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Prosecutors in Juneau County are moving ahead with charges against a man and a woman in a murder case there. The D.A. yesterday filed formal charges against 47-year-old Donald Dalberg and 27-year-old Crystal Teumer. They’re accused of killing, then trying to burn a man last Thursday near the Oak Ridge Trail parking area. Investigators say Teumer confessed to the crime. She told police that Dalberg allegedly shot the victim in the head after he’d come to help her with a

The growing appetite for gummy bears means an expansion in Kenosha County. Haribo, which makes gummy bears at a plant in Pleasant Prairie, yesterday said it is upgrading its nearby warehouse. The company currently uses a 157 thousand square-foot facility in Kenosha County, but will soon move into a new 447 thousand square-foot facility. Haribo says the new facility will be used as a warehouse and distribution hub.

A pair of Wisconsin congressmen want to make sure fishermen can keep on spearing sturgeon in the state. Congressmen Mike Gallaghaer and Glenn Grothman have introduced new legislation that would protect the annual sturgeon spearing on the Lake Winnebago system. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is studying whether to add the sturgeon to the Endangered Species Act. The congressmen say that would wreck the population management benefits of fishing, and would ‘ignore the cultural importance and economic impact of

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers will give his State of the State Address tonight. The governor’s office says he will focus on challenges to the state’s workforce, and trying to find long-term solutions for shortages. He also plans to summarize the bipartisan successes from 2023, including keeping the Milwaukee Brewers in Wisconsin through 2050. His speech will begin at seven.

A Wisconsin woman will be going to jail for sixty days for stealing from cemeteries. Carrie Thompson of Green County pleaded no contest to five charges of receiving or concealing stolen property, in exchange for 35 additional charges to be dismissed. The Monroe Police Department says the items stolen were often sentimental and left in memory of a loved one. One detective says Thompson was trying to sell some of the items on Facebook Marketplace.  Police say affected cemeteries were

Six Wisconsin construction companies are being honored by the state Department of Transportation for work done in 2023. The Excellence in Construction Awards are given annually to companies that work on Wisconsin infrastructure projects. This year’s award for Excellence in Concrete Paving went to Trierweiler Construction out of Marshfield for reconstructing some of Blair Street in Madison. Others went to construction companies for work in Lafayette, Outagamie, Milwaukee, Polk, and Racine counties. The Wisconsin DOT Secretary says in the past

“We’re issuing more licenses more quickly than we ever have at DSPS…” -DSPS Secretary-designee Dan Hereth. The Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services (DSPS) issued 60,696 initial licenses to professionals in 2023. That number represents a 38% increase over the 44,047 issued in 2022, according to the department. “We’re issuing more licenses more quickly than we ever have at DSPS,” said DSPS Secretary-designee Dan Hereth. “This success is a reflection of our credentialing team’s work and our agency’s focus

ABOVE PHOTO: Nine sketchbook illustrations by artist Ann E. Lawton, foreground, part of her 90 selections from sketchbooks, January-December 2023, are part of the UWRF alumni art exhibition open through March 1 in Gallery 101 at UW-River Falls. UWRF/Pat Deninger photo. If you are looking to celebrate art, you are invited to join the University of Wisconsin-River Falls Art Department on Thursday, Jan. 25, from 5-7:30 p.m. in Gallery 101 in the Kleinpell Fine Arts building for the opening reception of the

 The L.E. Phillips Senior Center Board of Directors voted unanimously Tuesday morning to offer free memberships to all laid off health care workers who are eligible for senior center membership. “We want to do whatever we can as a senior center to help our community deal with this extreme disruption in the lives of the affected employees and the provision of health care in the Chippewa Valley.”   The board’s action follows the announcement Monday from the Hospital Sisters Health System

The Eau Claire Police Department is investigating a missing person case. Susan P. Anderson was last seen on Monday, January 22nd 2024. She walked away from her group home at that time. There is no one that she is currently known to be with, and there is no known destination she may be travelling to. Susan is 26 years old. She has short hair that is dyed blue. She was last seen wearing gray boots, tan capri pants, a black