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There are charges against the man who Eau Claire Police say went on a drug-fueled bender.  Prosecutors yesterday charged Cole Evenson with eight crimes after police say he stripped naked, barged into a house, smashed a TV, and nearly stabbed his roommate’s dog to death.  Officers tased Evenson to get him under control.  He was in court yesterday, where he was given a one-thousand dollar bond.  He’s due back in court next week.

Police in Stanley say there was nothing dangerous on the train cars that derailed early yesterday morning.  Ten cars jumped the tracks just north and west of Stanley.  The city’s police department took to Facebook yesterday to say there was no danger to the people living nearby.  No one is saying just what caused the derailment, the Canadian National Railway says it is investigating. CLICK HERE FOR MORE.

Two deer in western Wisconsin have tested positive for chronic wasting disease.  The state’s Department of Natural Resources yesterday said a deer in Polk County and another in Trempealeau County tested positive.  The deer, which was taken in the wild, is the first to test positive in Polk County.  That means a new, three-year ban on baiting and feeding.  The Trempealeau County deer is not the first, but the county is returning to a baiting and feeding ban nonetheless.

Wisconsin’s governor says he is looking to Democrats in the State Senate to get the Brewer ballpark funding plan through the Capitol.  Governor Evers yesterday said he’s convinced several Senate Democrats to vote for the plan.  Most Democrats at the Capitol do not like the proposal because it spends 500-million dollars in public money on the Brewers’ ballpark, and because it taps Milwaukee and Milwaukee County for some of that money.  The governor says he’s got some votes for the

Lawmakers at the Wisconsin Capitol want to make it clear that credit card companies cannot track people who buy guns in the state. An Assembly committee will hold a hearing today on a plan that would ban credit card tracking codes for gun purchases, as well as stop any government from keeping a list of gun owners. Gun owners worry that credit card companies could keep a list of who shops where, and then use that list to get around

Democrats at the Wisconsin Capitol are trying to get a new abortion law in place ahead of the case heading to the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Madison State Representative Francesca Hong and Madison State Senator Kelda Roys yesterday introduced what they are calling the The Reproductive Freedom Act. It would rollback Wisconsin’s near total ban on abortions, as well as end the requirement that abortion providers be able to admit patients to hospitals if need be, and require that pregnancy resources

Shannon Sharpe is no longer facing a lawsuit from Brett Favre over what Sharpe said about the Mississippi welfare fraud case that has Favre looking at tough questions.  A federal judge this week dismissed Favre’s lawsuit against Sharpe.  Sharpe said Favre ‘stole’ money from people who needed it.  Favre is a part of an investigation into millions of dollars that were misspent by Mississippi’s welfare agency.  He’s accused of taking money for speeches he never gave, and for helping direct

Republicans at the Wisconsin Capitol are trying again with some 2020-inspired election reforms.  The Assembly’s Committee on Campaigns and Elections will hold a hearing on plans that would clean up Wisconsin’s voter rolls, set new rules for absentee ballots, and deal with lines at the polls on Election Day.  All of the proposals can be traced back to complaints about the 2020 election. It’s not clear, however, if Governor Evers would sign any of them into law.

Add this to the list of places Jimmy Hoffa is buried. A team of cold case experts is out with a report that says Hoffa is buried in the parking lot of the Milwaukee Brewers’ ballpark. The group, The Case Breakers, says Hoffa’s body is buried where third base used to be at County Stadium. That is currently under the parking lot at American Family Field. The theory is that Hoffa’s body was dug-up, and moved to the parking lot

A sign of the Christmas holidays in Milwaukee is the arrival of the city’s tree. The 38-foot Colorado Spruce was harvested by the Department of Public Works Wednesday morning; the tree was donated by a resident, Denise Blue. This will be the 110th anniversary of the city tree, which DPW will decorate. The tree lighting is scheduled for November 17th.