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A Colfax man is going to prison for nine months after being convicted of a 2015 child sexual assault.  A criminal complaint says a young boy told police 52-year-old Joseph Schindler touched him inappropriately over the span of about a month and Schindler allegedly admitted to the touching.  Schindler pleaded no contest to the crime and will also serve six months of probation after his jail sentence. 

A woman is injured after police say she was accidentally shot in the ankle by her husband.  The Trempealeau County Sheriff’s Office says 27-year-old Adam Hoff called police to his Ettrick home early Sunday morning saying he accidentally shot his wife, 25-year-old Shayli Hoff.  She was taken to the hospital and Hoff was arrested and charged with handling a firearm while under the influence and bail jumping. 

Two new housing complexes in Menomonie are getting closer to being built.  While flipping through the The Leader-Telegram you may have read reports that the city council voted yesterday to start development on a 53-unit student housing complex on 17th Avenue West and a 96-unit complex on 21st Street.  The city must first agree to rezone the land for multi-family, residential use.  Both building proposals will be taken up by the Planning Commission later this month. 

Eau Claire city officials are eying land near Roosevelt Elementary School for a new park.  The Eau Claire Plan Commission voted yesterday to buy three plots of land south of Folsom Street between Seventh and Bolles Streets.  The city has put a high priority on buying new park space.  The City Council will vote on the purchase next Tuesday. 

A group of unions and a Democratic lawmaker are challenging the laws Republicans passed during the lame-duck session.  This marks the third lawsuit filed disputing the bills passed in an overnight session in December.  Five unions and state Senator Janet Bewley filed the suit in Dane County Court yesterday, arguing the new laws illegally weaken the governor and attorney general’s powers and place a financial burden on taxpayers. 

Downtown Eau Claire may soon have a new senior living space.  The Eau Claire Plan Commission approved a rezoning plan yesterday to replace three office and two residential buildings across from Wilson Park.  The complex would have 120 apartment units and over four thousand square feet of space for a memory car and fitness facility for residents.  The City Council will vote on the measure next week. 

Plans are moving forward for the Eau Claire Veterans Tribute Trail.  The Eau Claire Plan Commission approved the project yesterday, which would run along Forest Street near Phoenix Park.  Monuments for past American wars and a veterans mall are set to be located at the end of the path.  Final approval for the project will be voted on next week by the City Council. 

An Eau Claire man is the winner of 200-thousand dollars in the lottery.  Officials say David Beck won the money Friday in the Pot of Gold Crossword.  He purchased his winning ticket at the Kwik Trip on Brackett Avenue in Eau Claire, which will receive four thousand dollars for its sale. 

Bond is set for three people accused in the death of a seven-year-old boy in Manitowoc County.  Timothy Hauschultz, Tina McKeever-Hauschultz and fifteen-year-old Damien Hauschultz are all charged in the death last spring of Ethan Hauschultz.  The boy was found beaten and buried in the snow.  Bond for the three suspects range from 75 to 150-thousand-dollars.  

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is investigating the illegal shooting of a bald eagle.  The DNR is asking for the public’s help with the investigation.  The eagle was found on private property off Randolph Street in Mishicot in early December and taken for treatment, but died from its injuries.  The eagle may have been shot while feeding at one of the nearby rivers.