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The Wisconsin Department of Corrections will have some more time before closing two youth facilities.   Governor Tony Evers said today he signed a bill on Friday that keeps the troubled Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake facilities open until July 2021.  They had been scheduled to close in January 2021.  The governor says more time is needed to get replacement facilities prepared and to be sure the process for transferring between facilities is clear.  

A man charged with two 1976 murders is pleading not guilty.  Eighty-two-year-old Raymand Vannieuwenhoven [[ van-U-when-hoven ]] entered his plea in court today. He is accused of killing David Schuldes and Ellen Mathys at McClintock Park 43 years ago.  DNA from the crime scene matched a particular family and after testing last year authorities were led to the suspect. 

Two Wisconsin natives are making fans proud in the Badger State.  Steve Stricker became the 40th U.S. Senior Open champion with a win yesterday over fellow Wisconsinite Jerry Kelly.  The good friends walked to the 18th green at the Notre Dame course in South Bend, Indiana as fans cheered the twosome, who posted low numbers.  Stricker finished 19 under par, tying the largest margin of victory in the tournament’s history and winning by six over Kelly and David Toms. 

A person is in custody following reports of someone pointing a gun out the window of a vehicle in Eau Claire.  Police say the incident happened along Third Street Saturday night and they were able to locate the vehicle along Water Street around 10:00 p.m.  An airsoft pistol was recovered from the scene.  The person taken into custody could be charged with disorderly conduct and possession of THC.  A passenger in the vehicle is still wanted by police. 

Lightning is believed to be the cause behind a barn fire in the Township of Eaton.  If you were watching WEAU-TV news this morning, then you likely saw the footage and saw that the barn is a total loss.  The fire started around 11:00 yesterday morning and crews were on the scene for several hours battling the blaze.  The cattle were able to get out of the barn safely.  It was the second lightning-related fire call of the day, as

A new report says there are a lot fewer DNA kits waiting on shelves at the state crime lab.  The Wisconsin Department of Justice says the number of DNA kits waiting more than 90 days to be tested went from 766 in January to 410 in April.  Back in 2015, there were six-thousand untested kits.  Former Attorney General Brad Schimel eliminated that backlog by last year. 

An Osseo man is heading to prison for abusing his infant son.  A Trempealeau County judge sentenced Mitchel Feyen to five years in prison for child abuse.  Feyen pleaded no-contest back in April to hitting the little boy so hard that he gave the baby a brain hemorrhage.  

Folks in Lake Hallie are making sure that three fallen Girl Scouts will never be forgotten.  Dozens of people were on hand yesterday to dedicate a new pavilion at the Lake Hallie ball fields.  The pavilion is dedicated to nine-year-old Jayna Kelley and ten-year-old Autumn Helgeson.  They are two of the three scouts killed last year while their troop was picking-up trash along the highway.  Ten-year-old Halee Hickle and her mother Sara Jo Schneider also died in that wreck.  

Republicans in Madison are asking a judge to end the challenge to the state’s political map.  Democrats in 2015 sued over the map they said is too politically favorable for Republicans.  But the United States Supreme Court last week said federal courts should not be the ones who decide how political the maps can be.  Lawyers for legislative Republicans filed a motion to dismiss the map challenge on Friday. 

The top Republican in the state Assembly says it’s time to start talking about medical marijuana in Wisconsin.  Assembly Speaker Robin Vos on Friday said he’d like to see lawmakers get serious about medical marijuana in the fall.  Vos and other Republicans brushed-off Governor Tony Evers’ suggestion for a medical marijuana program because they said it was just a step toward legalization.  The top Republican in the state Senate, Scott Fitzgerald, has opposed loosening the state’s marijuana laws for years.