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UBER SETTLEMENT

By Morgan McCarthy | September 26, 2018

Attorney General Brad Schimel announced that he, along with 49 other states and the District of Columbia, has reached an agreement with California-based ride-sharing company Uber to address the company’s one-year delay in reporting a data breach to its affected drivers. Wisconsin will receive over $2.1 million. A portion of these funds will be used for a new grant program that will provide legal support to victims of identity theft and online fraud.

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WE HAVE A VERDICT: GUILTY

By Morgan McCarthy | September 26, 2018

Doug Nitek is facing sentencing after a jury found him guilty of first degree intentional homicide.  The jury reached guilty verdicts on six of the 17 counts against Nitek. He was charged with shooting and killing Deputy Dan Glaze in 2016.  Sentencing hasn’t been scheduled yet.

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WOMAN ACCUSED IN SEXUAL ASSAULT

By Morgan McCarthy | September 26, 2018

An Eau Claire woman is accused of sexually assaulting a 12 and a 14-year-old boy in a park.  Authorities say 42-year old Sarah Kiker was charged in Chippewa County Court. The criminal complaint indicates that the assaults happened in June and that she told investigators that the boys assaulted her.

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OH, SNAP! STUDENT CHARGED IN SCHOOL THREAT

By Morgan McCarthy | September 26, 2018

A teen in Durand is accused of using social media to threaten a shooting at a school district.  Jacob Gunderson was charged yesterday with making terror threats and writing a threatening computer message against the Durand-Arkansaw School District.  Investigators say the 17-year-old posted the threat on Snapchat Monday morning.

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HOME INVASION UPDATE

By Morgan McCarthy | September 26, 2018

An update on a story that we covered earlier this week out of La Crosse as authorities there say a missing man is now suspected in a home invasion.  That happened late Sunday morning Greenfield.   The La Crosse County Sheriff’s Office says 34-year-old Max Stockert left his home in La Crosse Sunday morning and hasn’t been seen since.  Deputies believe he broke into a vehicle near the home invasion site and stole clothing.  Deputies say he suffers from PTSD.

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FUNDING FOR FLOODING?

By Morgan McCarthy | September 26, 2018

Cleanup continues…The Black Earth community is looking to FEMA for help after flooding devastated the town.  The village administrator joined a crew from FEMA yesterday as they inspected houses to determine if they are livable.  The inspection process could take two to three weeks.  Once all the data is collected, it will be sent to the governor, then the president, who will make a disaster declaration so the community can receive relief funds.

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FALL INTO AUTUMN FUN

By Morgan McCarthy | September 25, 2018

The crispness in the air can only mean one thing…we are FALLING into the season of pumpkins, sweaters, and all things autumn. THIS SATURDAY is the 30th Annual International Fall Festival.  You can be part of more than 110 vendors including a wide variety of food vendors, as well as performances, face painting, inflatables, games of cricket, and of course the Royal Credit Union Parade of Nations at 3pm featuring the Blugold Marching Band. Full details are available at downtowneauclaire.org. Again, that kicks

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TOMAH VA SCORES IMPROVE

By Morgan McCarthy | September 25, 2018

Tomah VA sees improvement in its scores. Using an annual web-based report scorecard that measures, evaluates and benchmarks quality and efficiency at its medical centers, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs recently released data that showed improvements at the majority of its health care facilities. The Tomah VA Medical Center was one of the facilities that made positive strides. Compared with data from the same period a year ago, the July 2018 release of VA’s report showed 71 percent of

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MAKING A MURDERER RETURNS TO NETFLIX

By Morgan McCarthy | September 25, 2018

Netflix will premiere part two of its award-winning series Making a Murderer.  The series details the case of Steven Avery and his nephew Brendan Dassey and their murder convictions for the 2005 killing of Teresa Halbach.  The freelance photographer disappeared after a magazine shoot featuring a car at the Avery property in Manitowoc County.  Part two of the series will have ten episodes starting next month following the case through the appellate process. 

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FARM ACCIDENT KILLS MAN

By Morgan McCarthy | September 25, 2018

Authorities in Fond du Lac County say a Berlin man suffered a medical condition before crashing his milk tanker into a cornfield.  The crash happened near Waupun around two o’clock Monday afternoon on County Highway AS.  Police say August Neubauer lost control and drove the truck about 40 yards into the field.  A passerby called 911.  CPR was started, but he later died at the hospital.  

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