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A former Minnesota deputy will spend the better part of the next decade behind bars for trying to have sex with a 15-year-old girl.  A judge in Barron County yesterday sentenced Jeffrey Masek to eight years in prison.  Barron County authorities arrested Masek last spring after he tried to set-up a meeting with a teenage girl.  He was really texting undercover officers.  

A preliminary hearing for a Missouri man suspected in the disappearance of two Wisconsin brothers is set for next month.  The court set the hearing today to determine whether there is enough evidence to try Garland Nelson on tampering charges.  He allegedly drove a truck rented by Nick and Justin Diemel from his Missouri farm to a parking lot where he left it.  The brothers have not been heard from since visiting Nelson on a cattle business trip last month. 

Governor Tony Evers and other Democratic leaders are proposing a bill to close the state’s background check loophole.  The governor said today it’s time to stop ignoring the problem of gun violence and for elected officials to find the courage to do what is right.  The proposed bill would expand background checks for handgun purchases with exceptions like sales to a firearms dealer, military member or police officer.  Republican leaders say the Legislature will probably not take up the measure,

The Wisconsin unemployment rate inches up slightly.  The State Department of Workforce Development says today the jobless rate last month was three-percent, which is up a tenth of a point from June.  April and May saw record lows of two-point-eight-percent.  Despite the slight increase, the state’s unemployment rate is below the national average of three-point-seven-percent. 

Every state has one and a recent survey says Ardy and Ed’s Drive-In in Oshkosh is the tops in Wisconsin.  24/7 Wall Street is out with its ranking of the best places in every state to get a milkshake.  Ardy and Ed’s Drive-In opened in the late 1940s as an A&W Root Beer shop and changed its name in 1972 when it became an independent drive-in.  The menu promises malts are made with real malted milk powder and shake flavors include

Investigators in the Chippewa County quadruple murder case are going back to the drawing board after a promising lead ended up being a bust.  Ritchie German Junior is accused of killing four people in Lake Hallie and Lafayette last month before taking his own life.  Investigators had been looking for a car that once belonged to German but they announced yesterday it had recently been junked.  They’re currently looking into German’s cell phone records. 

An Eau Claire burglary suspect is still on the loose even though someone says their father hit him with a hammer.  The Eau Claire County Sheriff’s Office says multiple burglaries were reported at three o’clock Monday morning in the West View Acres neighborhood.  Residents say the suspect stole several thousand dollars worth of items from cars and campers in the area.  One resident says their dad hit the suspect in the head with a hammer but he ran off.  Anyone

A Ladysmith man is facing two child sexual assault charges after he was reportedly caught in bed with a 15-year-old girl.  Reports say the girl told police she wanted to have a baby with the suspect, 20-year-old Austin White.  White reportedly told police he knew the girl was underage.  He was charged in Rusk County on Tuesday and is being held on five-thousand dollars bond. 

There could be potentially dangerous algae in Lake Eau Claire.  The Eau Claire City-County Health Department wants anyone who sees algae in the lake to stay out of the water in that area.  That includes boating and fishing.  The health department plans to post toxin updates on its website. 

A new report shows agriculture is having an increasingly larger impact on Wisconsin’s economy.  According to research from the University of Wisconsin that’s conducted every five years, agriculture contributed about 104-billion dollars to the state’s economy in 2017.  That’s up more than 16 percent from 2012.  Most of the growth in agriculture during that time came in the food processing industry.