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More than 260 arrests were made by US Marshals within a three-month period in Southeast Wisconsin. The Eastern Wisconsin Fugitive Task Force says operation Big Top targeted violent criminals between April 1st and June 30. Twenty-nine arrests were for homicide, and more than 430 total warrants were cleared. U-S Marshals say they aim to help local law enforcement agencies reduce violent crime.

The Chippewa Valley Museum is looking for volunteers for the U-S Open Chainsaw Sculpture Championship. The event will go from August 1st until the 4th. Eleven carvers from around the world will take three and a half days to create sculptures at the museum. Volunteers will help move logs and artworks, clean up, and run ticket sales. They’ll also get a free t-shirt and admission, along with free food for volunteers working more than four hours. The museum says 150

Throw a dart at a balloon, eat cheese curds for lunch, see the exhibits and animals, and go home with a goldfish! It can only happen at the fair and it’s that time of year again! The 2024 Northern Wisconsin State Fair is July 10-14 and will include a packed schedule of free family-friendly activities, national act musical concerts, impressive exhibits, a large selection of food and vendor options, and more! The Northern Wisconsin State Fairgrounds is in Chippewa Falls

It’s 25 years in prison for a local man in a Dunn County child sexual assault case. A judge yesterday sentenced Derek Johnson to two-and-a-half decades in prison for the 2021 assault of a nine-year-old girl. Prosecutors say the abuse started years earlier. A jury convicted Johnson of first degree sexual assault of a child back in January. Once Johnson is released, he will have to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.

Drinking, a lack of child care options, and the area’s closed hospitals are the top health priorities in the Chippewa Valley. Public health managers unveiled the results of their community survey yesterday Alcohol misuse,  accessible child care, and access to health care topped the list. Dunn County Health Department director KT Gallagher said the survey looked at each of the five counties in the Chippewa Valley, but those three were the top priorities in each county. She said the public

The search for a missing western Wisconsin woman has come to a happy end. The sheriff in Burnett County says they found 22-year-old Ashley Janisch yesterday in Forest Lake, Minnesota. She’d been missing since Sunday when she left her group home in Meenon Township. Ashley suffers from cognitive delays, and is under a court order to stay at the group home. The sheriff’s office says deputies got a tip that someone rented Ashley a hotel room in Forest Lake. Local

Wisconsin lawmakers are ready to look at the future for the University of Wisconsin. The legislature’s Study Committee on the Future of the University of Wisconsin System will meet for the first time tomorrow. The idea is to look at the trends that are impacting the university, as well as look at what the university’s needs are moving forward. There’s no specific goal to make cuts or close campuses, but that will surely be part of the committee’s discussions. The

Wisconsin’s election managers will talk about ballot drop boxes tomorrow. The Wisconsin Elections Commission will meet to plan out the guidance it will provide to the state’s election clerks about ballot drop boxes. The Wisconsin Supreme Court reinstated drop boxes in a ruling last week. Now, the Elections Commission needs to set the rules. Ballot drop boxes were last used in 2022, and Election Commission managers say things have changed since then. The Commission says it will not be able

Advocates and the families of people in Wisconsin’s prisons addressed lawmakers yesterday and asked for accountability and outside oversight. Lawmakers listened to hours of testimony yesterday as part of their effort to get answers about the problems inside Wisconsin’s prisons. One group of advocates suggested a Minnesota-style ombudsman program that can both hold guards and wardens accountable, and be a place for inmates and their families to go with complaints. Prison officials say the problems continue to lie with a

There is more work coming for the crews at Oshkosh Defense. The company this week said it landed a contract to build heavy tactical vehicles for the military. The 232 million-dollar order will see more tactical vehicles built, as well as upgrade kits for older ones. The new order comes after Oshkosh announced a 27 million-dollar contract for military trailers last month. Oshkosh also got a 200 million-dollar deal last fall to build other military vehicles.