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The Wabasha County Sheriff’s Office in Minnesota says it has been notified by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension that human remains found in July and August are being identified as a missing Wisconsin man.   A DNA match resulted in the remains, two legs and a torso, being identified as having belonged to David John Sheridan of Pepin, who was reported missing after his sailboat was found unmanned at a camp directly across from his hometown in April.  Authorities say

An accident in Tilden leaves two dead. The Chippewa County Sheriff’s Department responded to a car vs cement truck accident at around 4:45 on Friday. A car was south bound on CTH F , south of CTH S. Upon cresting a hill it traveled left of center and struck a cement truck head on which was north bound. The driver and passenger in the auto were killed as a result of the accident. The Driver of the cement truck was not injured and the

The Defense POW-MIA Accounting Agency in Washington, DC is announcing that the remains of a serviceman who was killed in World War Two are of a La Crosse native.  Navy Seaman First Class George Naegle was stationed on the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked in 1941, resulting in the deaths of over four-hundred crewmen, including Naegle.  The Deputy Secretary of Defense ordered the unidentified remains of casualties from the Oklahoma to be

Those yellow buses are back on the roads for our morning and afternoon commutes and the State Patrol Law of the month highlights school bus, pedestrian and bicyclist laws. As students across Wisconsin head back to school, motorists are being reminded to keep a sharp eye out for students, school buses and crossing guards. Just a reminder that law requires drivers to stop at least 20 feet from a stopped school bus that has its red warning lights flashing. All

The price for regular gas is down a penny from a week ago.  Triple A says the average price statewide is two-dollars-and-80, while the national average is two-83.  The lowest average prices in the state are found in the Janesville-Beloit area at two-68 a gallon.  Drivers in Eau Claire are again paying the most at two-93 for a gallon of regular gas

The Chippewa Falls Football Team and the Chippewa Falls Senior High School will be hosting the 6th Annual Veteran’s Appreciation Night at the football game TONIGHT. The Cardinals will be honoring Veterans for their service with a short program prior to kick-off and ALL VETERANS WILL RECEIVE FREE ADMISSION to the game and offered refreshments prior to the game. In an effort to support area homeless Veterans, the Chi-Hi Football team is once again partnering with the Hands Foundation and

A man will spend two months in jail after trying to set up a sexual encounter with an underage girl.  Jarad Bischoff was also in possession of child porn.  After he gets out of jail, he must register as a sex offender.  The Fall Creek man was busted after trying to meet a 13-year-old that was actually an undercover officer.

Authorities in Pierce County are investigating the seizure of abused animals and the possible link with a dog fighting ring.  The Pierce County Sheriff’s Office recovered over 13-hundred animals from a property in Gilman Township last week.  It’s believed the chickens and dogs rescued were being bred for fighting.  A conviction for promoting animal fighting in our state carry a prison term of nearly four years and a ten-thousand-dollar fine.

A Stabbing in Nelson sends one to the hospital. It was about 8 yesterday morning when the Buffalo County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a 65 year old man who had been stabbed at his home. The suspect fled the scene after slashing the victim’s tires. 36 year old Kenneth Teel was eventually taken into custody after being located walking in the lane of traffic on Highway 25 near County Highway KK with a knife. The victim was taken

Governor Scott Walker says nearly 560-thousand eligible families filed for the child tax rebate.  Almost 95-million-dollars was returned to families through the rebate program, which ran between May 15th and July 2nd. Wisconsi’s Child Sales Tax Rebate and the Back to School Sales Tax Holiday were both adopted because of a state budget surplus of almost 400-million-dollars at the end of the 2017 fiscal year.