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A Sawyer County man is going to jail in Eau Claire County after his sixth OWI charge.  Police say Douglas Baker was going 15 miles per hour over the speed limit last month.  They say he was pulled over and tested with a blood alcohol level over the legal limit.  Baker pleaded no contest to an OWI charge yesterday.  He’ll spend one year in jail with six months stayed. 

The Green Bay Packers are warning of ticket scams ahead of next Thursday’s season opener against the Bears at Lambeau Field.  The team and local authorities say they’ve already received reports of counterfeit tickets.  Authorities recommend buying tickets from the official team website or the official NFL website to avoid scams.  The Packers no longer issue print-at-home tickets. 

There may be some questions about Chippewa County’s quadruple murder that may never be answered.  Chippewa County Sheriff Jim Kowalczyk says no one has called them with any tips about the suspected killer, Ritchie German Jr.  The sheriff says investigators also have not yet been able to get into German’s cell phone.  It was about a month ago that deputies say German killed three members of his family and Laile Vang before turning the gun on himself. 

The Eau Claire man facing 125 years in prison for child pornography charges is free on a promise to return to court.  A judge gave 61-year-old Robert Lowy a signature bond yesterday.  Police say they found over a thousand images of child porn or child erotica on his computer.  Lowy is due back in court next month. 

About 160 Wisconsin National Guardsmen are getting ready for a deployment this fall.  The guard yesterday said troops with the 32nd Red Arrow Infantry Brigade Combat Team headquarters will head to Ukraine.  The soldiers will work as part of an international team of peacekeepers.  Guard commanders are not saying when the troops will leave or how long they will be gone. 

The Girl Scouts in Lake Hallie are planning another remembrance for their fallen troop mates.  Troop 3055 will host a memorial walk this November for the three scouts who were killed last November while cleaning-up trash along the side of Highway P.  They died on November 3rd last year, while the walk is set for November 2nd of this year.  

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.