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It’s prison time for a Rusk County man in a child molestation case. A judge yesterday sentenced 63-year-old Scott Read to 17 years in prison for sexually assaulting at least three young girls. Prosecutors say Read started molesting one young girl when she was five or six. The DA says he threatened to do the same to her sisters and cousin if she said  anything. Read pleaded no contest to the charges earlier this year.

Police and prosecutors continue to be secretive about a weekend killing in Green Bay. Prosecutors yesterday asked a judge to seal the probable cause affidavit in the case against 45-year-old Owen Backus. Police say he killed a man in a weekend ‘altercation.’ Backus was in court yesterday, and ordered held on a million-dollars bond. Backus’ lawyer says he was acting in self defense. No one, however, is saying how the 30-year-old man who died was killed, or what led-up to

UW regents are meeting today to possibly reconsider that deal with Republicans over university pay raises. The meeting comes after regents voted down the deal on Saturday, and after top Republicans at the Capitol yesterday said the deal is their final offer. The offer would have the UW repurpose about 40 DEI administrators in exchange for pay raises for 35 thousand UW workers, a new engineering building at the Madison campus, and millions more for other needs. Regents, on Saturday,

Eau Claire is joining the National Civics Bee. The city’s Chamber yesterday said it will participate in the competition that tests how well kids know their government, the constitution, and how voting works. The first round is a set of essays for middle schoolers. Those are due January 8th. From there, the top 20 students will move to a live quiz competition. You can find out more at the Chamber’s website WITH AN EASY CLICK HERE.

Governor Evers says expanding the state’s train service will bring Wisconsin’s economy into the 21st century. The governor yesterday touted the two million-dollars the state will receive to expand Amtrak service as a way to move the state forward. The federal government is giving the state money to look at a train line that connects Madison and Eau Claire, connects Milwaukee and Green Bay, and increases the number of trains between both Milwaukee and Chicago, and Milwaukee and Minneapolis.

Blame it on the first half turnovers, or on the last minute drive, but either way the Packers came-up short on Monday Night Football. Green Bay lost last night, 24-22, to the New York Giants. Jordan Love threw a touchdown to Malik Heath with just 1:42 left on the clock. But the Giants drove down the field and hit a game winning field goal as time expired. The loss snaps Green Bay’s three-game winning streak, and keeps them from moving

Badger fans are going to get a chance to watch both the women’s volleyball team try for another national championship, and watch the men’s basketball team play lowly Jacksonville State. The university yesterday said it is moving the men’s basketball game back to accommodate fans who want to watch the volleyball game against Texas. The Badger men will now tip-off at 6 p.m., one hour earlier than first scheduled. The school says that will allow fans to then watch the

This week, the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs (WDVA) was awarded grants totaling $732,628 from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to support the hiring and retention of nursing staff at WDVA’s three veterans long-term care homes. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Wisconsin’s decline in nursing staff is more severe than the national level, with an 18.3 percent decrease in staff at nursing care facilities throughout the state from February 2029 to May 2023, compared to 11.6 percent

Some of Wisconsin’s lawmakers are looking to change the state’s constitution to protect same sex marriage. The legislature’s LGBTQ plus caucus will introduce two plans this week that would enshrine same sex marriage in the state. One plan would erase language from the state constitution that defines marriage in Wisconsin as between a man and a woman. The other would make similar changes to state laws. Same sex marriage has been legal in Wisconsin since 2014, after the Wisconsin Supreme

The Packers can pick-up some ground in the NFC North with a win against New York tonight. The Packers take-on the New York Giants on Monday Night Football. Green Bay is on a three game winning streak, and is currently in third place in the NFC North. A win tonight would move the Packers into a tie for second place with the Minnesota Vikings. Kickoff is 7:15 p.m.