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A Forest County woman has pleaded not guilty to drunkenly running her husband down last fall. Mary Terry was in court yesterday for her arraignment. A judge ordered her held on 50 thousand-dollars cash bail, and ordered her fitted with an ankle bracelet. Prosecutors claim she was drunk when she ran her husband over with his pickup truck back in October. She’s facing first-degree intentional homicide and homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle charges. She’s also facing 25

The people who represent local government in Wisconsin are on-board with the plan from lawmakers to clean-up PFAS contamination from local water supplies. Lawmakers this week approved a plan that would help local communities pay to test their water for PFAS chemicals, and help pay for projects to clean their water if PFAS is found. Governor Evers doesn’t like the plan because he says it limits the power of the DNR to sue over PFAS pollution. The e League of

The plan to protect the deer population in northern Wisconsin by pausing the doe hunt is on its way at the State Capitol. The Assembly yesterday approved a four-year pause on antlerless deer hunting in the Northern Forest Zone. Supporters say Wisconsin needs to do something to help the deer herd grow. Doe hunt numbers from last fall show a 15 percent drop. Hunters say they’ve seen fewer and fewer deer over the past several years. The plan now heads

Students will learn more about marijuana at UW-Platteville starting next month. The school is enrolling students for its Cannabis Product Development & Design Certificate. Platteville says students will learn how to make cannabis-infused gummies, chocolates, oils, tinctures, and more. The program promises a focus on ‘branding and package design, this program enables you to develop materials that adhere to regulatory standards while also standing out in the market through their creative flair.’ Marijuana remains illegal in Wisconsin, but many hemp

Wisconsin lawmakers have signed-off on a new alert for missing children in the state. The State Assembly yesterday approved the Prince Alert. It’s named after five-year-old Prince McCree from Milwaukee who was killed last year. Milwaukee Police didn’t issue an Amber Alert in the case because Prince’s disappearance didn’t meet the criteria. The new Prince Alert will alert neighbors about a missing child even if there isn’t any information about a suspect. Prince’s family says they hope the new alert

The first U.S. moon landing since 1972 is successful. Houston-based Intuitive Machines guided its Odysseus lander onto the moon Thursday. The lander will collect data needed by NASA, which is planning to land near the moon’s south pole later this decade. It marks the first touchdown by a U.S.-built spacecraft since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972. Odysseus is expected to spend roughly a week gathering data before it loses power.

Above Photo: Similar to the lock-picking station, Information Security Professionals club members practice picking the lock on handcuffs. Like boot prints left in the dust on the moon, your digital footprint can never be erased. So, how do you protect data that’s meant to last forever? “In our student clubs, we have opportunities to use professional tools that we may not use in our labs and classes. We work on our skills in our free time and outside of class,”

A months-long investigation into a western Wisconsin drug ring has ended with six arrests. Police in Eau Claire arrested the six yesterday. Investigators started looking into the suspects after the Post Office in Minneapolis flagged a number of packages of drugs that were headed to various places in Eau Claire. Investigators say the ring was moving meth, fentanyl, and other drugs through the area. Eau Claire Police say they seized at least a quarter-million dollars in drugs. Two of the

Voters in Menomonie have said No to a four million-dollar tax hike for the city’s schools. Election managers say 59 percent of people who voted on Tuesday voted against the operating referendum. Menomonie Schools want the extra money to keep-up with the cost of inflation. District administrator Joe Zydowsky warned before the vote that without the new money they’d have to make deep cuts, or even close some schools. Voters in the Cumberland area, meanwhile, approved a 32 million-dollar tax

Wisconsin lawmakers have approved a plan that would hold kids back if they miss too many school days. The State Assembly yesterday approved the proposal that would keep kids in their grade if they miss more than 30 days in a single school year. Supporters say the idea is to make sure that kids are actually ready to move to the next grade. Wisconsin’s state superintendent of schools says the proposal is cruel, and has already come out against it.