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A Milwaukee County circuit judge has been arrested by the FBI, accused of helping an undocumented man avoid arrest.  Judge Hannah Dugan was taken into custody Friday morning at the Milwaukee County Courthouse.  FBI Director Kash Patel said on X the bureau believes Dugan intentionally misdirected federal agents away from Eduardo Flores-Ruiz as he was about to be arrested at the courthouse last week.  Patel says the man was later apprehended. Dugan has been a Circuit Court judge since 2016.

An avid runner killed in a hit-and-run crash will be honored at the Eau Claire Marathon this weekend.  Marathon runners will receive a red bracelet in memory of Ann Seidl, who ran the Eau Claire Marathon for many years.  A moment of silence will also be held for Seidl before Saturday’s event.  Eau Claire’s marathon weekend will kick off tomorrow afternoon with the Kid’s Fun Run.  The 5K, 10K, and full marathon will follow. The race director says more than

A new study shows the number of homeless students in Wisconsin is on the rise.  The Wisconsin Police Forum reports more than 20-thousand homeless students statewide during the 2023-2024 school  year.  That’s an increase of more than nine-percent from the year before.  The report says homelessness rates decrease as students grow older, but increase again once they hit their senior year of high school.

Hundreds of millions of birds will be migrating north this weekend.  The Birdcast NexRad radar forecast shows more than 200-million birds will migrate north on Saturday, with the largest number flying up the Missouri and Mississippi River valleys.  The western edge of Wisconsin is in the Saturday flight path.  Sunday is much bigger for Wisconsin bird watchers.   Another 300-million birds will migrate north, with the heaviest flight path going through Illinois, into Wisconsin.  The birds will fly at night starting

The Wisconsin State Legislature has adopted Senate Joint Resolution 16, officially designating May 1 as St. Joseph the Worker Day in Wisconsin. Inspired by Louisiana’s 2021 Senate Resolution 116, Wisconsin embraces the same language and spirit to honor the dignity of all working men and women, celebrating their contributions to families, communities, and the nation. For the past four years, a team in Louisiana has championed this movement for workers, rooted in the virtues of St. Joseph. In 2021, Louisiana unanimously passed the nation’s first resolution of its kind, establishing May 1 as St. Joseph the Worker Day. Wisconsin’s initial attempt last year fell short, but on April 22, 2025, they succeeded, adopting similar language through Senate Joint Resolution 16.

Love can sometimes seem like it sucks you in and pulls you under, but for this week’s Friday Feel Good an incident that began as a quicksand emergency led to an unlikely outcome…  A guy named Mitchell O’Brien got swallowed by sand at a beach on Lake Michigan last weekend, and it turned into an unlikely love story.  He was walking with his best friend, a co-worker named Breanne Sika.  The beach swallowed him like quicksand, and he was buried up to his

With less than one hour to go before NFL draft selections began, the campus around the Lambeau area was at capacity. NFL Commissioner Roger Godell announced at the beginning of the draft that over 125 thousand people were in attendance. The NFL and the Packers were only expecting around 80 to 90 thousand people for night one. The Packers set up overflow inside Lambeau Field for people to watch. When it comes to action on the field, for the first

A Tomah man is facing multiple charges after being accused of sexually assaulting a child almost two decades ago. Craig Howard Smith was charged Monday and if he is convicted, could face up to 45 years in prison. Court documents show the victim, who was in seventh grade, came to live with the Smith family after her parents separated. After she moved in, she told police that the assaults began and continued for many years. Smith has been released on

A man who trespassed and brought a gun into an Eau Claire elementary school has been arrested. According to a police report, authorities were called out to Putnam Heights Elementary School after a staffer reported a man who was banned from the school was trying to get in. The school was put in “secure” which means no one can enter or leave. The suspect left the area, but police located him and made a traffic stop. Police found a loaded

Police are investigating a crash that involved a car and a school bus in Holmen. The crash happened yesterday on Highway 53 near County Road T. Students and the driver were all evaluated for injuries, but none were reported. Guardians were made aware of the incident right away. Another bus was sent to get all the students to school.