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On 12/8/2025 at approximately 5:50pm, The Wisconsin State Patrol and the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department responded to a report of a pedestrian on Interstate 94 in Jackson County that had been struck by a vehicle. The 30-year-old female pedestrian, Kara Ann Meslow from Mahtomedi MN was pronounced deceased at the scene. The crash remains under investigation by the Wisconsin State Patrol. 

Bond has been set for one of five people accused of swindling an elderly La Crosse County couple out of over 450-thousand dollars.  Authorities say the group carried out an elaborate Publisher’s Clearing House and Mega Millions sweepstakes scam that saw the victims sending cash, gift cards and personal data to them over the course of an eight month period.  Each member of the suspect group is charged with theft by false representation.  Bond for defendant Faedar Rockhead was set

Less than a week after former Eau Claire City councilmember Jeremy Gragert announced his candidacy for council president, another candidate is entering the race.  Eau Claire Area Chamber of Commerce Senior Director Scott Rogers announced yesterday that he too is running for the post.  Both hope to replace City Council President Emily Berge who is opting against a run for election in favor of a run for Congress. CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE COVERAGE WITH WEAU 13 NEWS.

About three months after the mayor of La Crosse ordered the temporary closures of two city parks, one is reopening.  Burns Park and Cameron Park were closed in September due to what Mayor Shaundel Washington-Spivey said at the time was the behavior of sheltered and unsheltered individuals.  Burns Park was reopened on Monday with officials saying that conditions inside will be much more closely monitored than before.  Depending on how things go there, Cameron Park may be reopened as well.

In La Crosse County, the Village of West Salem is receiving financial boost in its efforts to develop a new public safety building.  The project is receiving a two-point-five-million-dollar grant to support the effort.  Officials are hoping to break ground next year.

A proposed federal cut could cause more than two-thousand people in Wisconsin to lose their housing.  According to the National Alliance to End Homelessness, about 170-thousand formerly homeless people nationwide would be cut from permanent housing.  In Wisconsin, 52 percent of permanent housing is covered by more than 27-million dollars from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.  HUD has claimed that cutting funding for permanent housing beds will restore “accountability to homelessness programs” while promoting “self-sufficiency among vulnerable

A creative driver has led the Door County Sheriff’s Office to remind drivers to check their vehicle equipment. The sheriff’s office said on Friday deputies stopped a vehicle for speeding and noticed it was missing a driver’s side headlight. The driver of the vehicle replaced the headlight with a handheld flashlight. The sheriff’s office said a flashlight is not a safe or legal replacement for proper headlights.

Charges are being filed against a Chippewa Falls man accused of sexually assaulting minors.  Prosecutors say that 21-year-old Keegan Peterson victimized two children two children under the age of 13 between May 2021 and June 2023.  Charges against Peterson include repeated sexual assault of a child.

In Douglas County, a police officer and a suspect are recovering from injuries suffered in an exchange of gunfire.  The events began early Sunday morning in Superior when a police officer responding to a report of a domestic dispute pulled over the suspect near Tower Avenue and North 37th Street.  According to reports, the suspect exited their vehicle and shot the officer who returned fire — hitting the suspect.  The suspect got back into their vehicle — eventually crashing into

Authorities are investigating after an Iowa man crashed his pickup truck into the Mississippi River on Friday.  Twenty-four-year-old Amanuel Bauer reportedly lost control of his vehicle on State Highway 25 and went into the water near the Beef Slough Boat Landing in Buffalo County.  Bauer escaped through a broken window just before the truck submerged in the river.