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The man accused of killing his son last spring told the jury in his murder trial that his son shot himself.  Kayle Fleischauer took the stand yesterday in his own defense.  Police in New Richmond say he shot his son, Chase, last April.  Fleischauer says the gunshot woke him up, and he had to sober up for a moment before he called police.  Investigators say Fleischauer was drunk, but delayed his daughter calling 911 and had been in a fight

A Minnesota man is heading to prison for three years for coming to Wisconsin to have sex with a 15-year-old.  A judge in Barron yesterday sentenced 59-year-old Kevin Rust to prison.  Barron County deputies say Rust thought he was texting with a 15-year-old, but he really was talking to the authorities.  Rust pleaded guilty to child enticement back in February.  

La Crosse County may be willing to chip-in and help pay for the city of La Crosse’s convention center.  County administrator Steve O’Malley last night suggested using some of the county’s premier resort area tax to pay for the city-owned convention center.  City leaders want to update and expand the center.  O’Malley says it may be tough to convince county leaders to spend road money on a city-owned building, but he said it’s an idea worth exploring. 

The top Republicans in the Wisconsin legislature say they want to find a way to cut taxes for middle class families by 400-million-dollars.  Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald yesterday said they’re still working toward a final price tag for the tax cuts.  They also didn’t say how they plan to cut taxes by that much.  Governor Evers vetoed a tax cut proposal from Republicans shorty after he took office in January.  That plan was based on using

A western Wisconsin superintendent could soon be the best in the state.  Barron Area School Superintendent Diane Tremblay is one of the finalists for Wisconsin’s Superintendent of the Year.  The school announced the news yesterday.  If Tremblay wins at the state level, she’d then go on to represent Wisconsin’s school superintendents across the country. 

Wisconsin Republicans are getting questions, and getting called-out, by folks who usually agree with them.  Americans for Prosperity in Wisconsin is the latest to call out Republican lawmakers for their proposed per-mile fee on drivers.  The group’s Eric Bott yesterday said the fee is basically a tax that just a handful of lawmakers can impose on drivers in the state without any real recourse.  Republicans last week snuck the proposal into their proposed transportation budget. 

Students who want to get into Marquette University won’t have to worry about the SAT or the ACT anymore.  The school says it’s dropping the requirement that students take a standardized test as part of their college application.  Instead, Marquette admission managers say, they will take a ‘holistic’ approach to students throughout their high school career.  

The governor and first lady are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment. The ratification by the state gave women the right to vote.   Governor Tony Evers and other city and state leaders attended a ceremony at the Capitol today. 

Later this month, community members will have the chance to tour the mammography bus from eastern Wisconsin as it makes its way to visit the communities of Rice Lake, Ladysmith, Cornell, Menomonie, Mondovi and Arcadia. “Early detection continues to be the best defense against breast cancer,” said Ken Brown, director of imaging services for HSHS Sacred Heart and St. Joseph’s hospitals. “The ability to take this technology to women outside of the medical facility and to their location will increase

The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force and Sawyer County Sheriff’s Office announced that James A. Hatcher was charged for ten counts of possession of child pornography. On June 5, law enforcement executed a search warrant on Mr. Hatcher’s residence in Hayward, Wis. and he was taken into custody. Mr. Hatcher was booked in the Sawyer County Jail on June 5. This investigation is led by the ICAC Task Force at DOJ and the