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A Wisconsin woman who tried to poison her husband’s coffee has  learned her fate.  Fifty-one-year-old Amanda Chapin has been sentenced to three years in prison followed by three years of extended supervision.  She pleaded no contest last month to a charge of  first-degree reckless endangering.  Prosecutors say Chapin put animal euthanasia drugs in her husband’s coffee three times in 2022, leaving the 70-year-old man in a coma.  Chapin told police her husband became sick after taking Ivermectin because he didn’t

Kamala Harris and her as-yet-to-be-announced running mate will visit Wisconsin next week.  Her campaign office confirms a visit is planned in Eau Claire on Wednesday.  The vice president and presumptive Democratic presidential candidate is expected to name her pick for VP by Tuesday.  Harris has visited Wisconsin five other times this year. Kamala Harris is now the first Black woman to lead a major national ticket. On Friday, Harris secured enough delegate votes to become the official Democratic nominee for

  The U.S. Geological Survey is confirming an earthquake in Door County.  They say it hit early this morning in Lake Michigan, which is 24-miles southeast of Sturgeon Bay.  The quake measured two-point-nine on the Richter scale.  The USGS says it received 24 reports from people who say they felt the earthquake this morning shortly after 9:00.

The Eau Claire City-County Health Department is partnering with researchers from UW-Eau Claire to offer a limited number of free private well water tests for PFAS, commonly referred to as “forever chemicals.” PFAS, or perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are found in everyday items like fast food wrappers, nonstick cookware, cosmetics, water-resistant clothing, and household stain repellants. PFAS have also been detected in the environment, including surface water and groundwater, because of this widespread use. Research indicates that high levels of

Our warmer, humid weather has certainly made it feel more like the dog days of summer lately and for this week’s Friday Feel Good we actually meet a dog hero of summer!  A police dog in North Carolina helped get a lost little boy home after someone spotted him walking down a road all alone this month.   The kid is around six, and couldn’t tell cops where he lived because he’s autistic and non-verbal.  Union County Sheriff Public Information Officer Lieutenant James

The man accused of fondling two teenage boys near the Duncan Creek bike path last year will not be going to trial. A judge yesterday found Cody Blassingame not competent enough for trial. He was homeless and hanging-out near the bike path when police say he grabbed two boys and made sexual suggestions. He is being treated at a state hospital, and prosecutors say he likely will be found competent enough for trial sometime in the future.

A wanted man from Wisconsin who ran away 30 years ago is back in jail. Police in West Des Moines arrested 71-year-old George Hartleroad for not having a reflective light on the back of his bike. It was then that they learned Hartleroad was wanted for running away from a Madison halfway house back in 1995. He’s still wanted to this day. Police say Hartleroad told them he’d run away again if let go. Hartleroad did time in Wisconsin for

Chippewa County is getting-in on the app game. Sheriff Travis Hakes says there’s now an app that has all sorts of information about the county and its services. That includes things like ATV route maps, a jail inmate roster, and tourism information. The sheriff says, however, the app is not just for his office. And he says it cannot be used to call 911 or contact the sheriff’s office at all. That still requires a phone call. You can get

A judge is not stopping the push to email ballots to disabled voters this year. Dane County Judge Everett Mitchell yesterday refused to block his order that will allow local election managers to email ballots to voters who need a machine to read them their choices. Mitchell says it’s a case of disability rights, but some Republicans worry that allowing for emailed ballots will open-up an opportunity for fraud. Voters only have to self-certify that they are disabled. The case

One of Wisconsin’s tribes doesn’t want to see the Apostle Islands turned into a national park. The Red Cliff Ojibwe this week said they do not want to see the islands in Lake Superior turned into a park. The islands are just off the coast of the Red Cliff reservation, and tribal leaders say they are worried about the possible influx of visitors if the islands are declared a national park. Northwoods Congressman Tom Tiffany is suggesting the islands be