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State officials remind boaters that safety on the waterways is their number one concern.  Patrols will be looking out for boat operators under-the-influence this Memorial Day weekend and every vessel must have a Coast Guard approved flotation device for each person.  The Wisconsin DNR has all the information about boat registration and safety regulations posted online. 

A Madison man is in custody after reports say he ran over a woman while driving drunk in Eau Claire.  A criminal complaint claims a woman was riding her bike near Starr Avenue and Piedmont Road Sunday night when Jack Swenson hit her and drove off.  Police eventually found Swenson and pulled him over and they say he had a blood-alcohol level over twice the legal limit.  Police say Swenson also hit mailboxes, a car, a fence, and a fire

A Clark County man is going to prison after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a ten-year-old girl.  Reports say the victim told a school guidance counselor that Roth Schneider assaulted her.  Schneider allegedly confessed to the crime, calling it a mistake.  He was sentenced yesterday to four years in prison followed by six years of supervised release. 

A Minneapolis woman is going to prison after pleading no contest in a Washburn County child trafficking case.  Police say Christina Greer tried to convince a 14-year-old Spooner girl to have sex with her boyfriend Jamaine Brown for money after Brown asked her to set it up.  Greer pleaded no contest to child enticement in March and was sentenced yesterday to six years in prison followed by six years of supervised release.  Brown is also facing multiple charges and will

The Bloomer School District is considering a referendum to build a new high school.  You might have seen this story in The Chippewa Herald. The school board was scheduled to discuss whether or not to have a community survey on the potential referendum last night.  There’s no word on how the discussion went or when there might be a vote.  The district has built a new middle school and elementary school within the last 20 years.  The high school is

The school map in Eau Claire could soon be changing.  A special panel on school boundaries is suggesting that the full school board redraw the district’s enrollment map.  Superintendent Mary Ann Hardebeck says they hope to draw new school boundaries to balance-out enrollment at Eau Claire’s schools.  The full school board will decide the question in two weeks. 

A fallen Durand firefighter is being remembered as dedicated to both his family and his community.  Dozens of people turned out yesterday for a final goodbye to Firefighter Kyle Hayden.  He died last week of a heart attack, shortly before he rolled his car along Highway 85.  Hayden’s family says it was wonderful to see the community turn out to honor one of their own.  

A young man who admitted to abusing a six-or-seven-year-old girl isn’t heading to jail.  Instead, a Chippewa County judge sentenced 19-year-old Alexander Kenealy to five years probation.  Prosecutors say Kenealy was about 16-years-old when he says he touched the young girl.  The judge says as long as Kenealy stays out of trouble, he’ll never serve a day behind bars. 

A retired La Crosse priest is facing questions after police say he offered a woman cash for sex.  It happened last week outside of the library in La Crosse.  Police say Monsignor Bernard McGarty offered a woman 20 dollars, then put his hand in her lap.  McGarty told police he offered the woman the money because she’s homeless, he denied asking for sex.  This is not McGarty’s first arrest for something like this.  Police in Wausau say he exposed himself

Western Wisconsin’s power company is getting ready to close its last coal fired power plants.  Xcel Energy yesterday announced plans to close its two remaining coal plants by 2030.  Xcel filed a plan with regulators in Minnesota to close the coal plants, and expand its nuclear plant as part of a mission to be carbon neutral in the next decade or so.