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A Pierce County deputy may not get his job back even after a jury found him not guilty of child sexual assault. Pierce County’s sheriff says Deputy Allen Wojcik will stay on leave as the department conducts an internal investigation into his conduct. A jury on Monday found him not guilty of assaulting a girl as young as 12 for more than a year. It took the jury less than an hour to return their verdict.

Western Wisconsin’s Democratic congressman is not quite there on impeaching President Trump. Congressman Ron Kind yesterday said he wants to see more about the whistleblower complaint that started the latest push for impeachment. Kind says the President must be held accountable to the law. But Kind did not join other Democrats in saying he will vote to impeach the president.

Wisconsin lawmakers will likely be coming back to the Capitol sometime this year to deal with Governor Evers’ request for a red flag law. The governor yesterday said he intends to ‘press the issue’ of gun control. Republican lawmakers who control the State Assembly say they don’t want to pass a new law that takes guns away from people who have not been convicted of a crime. The governor says the idea is to get guns out of the hands of

You might call it a moo-pub…  More than a dozen spotted cows managed to find their way to the New Glarus Brewing Company in Wisconsin, proud maker of Spotted Cow beer.  Owner Drew Cochrane told police his security discovered the cattle wandering their parking lot in the middle of the night and were easily rounded up and returned to their owner with the help of a sheriff’s deputy.

Convicted murderer Steven Avery’s lawyer is following up on a claim by an inmate who says he’s the real killer of Teresa Halbach.  Kathleen Zellner tweeted yesterday that her office received a handwritten confession from a Wisconsin inmate over the weekend.  She says it’s worthless unless it’s corroborated.  Authorities have not received any such confession.

Today is National Voter Registration Day and organizations across the state are urging those of eligible age to update their voter information or register for the first time.  As of September 1st Wisconsin had just under three-point-four-million active registered voters.  Wisconsin doesn’t register voters by party preference or affiliations and it does not collect information about voters’ gender or race.

Governor Tony Evers, Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes, Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) COO Tricia Braun and other state, county, city and community leaders will visit eight sites across the state THURSDAY as part of Wisconsin Craft Brewery Day, highlighting the economic contributions craft breweries provide to Wisconsin local communities, including here locally. If you would like to raise a pint, you can join them at 11:30 at The Brewing Projekt, 1807 N Oxford Ave, Eau Claire Key participants will include:

In honor of Mayo Clinic Heritage Days, the footbridge crossing the Chippewa River at Phoenix Park will be lighted in blue Oct. 3. Heritage Days is held the first week of October to celebrate the history and culture of Mayo Clinic. Heritage Days honors what makes each Mayo Clinic location distinctive, integrating that spirit into the larger context of one shared Mayo Clinic culture. Heritage Days was established in 1999.

A Clark County teenager is accused of stealing multiple cars over a three-day span.  Police claim Branden King stole four cars back in April and was recently arrested with one of them at a convenience store in Marshfield.  King also reportedly totaled one of the cars and damaged two others.  He’s facing four counts of taking a vehicle without consent.

Roosevelt Elementary in Eau Claire will get some security upgrades soon.  The Eau Claire School Board approved the upgrades last night, which will cost over two-million dollars.  One of the biggest parts of the project will be a new secure entrance that will cost about 200-thousand dollars.  The school board president says the entrance could be ready as soon as next school year.