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A man is sentenced to ten days in jail for shooting a deer in Menomonie city limits while drunk. A witness says she saw a car stop in a residential area, heard a shot, and saw a deer fall over in October 2022. Investigators found shotgun pellets in a nearby garage and vehicle. Investigators say Cody Wolfe and Isaiah Draeger took the deer to a nearby apartment, saying they wanted venison but were poor students. Wolfe, who pulled the trigger,

Wisconsin added nearly 10-thousand jobs in January, leading to a record-breaking number of jobs in the state. The Department of Workforce Development says more than five-thousand nonfarm jobs and 47-hundred private jobs were added during the first month of this year. Both sectors are at an all-time high, along with construction jobs. Wisconsin unemployment is currently at three-point-two percent, point-five-percent less than the national average.

More than 500-thousand dollars in grants is available for Wisconsin school districts to support technical education training. The money will be used for manufacturing tools and equipment training through the Expanded Wisconsin Fast Forward program. School districts will use the money as reimbursement for purchasing and installing training materials and software. Awards will range from five-thousand to 50-thousand. Applications will be due on April 16.

The Wisconsin State Patrol responded to a single-vehicle commercial motor vehicle crash on Interstate 94 at mile marker 116 in Jackson County. Preliminary investigation shows a tractor pulling two trailers was westbound, traveling through a construction zone where traffic is moving bi-directional in the eastbound lanes. As the traffic lanes moved from the bi-directional back to the westbound lanes of travel, the CMV failed to negotiate the transition and struck an impact attenuator connected to jersey barriers dividing traffic. The

ABOVE PHOTO: Nolato Contour employees, from left John Eisenmann, Carlene Manske, Lucie Roe and Joe Dravland, are in the workforce training certificate program at UW-Stout.  A new program aimed at supporting workforce development in Wisconsin was praised by Gov. Tony Evers on March 7 when he visited University of Wisconsin-Stout. Evers learned about a first-of-its-kind collaboration that began last fall between the university and state Department of Workforce Development. The university is offering a three-course certificate program, the Workforce Development Specialist

They say Grandma’s are like moms with extra frosting. They get to do the fun stuff, be the friend, sneak the sweets, whisper the secrets.  And for this week’s Friday Feel Good we meet a Granddaughter and Grandma who stitch the days, weeks, months, and years together in a special way.  A grandma left an amazing gift to her granddaughter . . . 20 years worth of saved voicemails from granddaughter to grandmother.  The little girl would call over the years and leave voicemails

The Wisconsin Sport Show is returning for its 15th year in Eau Claire on March 15, 16 and 17, 2024.  This is the biggest show to date with over $8,000 in door prizes, including: pheasant hunting trip, wolf hunting trip, fishing equipment, hunting equipment and more. The weekend will be full of fishing and hunting seminars by national professionals, such as: CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE AND PLAN YOUR DAY

A former western Wisconsin teacher is headed to prison for sexually assaulting a student two years ago. A judge in Trempealeau County yesterday sentenced Nicholas Bergeron to one year behind bars. Prosecutors say he inappropriately touched students while working at Osseo-Fairchild High School.  A 15-year-old girl told police he touched her knees, thigh, back, shoulders, hands and back side. Other students made similar claims.  Bergeron will not be allowed back in a classroom once he serves his sentence.

Eau Claire is asking people to remove their decorations from the Lakeview and Forest Hill Cemeteries before spring cleaning begins.  Crews with the city’s Parks Department will start in a little more than a week.  Parks manager Steve Plaza says now is the time to remove Christmas decorations and other things that will eventually become trash.  American flags and flower pots, however, can stay.

The University of Wisconsin is officially moving forward with its guaranteed admission program.  The school unveiled the Wisconsin Guarantee program yesterday. State lawmakers approved a plan this year that guarantees a spot at UW-Madison to all Wisconsin high schoolers who finish in the top five-percent of their class.  Kids who finish in the top ten-percent are guaranteed a spot at other UW schools. Students will have to apply to be part of the program, even though some will likely also