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Arrest Leads to Drug Bust, Counterfeit Rx

By Morgan McCarthy | December 12, 2023

A Janesville man is accused of selling counterfeit prescription drugs after police say they found four-thousand pills with fentanyl during a search. Janesville Police worked with the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Wisconsin Department of Justice to investigate Cedric Sanders. He’s  been arrested and police say they searched two Janesville houses where they found the fentanyl pills, a pound of marijuana, and four handguns. 

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Stolen Beer Leads to 7th OWI

By Morgan McCarthy | December 12, 2023

A Madison man is facing his seventh O-W-I, accused of driving drunk after police say stole beer from a convenience store. Madison Police say the store clerk called 9-1-1 reporting a man, who appeared intoxicated, stole beer and drove off.  Officers pulled Michael Girder over later that night and say there was open alcohol in his truck… which was stolen. Girder is facing four charges, including parole violation.

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Skating Shelved, But Winter Fun is Unwrapped

By Morgan McCarthy | December 12, 2023

Eau Claire Parks, Recreation & Forestry is monitoring the unseasonably warm weather conditions in preparation for the outdoor skating rink season. In order to begin flooding the rinks, 4 to 6 consecutive days of mid-20s or colder temperatures are needed. We hope for a return to more normal temperatures soon and will have a further update regarding the availability of the outdoor skating rinks at that time. FOR OTHER WINTER FUN OPTIONS CLICK HERE

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UW STOUT STEM Students Excel at Regional, State Competitions 

By Morgan McCarthy | December 12, 2023

ABOVE PHOTO: UW-Stout’s Coding Club members in Jarvis Hall. Photo provided by Saleh Alnaeli.   University of Wisconsin-Stout students across multiple programs in the College of Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Management stayed cool under pressure as they took home first and second place prizes in multiple regional and state competitions this fall.  The Coding Club dialed in first places in both the experienced and novice team classes in the programming competition at the 30th annual Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges Midwestern Conference.  Four computer

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Hope Gospel Plans to Dish Up Meals, Holiday Spirit

By Morgan McCarthy | December 12, 2023

Once again, Hope Gospel Mission is hosting the annual Christmas Community Dinner on Saturday, December 16, 2023 from 11:30 a.m. to 1p.m. This is the 17th for this Christmas meal and they hope to serve over 500 guests. The meal is offered as a curb side pick-up/ drive-through as well as a dine in option. For those that wish to dine in, there will be a short program at 11:30am with the meal to follow. No reservations needed. A delicious

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You Can’t Spell Winter Without “WI”

By Morgan McCarthy | December 12, 2023

Wisconsin has been crowned the fifth-best US state for a winter trip! That’s according to the travel expert Viator, who sought to uncover the best states to visit for a winter vacation. To do so, they created a points-based index system that analyzed in each state: the number of ice rinks and ski resorts, the average rating of ski resorts, the number of indoor activities with a rating greater than 4, 4.5, and 5 on Tripadvisor, and the average winter snowfall levels. Highlights

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Drones Assist WI Water Rescue

By Morgan McCarthy | December 12, 2023

Police in Wausau say they used a drone to find a man who’d fallen through the ice on the Wisconsin River. It happened on the river near Bluegill Bay County Park in Rib Mountain. Police say the man was originally spotted trying to climb the fence to get into the Wausau Downtown Airport. He then ran across the airport’s field, into some woods, and then fell into the river. Police say the drone helped them pinpoint the man, then launch

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Rusk County Man Sentenced

By Morgan McCarthy | December 12, 2023

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.

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Green Bay Killing Under Investigation, Few Details

By Morgan McCarthy | December 12, 2023

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

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Back to the Table, UW Regents Plan Meeting

By Morgan McCarthy | December 12, 2023

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,

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