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The dragons are coming to La Crosse.  The city is getting ready for this weekend’s Big Blue Dragon Boat Festival.  The festival brings teams of racers to the Black River to compete for a good cause.  The race helps raise awareness for breast cancer research.  The races start about 7 a.m. Saturday morning, and will run till about 4 p.m. that afternoon. 

You’ll notice that the flags are at half staff. Governor Evers issued Executive Order that the flag of the United States and the flag of the State of Wisconsin be flown at half-staff as a mark of respect for Patrol Officer John D. Hetland.

A man accused of killing a Marinette couple over 40 years ago is ordered to stand trial.  Eighty-two-year-old Raymond Vannieuwenhoven [[ van-you-when-hoven ]] is scheduled to enter a plea July 1st for the murders of David Schuldes and Ellen Matheys in McClintock Park in 1976.  DNA samples from evidence at the crime scene was tested last year and determined to be from the Vannieuwenhoven family.  He was ordered today to stand trial, but that date has not been set.  

UPDATE: The search for a missing Outagamie County mom and her adult daughter is over.  The sheriff in Appleton yesterday said deputies spoke with Jill Rousseau and her daughter Jordan, they don’t appear to be in any danger.  The sheriff is not saying where the two are.  They haven’t been home since Sunday.  The sheriff also didn’t say if they intend to return.  6.19.2019: The search for a missing Outagamie County mom and her adult daughter is over.  The sheriff

Two people are in custody after over six-thousand dollars worth of parts were stolen from an Eau Claire car dealership.  A criminal complaint claims police were called to Chilson Motors because a car had been stripped of parts back in February.  Police recently arrested Ryan Peterson after a collision center contracted to fix the car said Peterson also contacted them.  Peterson claimed he offered Adam Gifford one-thousand dollars to find the parts to a car he’d salvaged from a Minnesota

A Cornell man accused of punching a boy for complaining about being hungry has his trial date set.  A criminal complaint claims David Markham punched the boy after he texted his mom and said he hadn’t eaten all day and was hungry earlier this year.  Markham is charged with felony child abuse.  He’ll go to trial in mid-November. 

Part of Menomonie Street in Eau Claire is closed today for road repairs.  The city says Menomonie closed this morning between Minnesota Street and Mount Washington Avenue because of a previous water utility break.  The street should re-open by Friday morning. 

Former Eau Claire County Treasurer Larry Lokken isn’t getting a break on his sentence for stealing from taxpayers.  An appeals court yesterday set aside Lokken’s appeal.  Lokken challenged the sentence that required him to repay Eau Claire County or face a longer prison term.  Lokken and his former deputy Kay Onarheim have to pay back almost 700-thousand-dollars.  PHOTO CREDIT: WEAU 13 NEWS

Prosecutors in Dunn County are heading to trial against a man who they say posted semi-nude pictures of his ex-girlfriend on Facebook.  The district attorney says Joshua Arbuckle hacked his ex’s Facebook account and posted the pictures earlier this year.  Arbuckle pleaded not guilty yesterday in court in Menomonie.  He’s due back in court in November. 

Animal rescuers in Sauk County are looking for the owner of an abused poodle who they found along the side of the road.  Dana Madalon with the Sauk County Humane Society says the dog suffered from some of the worst abuse and neglect she’s ever seen.  The Humane Society found the dog along Highway 12 earlier this month.  The dog has been in surgery and recovery ever since.  Madalon says they’re now looking for the owner who abandoned the dog,