Home

On Friday just before noon Department Wisconsin State Patrol, Bloomer fire department, Bloomer Ambulance, and Chippewa Falls Ambulance responded to a two vehicle crash with a fatality. A car driven by 77 year old William M Shelton, from Duluth was traveling N/B on STH 40 approaching the intersection with STH 64 and was required to stop for a stop sign. The passenger car proceeded into the intersection and was struck by a fully loaded tractor trailer driven by 42 year

Three controversial bills are now law.  Governor Scott Walker signed Senate Bills 883, 884 and 886 into law today and says the bottom line is the bills do nothing to fundamentally diminish executive authority.  Opponents claim the bills will trim the authority of incoming governors.  However, the most important powers of the governor remain intact, including the veto power which is considered one of the strongest for any governor in the country. 

The man accused of the gruesome killing of his pregnant wife and two children in Colorado is serving time in Wisconsin.  The Department of Corrections says Chris Watts was admitted to the Dodge Correctional Institution in Waupun earlier this month.  He was moved from Colorado for safety reasons.  Watts pleaded guilty last month to the murders and was sentenced to five life sentences without parole. 

An Oshkosh man is charged with sexually assaulting a little girl while working in childcare and as a Santa Claus at the Oshkosh YMCA.  Seventy-five-year-old BT Adams is allegedly seen kissing and assaulting a three-year-old girl multiple times on surveillance video from last month and early this month.  Police ask parents to come forward if they have any concern about their child’s exposure to Adams or if they have additional information. 

The average price for a gallon of regular gas in Wisconsin is six-cents-lower than a week ago and 16-cents below the national average. Triple-A says the average price statewide is two-dollars-and-23-cents today,while the national average is two-39.  Drivers in the Pierce-St. Croix County area are paying the most at the pump at two-40.  The lowest prices are posted in Fond-du-Lac at two-eleven-a-gallon. 

Two people have been found dead after an investigation at a house in the Town of La Grange just south of Tomah.  Police say they got a 9-1-1 call yesterday morning from a home on Foothill Avenue.  They arrived to find a woman lying dead in the front yard and then went inside to find a man dead in the house.  Investigators say they currently believe the man is responsible for the woman’s death. They also say they believe this is

Police in Eau Claire are looking for two people suspected of robbing assisted living facilities in the area.  The Eau Claire Police Department says two women have been committing the crimes while posing to be there for job interviews but leave with stolen purses and credit cards.  If you have any information you are asked to take that to authorities. 

Construction on the Haymarket Plaza in Eau Claire is still not complete and will now be running months behind schedule.  The plaza was originally scheduled to be finished by November but cold weather caused a halt to construction and now crews are needing to wait for it to warm up to continue.  The city engineer says he hopes construction will be able to pick back up by April.  He adds that once construction resumes there’s still about two more months

Visit Eau Claire is putting its support behind building a convention center downtown.  Yesterday,the organization released a study by a Chicago-based consulting firm that estimated the total cost of a 53-thousand square foot center would be just under 50-million dollars.  The firm also recommended a 200-room hotel that would be connected to the center.  Visit Eau Claire says there’s no timeline for construction but it hopes to move forward with some kind of plan sometime in 2019. 

An Eau Claire man is facing a charge in Buffalo County of sexually assaulting a child. Authorities say 53-year-old Charles Fedie has admitted to sexually assaulting two younger males in Buffalo County around 30 years ago.  He also faces charges in Eau Claire County of possession of child pornography and sexual exploitation of a child.  He is set to appear in court in Eau Claire WCounty next week.