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A man will do four months in Eau Claire County jail after leading police on a chase through multiple counties. Twenty-five-year-old Bryont Holmes pleaded no contest to three charges stemming from the June incident including stealing a car, fleeing police, and driving without a license.  After his jail sentence, he will serve 36 months on probation. 

Top Senate Republican Scott Fitzgerald is acknowledging that a key benefit of moving the date of Wisconsin’s 2020 presidential primary would be to help a conservative-backed judge win election to the state Supreme Court.  The Senate Majority Leader also said yesterday that an extraordinary legislative session could happen as soon as next week.  The session would be the last chance for Republicans to pass laws while Scott Walker is governor. 

Harvest numbers are up for this year’s Wisconsin gun deer season.  Hunters registered about seven percent more deer than last year.  Officials believe mild temperatures on opening day and a high deer population contributed to the higher harvest rates. 

Governor Walker and the Forest County Potawatomi are submitting a new amendment to the gaming compact between the tribe and the state.  The amendment would withhold up to 250-million-dollars from the state if the tribe suffers losses from a competitor’s casino being built.  If the agreement is approved by the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, it would end continuing negotiations that started more than a decade ago. 

Barron-based country singer Chris Kroeze is in the top ten on The Voice.  He moved on in the competition, performing on the show with coach Blake Shelton on Monday.  The live episode also featured cuts to a Voice viewing party at the Barron Area Community Center where his wife,two children, and other supporters were cheering him on.  The segment also showed photos of kids in his old elementary school wearing fake beards during a Chris Kroeze Dress-Up Day and a

A Girl Scout who survived a deadly hit-and-run crash in Lake Hallie is out of the hospital.  Officials say Madalyn Zwiefelhofer left the hospital last week after undergoing numerous procedures. Madalyn underwent open heart surgery and treatment for two broken legs, a displaced pelvis, a broken cheekbone, a broken wrist, a broken arm, cuts in her kidney and spleen, and many other cuts and bruises.  She also suffered a brain bleed which kept her in the hospital longer.  Three other

The Eau Claire city budget is finalized, and several other ordinances are going into effect after a marathon council meeting.  In addition to passing the city budget,the council put through a repeal of a ban that kept kids off the city council dais, lowered the penalty for first-time marijuana possession to one dollar,and allowed residents to keep up to five chickens in their backyard for eggs. 

Police say a crash was caused by a medical emergency.  The collision happened yesterday evening after a man lost control of his vehicle.  The car went through the parking lot of a brewery on Madison Street before smashing into a fence at a nearby home.  Officials say the fence and home were damaged.  The driver was taken to the hospital with minor injuries, but no one else was hurt. 

A Chippewa Falls man is facing multiple counts of sexual assault of a child.  Joshua Terrazasis charged with repeated sexual assault of a child and first degree sexual assault of a child younger than 13.  The criminal complaint says that the 26-year-old engaged in sexual contact with a nine-year-old multiple times from May to October of this year and that Terrazas admitted to the assaults.  *photo credit WEAU 13 NEWS

A former volleyball coach in northern Wisconsin is pleading not guilty to multiple charges, including sexual assault of a child.  Jason Nieminski resigned from Coleman High School in Marinette County earlier this year.  He entered his not guilty plea yesterday and returns to court after the first of the year.  Nieminski is charged with having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl, child exploitation and possession of child pornography.