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Two women affected by restrictive abortion care will be campaigning in Wisconsin For President Biden next week. Texas resident Amanda Zurawski and Louisanan Kaitlyn Joshua will be in Milwaukee on Monday to host a town hall meeting with  Motherhood for Good.  They will go on to speak at another event in Milwaukee before making stops in Madison and Eau Claire through Wednesday.

A man from River Falls is going to federal prison for 20 years for the online sex trafficking of a woman and a minor. Austin Koeckeritz will also be under supervision for the rest of his life as part of his sentencing. He had been accused of being violent and isolating an adult victim into performing sex acts online, sometimes for up to twelve hours per day six days a week. Koeckeritz pleaded guilty to two charges in January.

A child is injured after a U-T-V crash in Buffalo County. The five-year-old was in Nelson when his leg got stuck under the U-T-V, which had rolled onto its passenger side. Buffalo County deputies say uneven terrain could’ve caused the vehicle to flip to its side. The boy was taken to a hospital with an Air Ambulance but is expected to survive.

A U.S. Senate candidate is shifting her campaign to the Wisconsin State Senate instead. Stacey Klein says she’s suspending her current campaign to focus on the Wisconsin 32nd district senate race. This district covers the La Crosse area. She is a Western Wisconsin native, and was recently re-elected to the Trempealeau County Board of Supervisors. Klein is also the County Republican Party secretary. Currently the district is represented by Democratic Senator Brad Pfaff, who is seeking re-election.

The woman convicted of killing the director of Wisconsin Public Media after a collision in Madison is heading to prison. Shawnicia Youmas was sentenced today to two-and-a-half years. She hit Gene Purcell’s motorcycle near the Wisconsin Public Broadcasting building in July 2021. Youmas was traveling at 65-miles-per-hour less than two seconds before the crash. The speed limit in the area is 30.

U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) is announcing that Western Technical College, in collaboration with eight other colleges from the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS), will receive over $5.7 million to help students prepare for careers in advanced manufacturing. The grant will be used to expand training capacity, skill development, and credentialing within advanced manufacturing programs. “Wisconsin’s technical and community colleges equip students with the education and skills they need to land good-paying jobs and grow our local economy,” said Senator Baldwin. “Wisconsin has

The week started off with Eclipse excitement for many. Whether or not you traveled to get the perfect view, took a glance up but didn’t notice much, or waited to see the photos captured by others, here at the end of the week we can reflect on the event that many marked with something special, including couples who’s loved seems to be written in the stars.  A bunch of couples at an Arkansas park got married during the eclipse on Monday.  It was

It’s a guilty verdict in the Apple River stabbing case. The jury yesterday found Nicolae Miu guilty of stabbing five people, and killing one of them, while they were tubing on the river back in 2022. The jury convicted him on a reckless homicide charge, which is less serious than a first-degree homicide charge. Miu claimed self-defense, and said the group of teens that he stabbed attacked him first. He is facing 60 years in prison. You can see more

The teenager who tossed a fuel barrel into a bonfire in Shawano County back in 2022 has been sentenced to prison time. A judge yesterday sentenced 18-year-old Sam Armstrong to one year in prison and five years probation. He pleaded guilty to throwing a mostly-empty barrel that once had fuel in it into the fire during a party in Pulaski in October of 2022. Several other teenagers were hurt when the barrel exploded, including one who was seriously burned. Armstrong

More than 300 people in Rusk County now have to decide if they’re going to move with their jobs to Illinois. JELD-WEN yesterday announced it is closing its window plant in Hawkins, in Rusk County. The company says it’s consolidating the plant into another facility in central Illinois. About 340 people work at the plant in Hawkins. The company says they will have the opportunity to apply for open jobs at the Illinois plant. The company says most of the