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An Elk Mound man is going to prison after being convicted in a child pornography case.  Police say child porn was found on Jeremy Deen’s phone and computer late last year and he pleaded no contest to possessing child porn in January.  On Friday Deen was sentenced to three years in prison followed by ten years of supervised release. 

Eight Wisconsin students will be competing in the Scripps National Spelling Bee this year.  The top three finishers in the Badger State Spelling Bee will be joined by five other students who qualified for the national bee through the Scripps RSV-Bee program.  The national bee will be held in National Harbor, Maryland from May 26th through the 31st.

A west-central Wisconsin police canine is the winner of a national dog competition.  Campbell Police Department’s Belgian Malinois Tasja was recently named Vohne Liche Kennels and Kinetic Dog Food Canine of the Year.  Tasja has won a year’s supply of kibble and will be used in advertising material for Kinetic and Vogne Liche for the rest of the year.  Tasja’s partner says the dog food prize will likely save the department about one-thousand dollars. *PHOTO CREDIT: LaCrosse Tribune

Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge Celebrating Birding Festival The Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge is celebrating the annual Birding Festival this week.  The festival will kick off Thursday evening with wine tasting at Elmaro Vineyards before various different themed hikes take place Friday morning.  All activities will start at the Refuge office.

On your mark, get set….GO! It was a lace and race for thousands this weekend and a pretty nice day for the EC Marathon to get another year in the books. Some local racers were the first to cross the finish line this year. Adam Condit was toes across in 2 hours and 40 minutes, making his Blue Ox Running clients confident that he knows his business! On the female side, it was under 3 hours for Margaret Ho. She

There’s no word on what sparked a barn fire in Vernon County that killed 70 cows.  The fire started Friday evening at a farm not far from the town of Westby.  Firefighters say 20 cows died in the barn, another 50 died from the smoke or other effects of the fire.  No people were hurt.  Firefighters say the barn was a total loss and had to be torn down for safety reasons.

A first year teacher at Durand’s Middle School is looking at charges after police say she sent a topless video to one of her students.  Police arrested 24-year-old Sarah Heskin after she admitted to being drunk when she sent the video to an eighth grader.  She also admitted to kissing the boy.  Heskin is facing charges in Pepin County, she’s free on 10 thousand-dollars bond.

There is no shortage of goodwill for Jayme Closs.  Hundreds of people took time this weekend to help raise money for Closs’ family.  She’s been home for about four months. The money will go to help Jayme transition to her new home.

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers says 13 thousand is not a magic number when it comes to Foxconn jobs.  The governor told the editorial boards of the  Racine Journal Times and Kenosha News last week that there may be more jobs, there may be less.  Evers spent most of last week trying to clarify his comments that Foxconn would never hire as many people as the company promised.  The governor met with Foxconn CEO Terry Gou last week, and now says

The popular Eau Claire Marathon is racing our way, and that will include the road closures and arrangement for the big day. Sunday, May 5th will bring thousands to the streets and starting early in the morning. Starting at 6AM • Carson Park closes to vehicles entering the park. The marathon, and associated marathon-relay, half marathon, and 5K are expected to bring thousands to Eau Claire and specifically Carson Park, the location of the Start/Finish lines. There will be an