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One of the firefighters who was shot to death in an ambush attack in Idaho this past weekend is originally from Wisconsin.  Kootenai County Fire and Rescue Battalion Chief Frank Harwood was born and raised in Neenah and graduated from Neenah High School in 2001.  Authorities in Idaho say he and Coeur d’Alene Fire Department Battalion Chief John Morrison were shot on Sunday by Wess Roley while they were responding to a brush fire that the gunman reportedly started himself. 

Wisconsin’s new budget has 110-million dollars set aside for direct payments to child care providers.  Governor Tony Evers let Republican state lawmakers know that he would veto the spending plan if those funds were not provided.  There is also over 120-million earmarked to help subsidize daycare for working families that have trouble affording the service.  The Wisconsin Legislature is expected to take a final vote on the budget bill today.

Nearly one-and-a-half-million Wisconsin residents are expected to hit the road for this Fourth of July weekend.  Triple A is estimating record-breaking highway travel for the holiday.  The Wisconsin Department of Transportation expects today, Thursday, Friday, and this coming Sunday to be the busiest days on the road.  Officials are asking motorists to be courteous and patient and watch for construction and emergency workers while driving around the Badger State. Here locally, preparations are underway for Friday night’s fireworks show in

Due to high river flows as a result of recent heavy rain, the boat restraining barrier upstream of the company’s hydro plant in Eau Claire is not properly secured in place at this time. Boaters and fisherman are urged to stay well away from the Dells dam on the lower Chippewa River due to high river flows, debris in the water, and unprotected spillway and powerhouse intake. Power is being generated in the powerhouse and excess water is being discharged

Carl Jerome, 63 years of age, from Hayward, WI has been arrested by the Wisconsin State Patrol Spooner Post for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 6th offense.  A Wisconsin State Patrol Trooper initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle that he observed deviate from its lane of travel and fail to signal a turn. Upon contact with the driver, he observed indicators of impairment. An investigation was conducted including standard field sobriety tests and a warrant was obtained

Arcadia Police say more arrests may be coming following a large-scale weekend fight.  According to reports, a fight involving 20 to 30 people broke out just after 1 a.m. Sunday at the Memorial Park Pavilion.  Four people were taken to a local hospital for treatment of non life-threatening injuries.  A suspect who police say was armed with a machete during the fight was later arrested.

Police are investigating after a man was found dead Sunday in Holmen.  Police dispatched early that morning to a home on Granum Circle found a victim dead at the scene.  There has been no word on the man’s cause of death.

Charges are being filed against a woman accused of stealing funds from an Eau Claire non profit.  According to reports, Kayla Szydel stole thousands from the Wellness Shack mental health center.  Charges against the suspect include theft in a business setting.  Szydel is expected to appear in court tomorrow.

The deadline to lock in Wisconsin’s biennial budget has now passed.  State lawmakers failed to approve the two-year spending plan before yesterday, meaning the budget has not been delivered on time for the first time in eight years.  Republicans and Democrats in the Wisconsin Legislature have been going back and forth over the bill for months, disagreeing on funding for things like childcare, public schools, and tax cuts.  The state’s Joint Finance Committee will be meeting this morning to put

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is asking residents and visitors to take extra precautions out on the water this Fourth of July weekend.  Officials say the state’s rivers and lakes are high right now because of recent heavy rainfall.  Recreation Warden Joseph Mulrooney warns that rising water can make rivers unpredictable by changing currents and carrying more debris.  DNR officials will also be joining the nationwide Operation Dry Water initiative this weekend, an effort to crack down on boating