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A jury in Chippewa Falls will decide if the man accused of running down three Girl Scouts in guilty.  A judge last week refused to move Colten Treu’s trial out of Chippewa County.  He’s accused of being high while driving, and killing the three scouts from Lake Hallie last fall.  Treu’s lawyers say he can’t get a fair trial in Chippewa Falls. Prosecutors say they’ll wait to see if they can find a jury that hasn’t heard of the case. 

It’s another reminder to be safe on the water.  Eau Claire police say they rescued a man from the Chippewa River early yesterday morning.  Officers say the man jumped off the Clairemont Avenue footbridge.  They pulled him out of the river near the Short Street Bridge.  Eau Claire police are not saying why the man jumped into the river, or if alcohol was involved. 

A UW-Eau Claire student is heading to jail for two weeks for putting a hidden camera in a woman’s bedroom.  A judge on Friday sentenced Matthew Miller to 15 days in jail and two years of probation.  Police say he hid the camera in the woman’s room last November.  The University of Wisconsin Eau Claire put Miller on probation as well. 

Wisconsin is joining the effort to forgive student loan debt for permanently disabled veterans.  Attorney General Josh Kaul says it is the right thing to do.  He joins 51 other Attorneys General urging the U.S. Department of Education to automatically forgive loans of veterans who became totally and permanently disabled in connection with their military service.  

If you want to drink beer and watch Badger football this year, you’re going to have to do it outside of the stadium.  UW Chancellor Rebecca Blank says she doesn’t want to see beer inside Camp Randall stadium because she fears it will take away from the game.  Blank says there won’t be any beer sold for general admission fans this year.  About half the schools in the Big Ten sell beer at their football games. 

Packers fans will have a chance to say goodbye to Bart Starr.  Starr’s family yesterday said they’re planning a public memorial for the late quarterback, but said it may take some time to put everything together.  Starr died on Sunday at age 85.  His son says they will have a private funeral in Alabama sometime in the next week or so.  Then they will have a public memorial in Green Bay after that. 

Today and every day, we salute and thank you.

UPDATE : The juvenile has been located and is ok. The Dunn County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help from the public in locating a runaway juvenile. The juvenile is identified as Charli Carlin, 15 years of age from Southern Dunn County, left her home the night of Wednesday, May 22, 2019. The investigation showed that at this point Charli left on her own free will. It is not believed that Charli has access to a phone and it is

The man who pleaded guilty to kidnapping Jayme Closs and killing her parents in Wisconsin will spend the rest of his life in prison. The judge sentenced Jake Patterson to two sentences of life in prison without parole for the murders of James and Denise Closs. Patterson also received a 40-year-sentence for the kidnapping of Jayme.  During the sentencing hearing, Patterson told the judge he would do “absolutely anything to take back” what he did.  Patterson admitted to the kidnapping of 13-year-old

The trial will stay in Chippewa County as the man accused of the deadly crash that killed three Girl Scouts and a mother in Lake Hallie has entered a plea this afternoon in court. Colten Treu, pleaded not guilty to all counts in the same courtroom that the judge said is where the trial would be heard. Treu’s legal counsel argued he could not get a fair trial in Chippewa County, but the judge made the call today that it