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The young man who police claim hit a 19-year-old in Fond du Lac on New Year’s Eve after she crashed her car is looking at 15-years in prison if convicted. Prosecutors yesterday filed formal charges against 19-year-old Jatziel Encarnacion. Investigators say he reportedly was drunk when he left a party early on New Year’s Eve morning, and hit a young woman who’d been tossed out of her car because of a separate crash. The D.A. is not charging Encarnacion with

The second young woman in the Slender Man case is, once again, asking to go home. Morgan Geyser’s attorneys this week asked a Waukesha County judge to allow her to leave the state mental hospital where she’s been for the past five years. Geyser asked the same thing last year, and the year before that. Her lawyers say Geyser has been working on her mental health and is no longer a danger. She was just 12-years-old back in 2014 when

The Waukesha Christmas Parade killer is heading back to court. A judge this week scheduled Darrell Brook’s Milwaukee County trial for May. Brooks is currently serving six life sentences for killing six people at the Waukesha Christmas Parade back in 2021. His Milwaukee trial is for charges stemming from reportedly running over his child’s mother with the same SUV he used in the Christmas Parade attack. 

There’s a pitch at the Wisconsin Capitol to pause the doe hunt in northern Wisconsin. A group of Republican lawmakers say the state needs to do something to help the herd rebound. Hunters say there are far fewer deer in the Northern Forest Hunting Zone than just a few years ago. The DNR says deer harvest numbers for the northern third of the state were down 15 percent compared to last year. The plan at the Capitol would ban hunters

The latest plan from Wisconsin lawmakers to spell-out parents’ rights in the state is headed for a veto. Republicans in the State Assembly approved the plan yesterday. It states that parents are the ones who get to make medical and educational choices for their kids, not schools or the state government. Democrats object to the plan because it says parents can decide what name their child uses at school. Some Democrats say that’s anti-LGBTQ. Governor Evers has already promised to

ABOVE PHOTO: Farmers Union members from throughout the state took part in Farm & Rural Lobby Day in Madison on January 17th. Over fifty family farmers and rural advocates gathered in Madison Jan. 17th for Wisconsin Farmers Union’s Farm & Rural Lobby Day, where they advocated for policy priorities set by the grassroots membership at the organization’s recent state convention. Priority topics discussed with representatives were; support for clean water and conservation, rural development, access to affordable healthcare, nutrition and

On January 17, 2024, at about 9:26 pm, the St. Croix County Emergency Communication Centerreceived a call reporting a two-vehicle collision in the 1600 block of County Road TT, in the Town ofHammond. Upon arrival, deputies found a 2013 Volkswagen Passat in the roadway with significant front-end damage, and a 2021 Toyota 4Runner in the ditch. The Toyota 4Runner was traveling eastbound on County Road TT, while the Volkswagon was traveling westbound when the collision took place. The driver of

A judge is ordering a competency evaluation for the Tennessee woman accused of crashing her van into a Chippewa Falls Christmas display. Ebony Hudson was charged with criminal damage to property after driving into the Irvine Park Christmas Village in December. Police investigators say when a Parks employee used his pickup to try and block her escape, Hudson rammed the pickup truck with her car four times.

Blood lead tests are being recommended for all Wisconsin children between one- and two-years-old. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services says in a press release that kids older than three and younger than five who haven’t already been tested, should be. DHS says lead poisoning can cause irreversible damage to a developing brain, which affects future behaviors and learning. The department says lead poisoning is still a serious public threat in the state, despite the progress made in the past

 A new survey shows less confidence in the Wisconsin and U.S. economies than a couple years ago.  The Wisconsin Employer Survey shows 22-percent of Wisconsin employers rate the state economy as strong. That’s down from 39-percent six months ago, and from 58-percent in 2021. They have lower confidence in the national economy, with ten-percent of Wisconsin employers rating it as strong and 28-percent saying the national economy is weak.