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Two Eau Claire men are facing charges for child sexual assault and are being held on bond.  Prosecutors say 54-year-old James Barbey and 82-year-old Robert Karstensen are both accused of committing sex crimes against multiple victims for several years.  The two men, who were neighbors, are both facing multiple charges including first-degree sexual assault of children under 13-years-old. Today a judge determined Karstensen will be held on one-million dollars bond, and Barbey will be held on a 250-thousand-dollar bond. They’ll

Debate over the Wisconsin state budget continues.  If legislators don’t come to an agreement in time, the state will continue operating under the previous budget.  Republicans in the Wisconsin Senate and Assembly have been in budget negotiations with Democratic Governor Tony Evers, who will ultimately approve the budget once it passes through the legislature.  A Joint Finance Committee executive session was canceled last Thursday, minutes before it was set to start.  The deadline is next Monday.

The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) and Polk County District Attorney Jeffrey Kemp today announced that Kenneth GaleWyrick, a former Polk County doctor, has been charged with multiple counts of child enticement allegedly occurring between 1995 and 2003 in Polk County. GaleWyrick was arrested on Wednesday at his residence in Polson, Mont. GaleWyrick faces three counts of child enticement. The criminal complaint, filed by the Polk County District Attorney’s Office, alleges that GaleWyrick intended to

Chippewa Valley Technical College has a new technical diploma available for individuals who want to be eligible for grade III library director positions in Wisconsin. The new program, Library Director, is now live on the CVTC website, and the application is open for the fall semester. The Library Director program is a one-year, 12-credit technical diploma designed for people who have at least 54 college credits and need just a few targeted courses to become eligible for a library director position.

A court date is being set for a lawsuit filed by former UW-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow against the university.  Gow claims his termination last year was a violation of his First Amendment rights.  Gow was fired after it came to light that he and his wife had been creating porn videos and posting them online.  He says that posting the videos was a form of free speech and self-expression.  The trial date has been set for June 22nd of

Charges are being filed against a driver pulled over this past weekend in Holmen.  Twenty-eight-year-old Mayking Murillo-Palacios was stopped Saturday and police are reporting drugs were found in his vehicle during a search.  They say they found an estimated 170 grams of suspected cocaine in the vehicle.  The suspect — who was already free on ten separate bonds — is now facing a charge of possession with the intent to deliver cocaine along with five felony counts of bail jumping

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is warning boaters to keep the waters safe over July 4th weekend.  Law enforcement is taking part in an annual campaign to prevent boating while impaired.  Officials say boating under the influence is illegal in Wisconsin.  Impairment from alcohol or drugs significantly increases the risk of incidents, injuries and death. 

A man sentenced to four years in prison for setting fires on other people’s land will also have to send apology letters to the DNR and the landowners.  Prosecutors accuse 46-year-old Daniel P. Johnson of setting more than 50 fires in 2023, including some that grew to more than a dozen acres.  Johnson initially faced eight charges, and pleaded guilty to three as part of a plea deal.  Along with his prison time, he’ll have to pay four-thousand dollars and

High temperatures caused more than 50 road buckles in Wisconsin last weekend.  The Department of Transportation says rising temperatures caused concrete plates underneath roadways to expand.  The department says elevated risks for road buckling is over.  The DOT’s 5-1-1 website will have the most up to date road conditions.

Madison has some of the safest drivers in the US.  A new report from Allstate compares collision data from the 200 of the largest cities in the nation to see which drivers are most likely to get into an accident.  Madison drivers rank ninth safest, with Brownsville, Texas, and Boise, Idaho, at the top of the list.  Milwaukee ranks 59th.  Boston and Washington D.C. are at the bottom of the list.