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The man accused of vandalizing a Clark County Catholic church is also accused of joining a cult beforehand.  Officers say a witness told them Seth Meier admitted to last Friday’s vandalization and that he was talking in a demonic voice.  Deputies say Meier made comments to them about not caring about what he had done.  He’s charged with burglary of a building and criminal damage to religious property.

A West Salem man has serious injuries after a bar fight in Monroe County.  Police were called to the Rite Spot Tavern early Sunday morning on report of an unconscious man.  Deputies say there was a fight and Joshua Orrico is accused of hitting the victim and continuing to assault him after he fell to the ground.  Orrico is facing three charges related to the incident and has been released on bond. 

An elderly man is safe after a passerby helped him out of his burning house.  Firefighters say 77-year-old John Hase was the only person home when his house caught fire on County Road Y just off of Highway 25 yesterday afternoon.  The passerby was able to get him out of the house before firefighters could get there and they were both taken to the hospital as a precaution.  The house is being considered a total loss.

Firearms and other weapons will now be allowed at the Northern Wisconsin State Fairgrounds in Chippewa Falls.  The final reading of an ordinance allowing guns was approved without objections last night.  The executive director of the fair started the push for guns at the grounds because of this year’s Wisconsin Game Fest which will include a youth shooting contest.

The Altoona Police Department has found the family a lost triangle American flag display belongs to.  Police found the display behind the seat of a pickup truck at a junkyard in Racine yesterday and immediately began searching for its owners.  By last night the police department said it had made contact with the family and was in the process of getting the display returned. 

The ten-year-old girl charged in the death of an infant will not stand trial.  The girl was found not competent yesterday.  She is charged in the October death of six-month-old Jaxon Hunter.  State law requires that those who are at least ten-years-old and charged with first degree reckless homicide must be charged as an adult. 

The Gordy’s supermarket chain is fighting back against a grocery wholesaler.  The chain filed a counterclaim in court Monday against Nash-Finch saying they are the victims of the wholesaler-who  loaned the new owner of the Gordy’s chain one million dollars with the understanding that the stores had buy virtually all its stock from Nash-Finch.  Gordy’s says they were consistently out-of-stock and that their prices were too high for the chain to remain competitive. 

Get MOOOOOOving! The Farm show is under way and farmers across western Wisconsin are preparing for the upcoming season at the Eau Claire Farm Show.  The 56th annual event got underway yesterday and features vendors for new equipment, tools, and agricultural products.  The show continues today at the Chippewa Valley Expo Center and you can expect an UDDERLY good time. Eau Claire farmers are fearful that planting season may run late and yields could be lower because of the harsh

Milwaukee, Miami, and Houston are waiting for the Democratic National Committee to decide where it will hold its 2020 convention.  DNC Chairman Tom Perez was expected to select the city to host the convention by the end of February, but is still considering the logistics of the event.  Each city is continuing to put forth its best efforts to convince Perez that their venue will be the best choice.  Perez hasn’t indicated when a decision will come. 

Like most homeowners in west-central Wisconsin, Mike Smith of Menomonie has had it up to his eyeballs — almost literally — with the record amount of snow that has fallen recently. His disdain for all the snow runs a little deeper, however. Smith is grounds supervisor at University of Wisconsin-Stout. He and four other staff members have had the unenviable job of keeping the sidewalks, driveways and parking lots cleared daily for more than 10,000 students, faculty, staff and visitors.