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A jury has cleared the state DCI investigator who shot a Madison drug suspect back in 2022. It took the jury less than two hours to find DCI agent Mark Wagner not guilty of second-degree recklessly endangering safety. Wagner shot Quadren Wilson during a drug bust on Madison’s east side in February of 2022. Police at the time thought Wilson was going for a gun, it turned-out he was unarmed. Wilson was wounded in the shooting, and later pleaded guilty

In a move to ensure that patients in Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, and Rusk Counties have access to healthcare services after HSHS exited the region, OakLeaf Clinics will open new clinics in Cornell, Ladysmith, Menomonie, and Rice Lake. OakLeaf Clinics has hired Prevea physicians, nurse practitioners, and medical staff in these cities to serve patients throughout the extended four county. New OakLeaf Clinics Details New Physicians to Chippewa Falls and Eau Claire Clinics In addition to opening the four new clinics

In the days after HSHS closed doors, we are now seeing some of the effects on the front lines. Firefighters in Eau Claire say it will likely take longer to drop people off at the ER now that Sacred Heart Hospital is closed. Eau Claire Fire and Rescue deputy chief Jon Schultz says it used to take about 10 minutes to drop a patient off, clean the ambulance, and get back to work. He says that will likely double because

Another local prosecutor says he will not file charges in connection to a campaign finance case tied to Robin Vos’ 2022 opponent. St. Croix County’s District Attorney Karl Anderson yesterday said he will not move ahead with charges against two locals for how they allegedly redirected money to the Adam Steen campaign. Wisconsin’s Ethics Commission suggested charges in the case. Investigators claim state Representative Janel Brandtjen, Steen, and others conspired to move money around Wisconsin’s campaign donation limits to benefit

Wisconsin has more than two dozen new public safety laws. Governor Toy Evers yesterday signed a raft of legislation into law. Most of them deal with crime or public safety. Three are specifically targeted to improve the protection of judges, including a new law that bans protesting outside of a judge’s house. Those laws for judges come after a former judge was murdered in his Juneau County home by someone who he sentenced back in 2022.

It’s now against the law to buy or own a child sex doll in the state of Wisconsin. Governor Tony Evers yesterday signed a law that bans dolls that are made to look like children. The new law also bans the transportation, manufacturing, or advertising of child sex dolls. The new law makes it a felony to own a child sex doll, but it adds more years to the sentence if the doll is made to look like a specific

Bagged milk is on its way out at Kwik Trip. The company yesterday said it will stop selling milk in bags in May. Kwik Trip’s John McHugh says customers prefer their milk in jugs. Kwik Trip has sold milk in bags for about 40 years, and McHugh says they will offer bagged milk customers a special deal while supplies last.

The voice of the Milwaukee Brewers will be behind the mic for the team’s home opener, after that though, he may be missing. The Brewers yesterday said Bob Uecker will call the first home game of the season this year, but the team says they will take it ‘one day at a time’ after that. Uekcer is 90-years-old, and has been calling Brewer games since 1971. Tuesday is the first home game for Milwaukee, they take on the Minnesota Twins.

A man from Menomonie accused of making threats at his workplace that resulted in a lockdown will get probation.  Garett Kinser was accused of trying to get his coworkers to help him make bombs to burn down their workplace, Phillips Medsize.  He was also accused of threatening to throw a coworker into a meat grinder.  Kinser was accused of terroristic threats, but took a plea deal for two lesser charges.  He will be on probation for a year-and-a-half and will

A Wisconsin-based company is suing an investment firm for lost investments totaling nearly three-million dollars.  NeuGen says almost 300 employees lost their investments when MassMutual stopped offering one investment option for all staff.  The Madison company says the decision to end the agreement followed the announcement of the layoffs.  NeuGen says affected employees lost about 18-percent of their earnings in a day.  They say they aren’t looking to make a profit from the lawsuit.