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A Washington man received a 4th OWI while in Wisconsin. 31 year old Jason Kubitschek, from Mount Vernon, was arrested for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 4th offense. Just before 8:30 on Sunday night, the Wisconsin State Patrol received a driving complaint of a Toyota Camry all over the road on I94 from MM 19WB. A trooper was dispatched but before he could find the vehicle it hit a median barrier and came to rest in the ditch

A southern Wisconsin man is one of three people confirmed dead after a plant explosion in Waukegan, Illinois.  Reports say Salem resident Allen Stevens died in a hospital burn unit on Saturday after the explosion at AB Specialty Silicones late Friday night.  Nine people were in the plant at the time of the explosion.  Two other people have been found dead and one person is still missing.

An Elk Mound man is going to prison after being convicted in a child pornography case.  Police say child porn was found on Jeremy Deen’s phone and computer late last year and he pleaded no contest to possessing child porn in January.  On Friday Deen was sentenced to three years in prison followed by ten years of supervised release. 

Eight Wisconsin students will be competing in the Scripps National Spelling Bee this year.  The top three finishers in the Badger State Spelling Bee will be joined by five other students who qualified for the national bee through the Scripps RSV-Bee program.  The national bee will be held in National Harbor, Maryland from May 26th through the 31st.

A west-central Wisconsin police canine is the winner of a national dog competition.  Campbell Police Department’s Belgian Malinois Tasja was recently named Vohne Liche Kennels and Kinetic Dog Food Canine of the Year.  Tasja has won a year’s supply of kibble and will be used in advertising material for Kinetic and Vogne Liche for the rest of the year.  Tasja’s partner says the dog food prize will likely save the department about one-thousand dollars. *PHOTO CREDIT: LaCrosse Tribune

Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge Celebrating Birding Festival The Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge is celebrating the annual Birding Festival this week.  The festival will kick off Thursday evening with wine tasting at Elmaro Vineyards before various different themed hikes take place Friday morning.  All activities will start at the Refuge office.

On your mark, get set….GO! It was a lace and race for thousands this weekend and a pretty nice day for the EC Marathon to get another year in the books. Some local racers were the first to cross the finish line this year. Adam Condit was toes across in 2 hours and 40 minutes, making his Blue Ox Running clients confident that he knows his business! On the female side, it was under 3 hours for Margaret Ho. She

There’s no word on what sparked a barn fire in Vernon County that killed 70 cows.  The fire started Friday evening at a farm not far from the town of Westby.  Firefighters say 20 cows died in the barn, another 50 died from the smoke or other effects of the fire.  No people were hurt.  Firefighters say the barn was a total loss and had to be torn down for safety reasons.

A first year teacher at Durand’s Middle School is looking at charges after police say she sent a topless video to one of her students.  Police arrested 24-year-old Sarah Heskin after she admitted to being drunk when she sent the video to an eighth grader.  She also admitted to kissing the boy.  Heskin is facing charges in Pepin County, she’s free on 10 thousand-dollars bond.

There is no shortage of goodwill for Jayme Closs.  Hundreds of people took time this weekend to help raise money for Closs’ family.  She’s been home for about four months. The money will go to help Jayme transition to her new home.