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It will take some time before school leaders and public health managers in Wisconsin know how many kids in public schools have all of their shots.  Back to school has parents and doctors once again talking about vaccinations.  The state’s Department of Health Services says just under 92-percent of school kids got all of their shots last school year.  That’s down about a half-percent from the year before, and part of a gradual seven-year decline. 

On Thursday (August 27th) during a traffic stop in the 400 blk of W Park St and subsequent indication by K9 Steffi, Marshfield Officers began to pat down occupants when a 29 year old Milwaukee male resisted officers and attempted to run from them. Officers deployed Tasers on the fleeing subject and eventually took him into custody in the 300 blk of Magee St. Subject was transported and later admitted into Marshfield Medical Center for injuries. The subject attempted to

An accident leaves one man dead. It was on Wednesday August 28th, at about 11:23 a.m. when the Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office responded to a reported single vehicle crash in the 24000 block of CTH CC in the Town of Cleveland. Upon arrival deputies located a single vehicle on its roof in the west ditch of CTH CC north of 240TH avenue. A male, later identified as 50 year old Paul D. Schwab of Bloomer, WI, was found deceased in

A 63-year-old man is dead after being run over by a tractor in Dunn County.   Sheriff Kevin Bygd says Gregory Huber was mowing in Sherman on Friday when he fell off his tractor and was run over.  Huber wasn’t found until Sunday.  An autopsy is scheduled to determine his exact cause of death. 

An Eau Claire man charged with sexually assaulting an eight-year-old girl is going to prison.  Reports say Glenn Germaney entered an Alford plea yesterday to amended charges of fourth-degree sexual assault of a child and pleaded guilty to bail jumping in a separate case.  Germaney is accused of assaulting the girl for over a year while he watched her at an Altoona apartment in 2015 and 2016.  He was sentenced to nine years in jail followed by two years of

Wisconsin is the third worst state for juvenile arrests.  That’s according to data from home security company Frontpoint.  A report says more than eleven-hundred kids were arrested in Wisconsin for theft-related crimes in 2017.  That’s the third most out of any state in the country. 

Help is on the way for 17 counties across the state of Wisconsin after July’s severe thunderstorms.  Parts of west-central and northwest Wisconsin are under a federal disaster declaration following last month’s storms.  Governor Tony Evers announced yesterday 17 counties are under the declaration including Barron, Clark, La Crosse, Menominee, Monroe, Oneida, Polk, Rusk, and Vernon, among others.  The disaster declaration covers public assistance and certain non-profit organizations. 

The man accused of threatening to shoot-up the local Menards distribution center will likely stay in jail for a little longer.  An Eau Claire County judge yesterday refused to change Kevin Pinkham’s 10-thousand-dollar cash bond.  Prosecutors say he threatened to kill his co-workers earlier this month.  Police say they found journals and a cache of weapons at his home.  Pinkham is due back in court for his arraignment on September 10th.  PHOTO CREDIT: WEAU 13 NEWS

The Eau Claire dad who told police he punished his children by making them stand still and stare at the walls for weeks at a time will be staring at bars for 6 years. A judge yesterday sentenced Juan Castro to six years in prison and then six years of probation.  Castro pleaded guilty to three counts of causing mental harm to a child back in June.  He told the judge yesterday that he has a problem with both alcohol

Prosecutors say a La Crosse police officer acted in self-defense when he shot a suspect earlier this month.  The district attorney yesterday said Officer Dustin Darling was justified in shooting suspect Allen Kruk.  Police say Kruk shot Darling in the chest during a domestic violence call, Darling returned fire and hit Kruk.  Darling’s bullet proof vest saved his life, while Kruk is still in the hospital because of his wounds.