Home

The Vernon County Sheriff’s Office is releasing more information about a deadly accident at the Viroqua Airport.  The sheriff’s office says a plane crashed in a field off Miller Road in the town of Jefferson Monday evening.  The pilot, 65-year-old Jack Wuolle, died in the crash.  It’s unclear exactly how the plane crashed but witnesses say they heard the engine stop before it descended. 

Parents in Eau Claire can now see if their kids will change schools next year.  Eau Claire schools yesterday released an interactive redistricting map that shows any and all enrollment changes.  Eau Claire’s school board voted last month to redistrict seven elementary schools to ‘balance’ the district’s enrollment.  Kids at Lakeshore, Locust Lane, Longfellow, Northwoods, Roosevelt, Sam Davey and Sherman Elementary will be impacted.  CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE ON THE NEW MAP

La Crosse police say all of the evidence they need to convict three people of firing a gun inside a local motorcycle club is on tape.  Prosecutors yesterday filed charges against three people in connection to a shooting at the Society for Brotherhood motorcycle club.  Police say Brandon Stemper and Javier Ortiz fired a gun several times into a wall at the club.  Security video from the club shows the shooting.  The third person, Amber Peters, is facing charges for

Hopefully your phone will stop ringing so much.  Attorney General Josh Kaul yesterday said Wisconsin is among the states agreeing with 12 phone companies across the country to new rules that are designed to get tougher on robocalls.  The phone companies are agreeing to new blocking technology and to make sure people know how to block unwanted calls.  Kaul says people need a break from an overwhelming number of unwanted robocalls. 

A new report says Wisconsin is leading the nation in farm bankruptcies.  Wells-Fargo said this week that 45 farms in Wisconsin filed Chapter 12 bankruptcy between July of last year and June of this year.  Kansas is second on the list with 39.  Wisconsin Democratic U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin blames the uptick in farm closings to the loss of export markets for dairy farmers in the state. 

Security planning is underway to protect those attending the Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee.  U.S. Secret Service agents have been in the city for the past few months checking out venues and the downtown area as they evaluate security needs and measures.  The convention is set for next summer.  Federal, local and state authorities met yesterday to map out the security plan. 

A rare bee has been discovered in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest.  The U.S. Department of Agriculture says scientist found the insect known as the Cuckoo Bee while conducting a bee inventory in Lakewood.  It is considered one of the rarest bees in North America.  It is the first confirmed record of the bee in Wisconsin since 1910. 

A meth bust leads to prison for a man pulled over by St. Croix Falls police last year. Attorney General Josh Kaul announced that Adam G. Gonet was sentenced to five years of initial confinement followed by five years of extended supervision for possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine and three years of initial confinement and three years of extended supervision for possession of a short-barreled shotgun concurrent to the sentence for the possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine charge.

Public health managers in Wisconsin are once again warning about the dangers of blue-green algae.  The Wisconsin Department of Health Services yesterday said they’re looking into three people and one dog who’ve gotten sick after swimming through the algae.  The algae can make people sick, but it can be deadly for dogs and other animals.  DHS says it’s looking into two other possible cases as well. 

A Barron County man is facing 60 years in prison after pleading guilty to repeatedly sexually assaulting a child.  A criminal complaint says a then 12-year-old told police Donaven Sprague started assaulting her when she was nine-years-old.  Sprague reportedly admitted to police he assaulted the girl but said they didn’t actually have intercourse until she was eleven.  He pled guilty on Tuesday and will be sentenced in December.