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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

Three people have minor injuries after a two car crash in Eau Claire County.  The sheriff’s office says two cars were westbound on Highway 12 yesterday afternoon when one was rear-ended while slowing down to turn.  A man and a woman in one car and a woman in the other car all received non-life threatening injuries.  The person driving the car that caused the crash was cited for inattentive operation. 

One person is dead and another is in critical condition after being rescued from Lake Monona.  The Madison Fire Department says both people were participating in the Ironman Triathlon in Madison yesterday.  The Dane County Medical Examiner is identifying one victim as Michael McCulloch of Cottage Grove.  He drowned.  There’s no update on the second competitor who was hospitalized. 

Thousands of dollars are being raised for ALS awareness after the annual ALS Walk and Wheel-a-thon in Chippewa Falls.  Reports say about 300 people attended the race over the weekend.  Organizers estimate it raised about 20-thousand dollars. 

Many Milwaukee residents have free groceries thanks to the Milwaukee Brewers.  Last Friday outfielders Christian Yelich and Ryan Braun spent the day at a local Pick-n-Save ringing up and bagging groceries for unsuspecting customers along with paying for them.  It was part of the team’s hashtag kindness-in-MKE initiative. 

Part of Crescent Avenue in Eau Claire will be restricted on Thursday for the Blue Ox Music Festival.  The county sheriff’s office will restrict traffic on Crescent from Curvue Road to South Town Hall Road from 6:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m.  Traffic will return to normal for the rest of the festival through Saturday at the Whispering Pines Campground. 

At least one Wisconsin lawmaker is questioning the decision to fly the rainbow flag above the Wisconsin Capitol.  Waukesha Republican state Rep. Scott Allen took to Twitter last week and called the flag divisive.  He says not everyone in Wisconsin agrees with celebrating the LGBT lifestyle.  Governor Evers ordered the flag flown this month, to celebrate pride month

About 400 troops from western Wisconsin will head to Afghanistan this summer.  The 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry out of Eau Claire is being mobilized.  Guard commanders say they will provide security for coalition forces in the region.  Soldiers from Menomonie, New Richmond, Rice Lake, Arcadia, Onalaska, River Falls and Abbotsford will all make the trip. 

One of the people on a motorcycle that ran into a deer in Polk County had to be flown to the hospital.  Deputies say two people were hurt yesterday when they crashed into a deer on County Road K, just west of State Highway 65. 

Parents in once west-central Wisconsin city could soon pay the price if their children bully other kids.  City leaders in Wisconsin Rapids are looking at a 50 dollar fine for parents who don’t stop their children from bullying.  The push comes after the mother of a seventh grade student says other kids told her daughter to kill herself.  The plan will come up for a vote next week.  With court fee, that 50 dollar fine would actually cost parents over 300 dollars.