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New Charges for Dunn Co. Sex Offender

By Morgan McCarthy | October 2, 2024

There are new charges for a registered sex offender in Dunn County. Prosecutors yesterday filed the charges against 40-year-old Nicholas Titus.  Investigators say he invited a 14-year-old neighbor girl over to help him move. Then, they say, he pushed her on to a bed, pulled down her pants, started taking pictures of her, and touching her. Titus is a registered sex offender with past convictions in Minnesota. A judge set his bond at five-thousand-dollars.

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Former Packer Arrested for DWI

By Morgan McCarthy | October 2, 2024

Former Packer Eddie Lacy is looking at drunk driving charges in Arizona after police say he was extremely drunk. Officers in Scottsdale arrested Lacy Monday night. They say his blood alcohol level was more than two-point-0, and officers say Lacy had an open bottle in his car. There are no reports that he injured anyone. Lacy played four seasons with the Packers after being drafted back in 2013.

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Four Arrested, Search Continues for Two Suspects in Connection to Deadly Standoff

By Morgan McCarthy | October 2, 2024

Authorities in Sauk County say they’ve arrested four, and are looking for two more suspects in connection to July’s deadly standoff. All six are being charged with helping a felon escape. The sheriff’s office says each of the six helped Jeffrey Miller escape after he shot at Baraboo Police back in July. He was later found at a house in Portage County where he holed-up. Investigators say Miller later shot himself. The new charges bring the total number of people

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Settlement Reached for Deaf Inmates in WI

By Morgan McCarthy | October 2, 2024

Deaf inmates in Wisconsin prison are going to get hearing aids and some other accommodations. The state’s Department of Corrections yesterday announced a settlement with the Justice Department that will have Wisconsin pay for hearing aids for deaf and hard-of-hearing inmates. Deaf inmates will also be allowed to use their hands for sign language, even when they are shackled. The settlement comes after three deaf inmates sued the state for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act. The three inmates will

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Curd, Curd, Curd…Curd is the Word

By Morgan McCarthy | October 2, 2024

Add this to your National Cheese Curd Day menu. Milwaukee’s Lakefront Brewery says it will offer chocolate chip cookie dough cheese curds later this month. The cookie dough curds are just part of Lakefront’s unique curd offerings, there will also be General Tsao curds and fried chicken curds. You can taste them all on National Cheese Curd Day, which falls on Tuesday, October 15th this year. Lakefront is also bringing back its cheese curd pull competition. That’s where teams try

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Crews on Scene of French Island Fire

By Morgan McCarthy | October 1, 2024

We don’t have many answers about the massive fire at a railroad tie plant in La Crosse County. The fire at the Omaha Track plant on French Island burned almost all day yesterday. It took crews from a half-dozen fire departments to contain, then put-out the blaze. Police told neighbors yesterday that there were no worries about toxic smoke from the fire. The same plant saw a similar fire back in 2015, that fire did prompt warnings about toxic smoke.

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EC Gets Ready to Put Down Roots

By Morgan McCarthy | October 1, 2024

Eau Claire is getting 400-thousand dollars to fund healthy trees in lower income neighborhoods. The urban forestry grant is coming from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Through the program, residents will be reimbursed for planting new trees or replacing dead, dying, and diseased trees. This includes trees dying due to Emerald Ash Borers. Applications will be available early next year.     

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WI Small Cities Get Big Rankings

By Morgan McCarthy | October 1, 2024

Two Wisconsin cities are ranked among the top five best small cities to live in nationwide. A new report by WalletHub compares more than 13-hundred small U-S cities based on housing costs, income growth, and average number of hours worked per week. Brookfield, about thirteen miles west of Milwaukee, is ranked second for low unemployment rates and high homeownership rates. Appleton, southwest of Green Bay, is ranked fifth.

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Marshfield Clinic Research Institute Continues Tick Collection this Fall

By Morgan McCarthy | October 1, 2024

Marshfield Clinic Research Institute’s Tick Inventory via Citizen Science (TICS) has identified more than 5,400 ticks sent by Wisconsin residents since the study opened in April. TICS researchers are still asking you to contribute any ticks you may find. “The deer tick’s small size and greater likelihood of carrying illnesses like Lyme disease is what makes it critical to perform tick checks after spending time in wooded or brushy areas…” “We often see a second peak of deer ticks in the fall,

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Recall Issued for WI Chili

By Morgan McCarthy | October 1, 2024

 Zee Best Foods, Inc. in Green Bay Wis., is issuing a voluntary Class I recall for its Chili John’s Meat Sauce and Chili John’s Chili with Spaghetti and Beans Super Bowl products. The affected products were distributed to wholesale distributors and may still be on retail store shelves throughout Wisconsin. The affected products carry the Wisconsin mark of inspection for establishment No. 545 and includes: This is a Class I recall, initiated based on evidence collected during routine inspection activities. Evidence shows that

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