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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.

A fire at the Oneida Village Inn near Rhinelander is leaving the popular restaurant and inn totally destroyed.  Firefighters battled frigid temperatures and flames late last night.  Crews evacuated everyone safely, but the building was a total loss.  The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

A man killed in a Wyoming avalanche is identified as a 27-year-old from New London, Wisconsin.  The Jackson Hole News and Guide says the Teton County coroner has identified Dale Laedtke as the victim found buried in an avalanche yesterday afternoon.  Laedtke was snowmobiling with three friends when the avalanche was triggered.  He was reportedly buried for five minutes before he was found and CPR was started. 

Three kids are in legal trouble after police say they tried to rob a gas station at knife point.  The Polk County Sheriff’s Office says a 16-year-old, 13-year-old, and 12-year-old arrived at a Mini Mart in Luck on snowmobiles Sunday afternoon.  They then attempted to rob the clerk but someone in the store stopped the robbery until police could arrive.  The 16-year-old was put into a detention center and the other two were released to their parents. 

A new Snow Event is in effect in Eau Claire.  The new Snow Event began at midnight last night and will last until five o’clock Thursday night.  In addition to the Snow Event, the city says residents can expect alternate-side parking rules to stay in effect for at least the next two weeks while crews continue to remove snow.  A new Snow Event will have to be declared every three days to keep the alternate-side rules in place.

The City of Altoona officially has a new police chief.  Chief Kelly Bakken was sworn in as the new chief yesterday.  Bakken was previously the Black River Falls police chief.  She’s taking over for former chief Jesse James who was recently elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly.