has thousands of dollars of vandalism damage.  The community relations director for Hope Gospel Mission says police found extensive damage to the facility’s fence and equipment early last Friday morning.  The director estimates there’s about three to four-thousand dollars worth of damage.  There are no suspects in the case. 

A new warehouse should bring dozens of jobs to Chippewa Falls soon.  Reports say city and county officials late last week agreed to sell about 15 acres of land in the Lake Wissota Business Park to DHL Supply Chain for 518-thousand dollars.  DHL plans to build a facility then sell it to Hewlett Packard Enterprise to operate it.  The Chippewa Falls mayor says this should bring in 30 to 40 jobs. 

A western Wisconsin man in jail for a deadly police chase is looking at new charges for trying to escape.  Jailers in St. Croix County say they found some of the metal bars removed from Brandon Lieffring’s jail cell.  His cellmate says Lieffring was plotting an escape.  Lieffring is in jail on charges that he killed a man while running from St. Croix County deputies in early July. 

Public health managers in Eau Claire County are warning people to be very careful around bats that cannot fly.  The county’s health department on Friday said it confirmed that a bat found in Altoona tested positive for rabies.  It comes just a couple of weeks after someone found a rabid bat in Eau Claire’s Phoenix Park.  Health department managers say the first sign that something is wrong is when you see bats during the day, the second sign is if

The hope is Lake Como will not just be better looking, but that the lake will be healthier.  Neighbors with the Bloomer Lake Association picked-up a lake skimmer this month to help clear reeds and plants that grow under the lake’s surface.  The hope is to keep vegetation from snapping boat motors.  But, neighbors say the skimmer will also help the lake look much better. 

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers is doubling down on his push against PFAS chemicals.  The governor on Friday signed an executive order that will mobilize state government to try and find PFAS pollution and study it.  PFAS chemicals are found in everything from non-stick cookware to firefighting foam.  The governor already ordered local water treatment centers across Wisconsin to screen for PFAS pollution.  His new order takes that further and includes monitoring in fish and other wildlife.  

Add Brett Favre to the list of big-name Packers who’ll be in Lambeau Field when the Packers start the 2019 season.  The team yesterday confirmed that Favre will appear at the opening celebration for the Packers when they start their season at home on September 15th.  The Packers will host the Vikings that day. 

An accident on Saturday afternoon sent one to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. It was just before 4:30 when a farm tractor was struck by an automobile as it crossed WIS 72 on 430th St east of Ellsworth. The driver of vehicle, 56-year-old James Phernetton sustained non-life-threatening injuries while the tractor driver, 78-year-old Harvey Dohrer was airlifted to a hospital. The crash is under investigation by the Wisconsin State Patrol.