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Devontae D McFarland, 27 years of age, from Milwaukee has been arrested by the Wisconsin State Patrol Eau Claire Post for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 1st offense, with one child in the vehicle under the age of 16. On 2/27 at approximately 2:41 pm, WI State Troopers stopped a Dodge Charger on Interstate 94 near Osseo for a speeding violation. Troopers noticed evidence of controlled substances within the vehicle. The driver advised he had last smoked marijuana

Lauren Finch Thomas, a natural resources educator with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, will be the featured speaker for the next Thursdays at the U lecture at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire – Barron County. Thomas will highlight some of the unique wildlife found at the Crex Meadows State Wildlife Area and will discuss the management of their habitat from 12:30-1:30 p.m. March 7 in the Blue Hills Lecture Hall in Ritzinger Hall. The presentation also will be livestreamed at ricelaketv.com. Crex

Wisconsin will get 15-million dollars to put toward healthcare access in Western Wisconsin. The money comes after Prevea Health and HSHS announced they’ll be shutting down hospitals and clinics in the region. The money can be used for urgent care and OBGYN services, along with any other service needs in the area. Governor Tony Evers signed the bill with a partial veto that broadens how the money can be used — previously, it was just for emergency services in hospitals.

The search for the missing little boy from Manitowoc County continues to grow. Authorities in Manitowoc County say they’ve searched homes, the woods, rivers, and even a nearby landfill for three-year-old Elijah Vue. Yesterday, police said they’ve even searched in the Wisconsin Dells, where Vue’s mother lived. Elijah has been missing since last Tuesday, but his grandparents say they are not giving-up hope. Elijah Vue, 3, is still missing.(Two Rivers Police Department) Vue’s mother and her boyfriend are being held

We’re going to have to wait to see what happens to the woman who drove through the Irvine Park Christmas display last December. A judge was supposed to decide on Ebony Hudson’s competency yesterday, but she objected to the report before the judge had a chance to rule on it. Police claim Hudson intentionally drove through the Christmas lights in Chippewa Falls last year. Hudson is due back in court in mid-April for another hearing.

Firefighters in Tomah have called-in an outside expert to look at the explosion involved in last Friday’s fire downtown. The city’s fire chief, Tim Adler, says the explosion came before the first that burned the Sassy Girl Aroma shop to the ground. No one was hurt in the explosion or the fire, though two firefighters suffered minor injuries while fighting the fire. The chief says they’ve ruled-out a natural gas leak, but he’s not saying what else may have caused

Packer fans are going to get to hear a bit more about their former quarterback. Author Ian O’Connor yesterday said his biography on Aaron Rodgers, called ‘Out of the Darkness: The Mystery of Aaron Rodgers,’ will come out on August 13th. The blurb for the book says Rodgers is ‘among the most mysterious and polarizing figures’ in the modern NFL. You can pre-order the Rodgers biography on Amazon right now.

There is now a Wisconsin voice on American Idol. CJ Rislove got his start while singing and playing piano at Chippewa Falls High School. He says the encouragement he received there pushed him into a career in music. Since graduation, he’s been traveling around the country in a converted school bus and singing. His talent and his story landed him a spot on American Idol.

There’s a new call for the University of Wisconsin to end race-based programs on campus. The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty yesterday asked the UW to end its race-based awards and fellowships. Specifically, WILL says the Board of Regents 2024 Diversity Awards are unconstitutional because they leave-out some students who don’t meet the racial criteria. That’s the argument that WILL uses against a handful of UW fellowships, including the BIPOC Fellows Program, which is currently at the center of

A woman in St. Croix County is sentenced to twelve years in prison for stabbing and killing her fiancé. Marian Kathryn Smith pleaded guilty for the 2022 murder of Shaun Lewis. Detectives say she told them they were fighting over a knife while she was washing the dishes and he was insulting her. He was stabbed in the stomach. After she serves her sentence, Smith will have ten years of supervision.