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An Eau Claire man who thought he was setting-up a sexual rendezvous with a teenager is heading to prison. A judge yesterday sentenced Heath Gullikson to five years in prison and five years probation. Investigators say Gullikson thought he was going to meet a 15-year-old boy, but instead police arrested him.  Gullikson will have to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.

The athletic director at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire says Eau Claire is a baseball town, and he hopes to use that to his advantage. Athletic Director Dan Schumacher says the school is hoping to bring back baseball, and add men’s soccer and women’s lacrosse to boost enrollment. Schumacher says all three are among the top sports at the schools that feed UW Eau Claire.

The state of Wisconsin is a big step closer to allowing teachers from outside the state to teach in classrooms here. The state Senate yesterday approved a plan to give out-of-state teachers with three years of experience a lifetime teaching license in Wisconsin. Supporters say the change will make it easier to find teachers and deal with the state’s teacher shortage. The plan next goes to Governor Evers.

Wisconsin’s experiment with hemp may soon be permanent. The Wisconsin Senate yesterday approved a plan that would make the state’s pilot program a permanent program. State Senator Patrick Testin says the idea is to give farmers and businesses more confidence in the new crop. Wisconsin farmers first got the chance to plant hemp last year. The legislation now heads to the state Assembly.

The Department of Natural Resources is giving hunters a heads-up regarding license scams online.  Officials say there are at least two sites that claim to offer hunting licenses but once a fee is paid you only get information and not a license.  The sites also ask for personal information.  The DNR urges anyone who’s been scammed to file a complaint with the State Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection.

Authorities in east-central Wisconsin say a recent drug bust in Outagamie County is one of the biggest ever in their area.  Brown County District Attorney David Lasse announced last night the seizure of nearly 60 pounds of methamphetamine from a room at the Wingate by Wyndham in Grand Chute last month.  Other narcotics were also confiscated and Derek Liebergen of Kaukauna was taken into custody.  Authorities say the bust will have an big impact on the supply of meth in the area.

The former congressman for Wisconsin’s northwoods is a dad, again. Former Congressman Sean Duffy and his wife yesterday announced the birth of their ninth child,  a daughter named Valentina StellaMaris Duffy. Duffy left Congress last month to spend more time with his wife and kids. The little girl has two holes in her heart and has been diagnosed with Down syndrome.

A Blair man will go to prison after being convicted in an Eau Claire child sexual assault case.  Reports say a victim told police Jebediah Johnson assaulted her when she was seven or eight-years-old and again when she was 12.  Johnson was found guilty of two counts of first-degree child sexual assault in connection with the case last Friday.  He’ll face up to 120 years in prison when he’s sentenced in December.

The Wisconsin State Senate has approved a resolution in supports of F-35 jets flying into Truax Field in Madison.  Flying the jets in Dane county has come under scrutiny since neighbors in the flight path started complaining about the noise.  Reports say Republican lawmakers introduced the resolution to raise awareness of the possible economic benefits.  It was passed on Tuesday.  The State Assembly will vote on the resolution on Thursday.

The U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear an over 500-million dollar case by University of Wisconsin’s patent-licensing arm against Apple.  The Wisconsin Research Alumni Foundation filed the lawsuit in 2014, claiming the company infringed on computer processing technology created by the university by using it in its products.  Apple claims the technology it uses is different.  The Supreme Court declined to take up the case on Monday.  UW is still seeking damages on two other items involving Apple.