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Prosecutors are charging a couple with child neglect after four children in their home tested positive for cocaine.  Officers in Cudahy say they arrived at the house after a woman, Ashley Chappell, reported a child foaming at the mouth. Responders say the child was unconscious in her arms, and she was recording them on a Facebook live stream. The child was taken to the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin and tested positive for cocaine. Three more kids out of the seven

ABOVE PHOTO: Students presented design solutions for roadways, renewable energy, clean food and water and more at Research Day. Cross-disciplinary students in the Impacts of Engineering course at University of Wisconsin-Stout this spring investigated ways to improve the quality of life for people in the remote forests of eastern Cambodia. Through the Engineers Without Borders’ Design for People Challenge, they worked in teams to engineer solutions for the Bunong people in the rural village of Pu Ngaol. Twenty teams of 86 engineering and several

The Altoona Public Library wants to hear from you! They have announced a Community Engagement  Session in support of the Flexible Facilities Program grant submission. This important meeting  will take place in the Community Room at 1303 Lynn Ave/City Hall-Library at 6:00 PM on  Thursday, June 20th.  “The Flexible Facilities Program grant offers us a  chance to reimagine our space, making it more adaptable, welcoming, and responsive to the  needs of Altoona residents. Your input is crucial in this process.” 

The manhunt continues for a Madison attempted homicide suspect who police thought was in Eau Claire. Police in Eau Claire tried to pull 37-year-old Jerome Jacobs over yesterday, but officers say he sped away, crashed his car, then ran. Jacobs is wanted in connection to a drive-by shooting in Madison Sunday that sent two people to the hospital. He’s also wanted on a warrant from the state’s Department of Corrections. Both police in Eau Claire and Madison say Jacobs is

Eau Claire’s city council has signed-off on the plan to renovate the Regency. The city council last night approved a zoning change for the Regency. It had been zoned for apartments, now it will be rezoned as a motel. The Regency’s new owners say they have a plan to renovate the motel, and make it the kind of place people actually want to stay. The Regency has had a long and troubled history, including a couple of attempts to simply

A dairy operation in Sparta is looking at a six-figure fine after state investigators say the owner allowed his pollution permit to expire. The Wisconsin Department of Justice yesterday fined Mlsna Dairy Supply just under 210 thousand-dollars for allowing their Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit to expire in 2015. The dairy never replaced it. There’s no word of any manure spills from the dairy, but state investigators say the dairy did make several pollution-containment improvements without state approval. The

Today marks one year since a 13-year-old boy went missing in Devil’s Lake State Park.  Investigators say they continue to look for James Yoblinski, but they don’t have any new information.  He walked into the woods last June, and his family says they haven’t seen him since. Yoblonski’s father originally said his son was on some sort of survival mission, but later came to believe that someone may have taken his son. The Sauk County sheriff said they don’t have

The only candidate to challenge Wisconsin’s assembly speaker in his new legislative district has dropped out of the race. Andrew Cegielski yesterday said he was getting out of the race because of ‘circumstances beyond’ his control. Cegielski was the only person to file the paperwork to run against Vos in the August primary. Vos is facing both an independent and a Democratic challenger in the November election. Vos is in the middle of a second recall effort, though it remains

Like a lot of people on summer break, a black bear in Shawano made its way to the local library. Workers at the Shawano County Library said a black bear wandered by on Monday. The workers were both excited and a little scared. Shawano Police say it’s not uncommon to see bears wandering around this time of year. They are likely looking for something to eat. If you see a bear, leave it alone, and police say it should wander

The Wisconsin tourism industry is celebrating another record-breaking year. The Wisconsin Department of Tourism says the state brought in 25-billion dollars in economic impact in 2023. This is the second year in a row the record has been broken – in 2022 about 23-point-seven billion dollars was brought in. The state saw the highest number of overnight visits ever in 2023.