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A Lake Hallie woman is looking at attempted homicide charges after police say they found her boyfriend covered in blood in her shower. Below is information from Lake Hallie authorities regarding the incident they responded to: On December 24, 2023, at approximately 12:00pm hours, Village of Lake Hallie Police Officers responded to the 4300 block of 131st Street for a report of a female with a baseball bat. Upon arrival, officers knocked and announced their presence and heard screaming from

It could be 10 years in prison for a Janesville man caught with a camper full of what the FBI says are bomb-making materials. James Morgan was in federal court in Madison on Friday. The FBI says they found explosives and other bomb pieces when they searched his trailer last Thursday. Investigators say they got a tip about Morgan. He’s due back in court on Friday for a detention hearing.

Shane Helmbrecht will wait until February to see if he will go to trial. A judge last week ordered Helmbrecht’s latest competency hearing be pushed back. Helmbrecht was originally found unfit for trial in the 2016 death of his neighbor. He was sentenced to a state mental hospital, but then left a halfway house earlier this year and fled to Mexico. He’s back in Eau Claire, and prosecutors are considering filing charges once again.

There’s no downtime in the effort to redraw Wisconsin’s political maps. The state Supreme Court on Friday tossed-out the old maps, and ordered new ones drawn. Today, experts will start talking to Republicans, Democrats, and advocates about just what information they need to create new maps. The legislature is supposed to have new maps for the state’s senators and representatives drawn by January 12th. The liberal-majority Supreme Court said Wisconsin’s old maps favor Republicans too much, and found pieces of

The Eau Claire Fire Department responded to a structure fire this afternoon on the West side of Eau Claire.Engine 9 arrived to find fire showing from the rear of the structure and smoke throughout the residence. Crews initiated an interior attack on the fire, performed a primary search for occupants, and ventilated the structure. No occupants were found and it was later learned that the home was unoccupied at the time of the fire. Crews located fire in the basement

Christmas has arrived! We will unwrap some of the history, current travel conditions, and modern day headlines of this Christmas as millions of children are opening their presents from Santa. The story of Santa stretches all the way back to the 3rd century, when Saint Nicholas walked the Earth and became the patron saint of children. Christmas is one the most significant holidays in Western Christianity as it commemorates the birth of Jesus. The traditional Christmas narrative says that Jesus

The Packers did just enough to get the win in Carolina. Green Bay kicked a field goal with 19 second left to grab a 33-30 lead, they then hung-on to win the game a few moments later. Jordan Love threw for two touchdowns and ran for another on the day, but the Packers’ defense allowed Carolina to score the most points they have scored all season. The win keeps Green Bay’s slim playoff hopes alive. The Packers face the Vikings

It will be a very busy couple of weeks at the Wisconsin Capitol after the holidays. The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday tossed out the state’s political map, and ordered a new one drawn. The order means the legislature will have to draw a new map for the state’s Senate and Assembly districts by January 12th. After that, the court will review it, and will likely reject it. The court’s liberal majority said the old map was too gerrymandered. Republican

It’s prison time for a former Metropolis Resort employee on child pornography charges. A judge on Thursday sentenced Brent Nicole to three years in prison after investigators found nearly 12 hundred child pornography images on his computer. They also found hundreds of images of women’s butts that Nicolet took at local shopping centers, and some that he took of his co-workers at Metropolis. After his prison stint, Nicolet will spend three years on probation and have to register as a

Firefighters in Sparta say a house fire on Saturday killed two dogs and three cats. The fire happened Saturday afternoon. The people who own the home came home to find the fire and they called 911. Fire investigators say the fire started in the kitchen, but they don’t know how it started. No people were hurt in the fire.