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As funerals for the victims are being held this week, the 21 year old man who was huffing before he swerved off the road and ran down a group of Girl Scouts picking up trash is facing charges.  Colten Treu is facing four counts of homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle and four counts of hit-and-run involving death among other charges. He initially fled the scene, but later surrendered to police and admitted to hitting three Girl Scouts and

Three people are being charged in Eau Claire County with making fake 100-dollar bills.  Police say Elijah Stone, Taylor Simpson, and Austin Kurth are all facing forgery and drug related charges after they found about five-thousand dollars in counterfeit money in Stone’s possession.  Police say Simpson told them Stone planned to give Kurth the money in exchange for meth and that he was just the middleman.  All three of them are facing time in prison. 

Two huge corporations are suing the City of Menomonie over excess property taxes.  The Dunn County News says Walmart and Anderson Distribution are arguing that the city needs to reimburse them because their property value was over-assessed.  This is the second time the two companies have claimed an over-assessment against the city, with Menomonie denying the first claims.  A court date for the new claims has not yet been set.

Republican Kevin Bygd looks to have secured the race for Dunn County Sheriff.  Bygd leads Democrat Rodney Dicus by a little over one-thousand votes with all precincts reporting, a likely victory.  If Bygd holds on, he will replace retiring Sheriff Dennis Smith who has spent 18 years at his position. 

Republican State Representative Kathy Bernier is moving to the State Senate.  The District 23 seat has been called with Bernier having an 18-point lead over Democrat Chris Kapsner.  Bernier will replace retiring Republican Terry Moulton.  After the win, Republicans have taken eleven of the 17 Wisconsin State Senate seats and they also have a slight majority in the State Assembly, six-to-four.

State School Superintendent Tony Evers will be Wisconsin’s next governor.  Evers narrowly defeated incumbent Republican Governor Scott Walker in a hotly contested race.  However, the race for governor in Wisconsin may not be over.  The early victory call is that it was a win by about 29 thousand votes.  But Walker’s campaign says a recount may be coming.  If the two end the vote count within one-percent of each other, then Walker can ask election managers to recount the ballots.  But, most say

Questions on the Eau Claire County ballot dealing with legalizing marijuana and non-partisan redistricting are projected to pass.  The majority of voters cast ballots for the legal adult use of cannabis, while about 30 percent thought it should be legal for medical use.  Only 15 percent thought it should remain illegal.  An overwhelming majority of voters were for a plan to create a nonpartisan procedure to create legislative and congressional redistricting plans. 

Democrat James Kowalczyk is being declared the winner of the Chippewa County Sheriff’s race.  He  retained his position, defeating Republican Travis Hakes in a clear victory.  Kowalczyk has been Sheriff of Chippewa County since 2007.   

Wisconsin Democratic U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin is projected to retain her Senate seat.  Baldwin was locked in a tight race with Republican opponent Leah Vukmir, but turned out to be the clear winner.  The win is key to Democrats as they try to retain seats in the Senate.  Reports are emerging that President Trump is blaming House Speaker Paul Ryan for the flip to a Democratic majority in the House.  Trump blames the Wisconsin Republican for not raising enough money for House Republicans. 

The Democratic and Republican parties achieved mixed results in the Wisconsin U.S. House races.  Republican Bryan Steil defeated Democrat Randy Bryce in District One.  Incumbent Democrat Ron Kind retained his seat in District Three, defeating Republican Steve Toft.  Democrats Gwen Moore also retained her District Four seat in a victory over Republican Tim Rogers.  Republican Jim Sensenbrenner defeated Tom Palzewicz in District Five to keep his seat.  Republican incumbent Glenn Grothman was victorious over Democrat Dan Kohl in District Six.  Republican Sean