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A man found guilty of a deadly stabbing on the Apple River in Wisconsin is sentenced to 20 years in prison.   Nicolae Miu killed one teenager and injured four others in 2022.  Miu pleaded not guilty, claiming the teenagers were harassing him and he was acting in self-defense. The prosecution says Miu had multiple opportunities to walk away from the teens if he felt threatened. A jury found him guilty after a trial in April.

 The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) today announced Kevin Green, 19, of Reedsburg, Wis. has been sentenced after pleading guilty to Homicide by Negligent Operation of a Vehicle for driving the vehicle that struck and killed a 13-year-old child as she boarded a school bus on May 12, 2023. Green has been sentenced to four years of probation with conditions to include 3 months conditional jail with Huber, 200 hours of community service with a minimum of 50 hours per

A shut down Hospital Sisters Prevea clinic will be reopened.  The vacant building in Mondovi is being bought by Bellin and Gunderson Health System, who are changing their name to Emplify Health.  They say the Mondovi clinic will be affiliated with Gunderson Tri-County Hospital and Clinics in Whitehall and will start seeing patients by this November. H-S-H-S and Prevea clinics shut down all of their Western Wisconsin hospitals and clinics this spring.   

Insurance premiums for workers compensation in Wisconsin continue to decline. The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development says starting in October, companies will pay ten-point-five percent less on average for workers compensation. That totals about 206-million dollars in savings over the next year statewide. Specific changes in insurance premiums for employers vary based on factors like injury risk exposure. Workers comp pays for medical expenses and lost wages for employees who were injured at their workplace.

The winner of the 2025 Wisconsin State Park and Forest vehicle admission sticker design contest has been chosen. The contest accepts entries from high school age students across Wisconsin. Rice Lake High School junior Evan Strand won first place out of about 150 entries. His design will be printed on admission stickers for more than 500-thousand vehicles. The annual state park and forest admission stickers give access to more than 60 state-managed areas and cost 28-dollars for state residents. CLICK

An organ transplant program at the University of Wisconsin Health has the highest one-year survival rate nationwide. The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients says the UW Health Lung Transplant Program has about a 95-percent rate of survival one year post-operation. The national average rate is about 88-percent. The program also has a shorter waiting period; the average national wait time is one month, while UW’s is twelve days.

Boar’s Head is recalling seven-million more pounds of deli meat following two listeria deaths, one in New Jersey, another in Illinois. In addition to those two deaths, the CDC says at least 34 people have gotten sick in 13 states. Nearly all have been hospitalized and ranged in age from 32 to 94. This latest recall involves liverwurst, ham, bologna and beef salami made at a Boar’s Head plant in Virginia. More than 70 products with sell-by dates spanning July

The man convicted of killing a young man on the Apple River in northwestern Wisconsin two years ago will learn his fate today. A judge will sentence Nicolae Miu for first-degree reckless homicide. A jury convicted Miu back in April of killing one person, and slashing four others. Miu claimed self defense at the time. The reckless homicide charge carries a 60 year sentence.

A judge in Clark County wants a competency hearing for the illegal immigrant charged with killing two little girls. The judge yesterday ordered a competency hearing for Victor Gomez Acosta. Police say he stabbed his daughters to death earlier this month, then stabbed his wife, and finally stabbed himself. Investigators say Gomez Acosta told them that ‘crazy guys’ stabbed him.

A man suspected of sexual assault on a Madison bike path has turned himself in. Police say the young man wanted for grabbing a woman from behind over the weekend on the bike path near Carpenter Street surrendered yesterday. He is looking at fourth-degree sexual assault charges. The woman says the young man grabbed her while he was touching himself inappropriately. Police say the man was riding an electric skateboard at the time and they identified him through security camera