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A 12-year-old boy is dead after drowning in a retention pond in northeast Wisconsin.  Family members identified the boy as Dylan Tapio.  Reports say Tapio drowned while he and his brothers were releasing a turtle in Kaukauna Tuesday night.  Police believe he was in the water for up to two hours before he was rescued. 

The victims of a rollover crash in Black River Falls have been identified.  The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office says 18-year-old Dylan Waube was speeding and driving drunk when he went off the road, went airborne, and crashed in a wooded area late Monday night.  James Mann, Miguel Custodio, Anthony Walker, and Harold Hill Junior were also in the car and were taken to the hospital with injuries.  Waube is facing multiple charges in connection with the crash. 

A Colfax man is going to prison after being convicted of sexually assaulting a ten-year-old girl.  Reports say the victim told staff at her school Jobert Molde assaulted her in 2017.  Molde was found guilty in March and sentenced Tuesday to 25-years in prison followed by seven-and-a-half years of supervised release. 

The fight over what to name a park next to the to-be-built Veterans Tribute Trail in Eau Claire isn’t over.  The city’s Waterways and Parks Commission last night punted on the issue.  The folks behind the two million-dollar trail want to name the small park Veterans Tribute Park.  But some neighbors, particularly people who use the community garden in the park, don’t want to change the name.  The commission is asking Eau Claire’s city council to make the decision. 

A Chippewa County man is heading to prison for more than a decade for abusing a 10-year-old boy in an Eau Claire bathroom last year.  A judge yesterday sentenced Derrik Sheffield to 12-years in prison.  The judge also ordered Sheffield to register as a sex offender for life, and to never have contact with anyone under 18 unless the court says its okay first. 

The man who broke into Jayme Closs’ home and stole her clothes isn’t going to jail.  A judge yesterday sentenced 33-year-old Kyle Jaenke-Annis to two years of probation.  Police say Jaenke-Annis broke into the Closs home while Jayme was missing last year and stole some of her clothes.  

Democrats in Madison are upset that their cornerstone issue is essentially dead for the next two years.  Democratic lawmakers yesterday told reporters at the Capitol that Republicans made a mistake by not including a Medicaid expansion in the new state budget.  State Rep. Chris Taylor said the decision is morally bankrupt and fiscally irresponsible.  Republicans say adding more than 80 thousand people to the state’s healthcare rolls would simply cost too much. 

The rules for bow and hand catfishing in Wisconsin are set.  The Department of Natural Resources yesterday approved the regulations for the state’s newest fishing season.  Hand-fishing season will run from June 1st til August 31st each year.  Bow fishing will run all year across the southern two-thirds of the state.  Governor Walker created temporary rules for hand and bow fishing last year, the new rules simply make those seasons permanent. 

OneFest returns to Northern Wisconsin with help from a $24,800 Joint Effort Marketing (JEM) Grant from the Wisconsin Department of Tourism. The second annual festival, taking place July 26-28, invites the whole family to enjoy music, worship and outdoor activities. OneFest will be held at the Northern Wisconsin State Fairgrounds in Chippewa Falls. OneFest features national Christian music performers, including Newsboys, Francesca Battistelli, Building 429, Carrolton, The Young Escape and Tori Harper, along with local and regional bands. The event

The family of slain Firefighter Mitch Lundgaard is receiving some much-needed good news.  The 9/11 Memorial organization honoring New York firefighter Stephen Siller says it will pay off the mortgage of the family’s home.  Lundgaard was shot and killed last month while on a service call at the Valley Transit Center in Appleton.  He is survived by his wife and three children.