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The Haunted Hustle returns! The Owen Park event has grown to include friendly ghosts of all ages and it all goes to benefit three charitable organizations in our community. This year, the event will benefit three local non-profits: -The Epilepsy Foundation of Western Wisconsin -Girl Scouts of the Northwestern Great Lakes -L.E. Phillips Career Development Center Participants in the run/walk will determine which organization ends up with the biggest donation andwill receive a token to cast a vote for their

An Altoona man is accused of sexually assaulting children.  Bryan Braughton was charged Monday with two counts of repeated child sexual assault and one count of causing mental harm to a child.  Police say Braughton admitted to assaulting a girl between the ages of six and 13 and assaulting another six-year-old girl about a dozen times.  Braughton is also suspected of assaulting kids while involved with kid’s ministries at two Eau Claire churches.  He’s being held on ten-thousand dollars bond.PHOTO

A Black River Falls man is accused of strangling and sexually assaulting a woman.  Reports say Charles Stuburd is facing five felonies.  A criminal complaint claims the victim told police Stuburd attacked her in his home, strangled her, and assaulted her.  The complaint also says she told police she thought she was going to die.  Stuburd had his bond set at 25-hundred dollars on Monday.

The Packers are continuing their hot start to the season under new head coach Matt LaFleur.  The Packers won a nail biter against Detroit at Lambeau last night 23-to-22 on a walk-off field goal by Mason Crosby as the clock hit zero.  Crosby then partook in the famous Lambeau Leap celebration.  Green Bay is now five-and-one while Detroit drops to two-two-and-one.  The Packers will stay home this Sunday and take on the Raiders at noon. And now…The Upper Peninsula of

Prosecutors in Dunn County are ready with their case against the woman accused of stabbing a Eau Claire man to death last year. Opening statements are expected to today in Ezra McCandless’ murder trial. Police say she lured Alexander Woodworth into the woods in March of 2018 and stabbed him 16 times.  McCandless originally looked an insanity defense. Her lawyers now say she acted in self defense.

As time marches on, Jayme Closs’ family is just trying to live each day. Closs released a statement yesterday that said she is getting stronger by the day, and trying to live her life. Today is the one year anniversary of her parents’ murder and her kidnapping. The sheriff in Barron County yesterday thanked everyone who helped in the case, and helped bring Jayme home.

There are two more candidates in the race for Congress in Wisconsin’s northwoods. Wausau School Board president and attorney Tricia Zunker and Lawrence Dale yesterday both jumped into the race. Dale lives in Michigan. There’s no word when they two will face-off, and Governor Tony Evers has yet to set a date for the special election to replace former Congressman Sean Duffy in Washington D.C. Western Wisconsin’s seat in Congress is about to get some national attention. The conservative group FreedomWorks says

Steven Avery’s lawyer is trying again for a new trial, or even just a new hearing. Avery’s attorney yesterday asked the Wisconsin Court of Appeals to take up his case. The lawyer says there are questions about his trial for the muder of Teresa Halbach back in 2005. Avery has become world famous because of the Netflix documentary Making a Murderer.

One of Wisconsin’s oldest ice cream makers will get a second chance at life. Schoep’s Ice Cream yesterday said it will go into receivership, then be sold. Schoep’s has been open since 1928. The court-appointed receiver says there is already interest in buying the company.

Governor Tony Evers says Wisconsin would not be all that it is without the Native Nations.  The state celebrates its first Indigenous People’s Day today and the governor says officials are striving to make Wisconsin a more equitable, inclusive place to live.  Evers says he looks forward to continuing the work with indigenous peoples and tribal communities to make the state’s future brighter.