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A Dunn County judge will not allow a woman convicted of the murder of her ex-boyfriend will get a new trial. Ezra McCandless is currently serving a sentence for the 2018 murder of Alex Woodworth. Her sentence is 50 years with the possibility of parole. Her defense team said in the pitch for a re-trial that her history with sexual abuse was kept from the jury and journal entries from Woodworth were redacted. The defense said Woodworth’s entries prove he

A Madison man who spent more than ten years in a locked mental health facility before being released, is now accused of sexual assault. Police say Alfred Riley strangled and assaulted a woman in her apartment this week. The victim was able to escape through a first-floor window, and tells police she is sure Riley was going to kill her. No criminal charge has been filed against Riley yet. Dane County records show Riley sexually assaulted four women in 1986

Layoffs are beginning today at a goat cheese plant that employs nearly 200 people in Belmont. The plant is closing as Canadian cheese and dairy products company Saputo moves goat cheese production to its facility in Reedsburg. The company also will close its plant in Lancaster, where 100 people are employed. Saputo said workers are being offered a severance package or a job at another company facility.

Thanks to a relatively mild fall, the Green Waste Facility located at 5710 Jeffers Road is able to extend its operating season for an additional week, Eau Claire residents will be able to dispose of brush, grass clippings, and leaves through Wednesday, November 22, 2023. For the remainder of the regular season (through November 15) hours of operation will be:Saturday, November 11 from 8 am 3pmMonday, November 13 from 10am 6 pmWednesday, November 15 from 10 am 6 pm During

Attorney General Josh Kaul today celebrated the groundbreaking of the new Wisconsin State Crime Laboratory located in the Milwaukee area. “Efforts to build a new crime lab in the Milwaukee area began well before I was first sworn in as Attorney General, and I’m thrilled that we’re now able to put shovels in the ground to get this done,” said Attorney General Josh Kaul. “My top priority is public safety, and ensuring the state crime labs have the facilities they need to keep up with scientific

The life of our local law enforcement leaders can be full of the ups and downs of daily calls. For this week’s Friday Feel Good we meet a boy who called 911 not to report an emergency, but to offer something else…  A young boy in Florida called the police because he wanted to give an officer a hug.  Deputy Pracht answers the call in more ways than one, giving the kid a hug, but also explaining the real reason you call

A handful of Wisconsin lawmakers want to see if magic mushrooms can help with PTSD, and maybe if they should be made legal. Four lawmakers, two Republicans and two Democrats, yesterday asked the legislature for support in their medical psilocybin  pilot program. The idea is to study whether magic mushrooms can help with PTSD and other mental health issues. The lawmakers say there’s a good chance that the drugs can help a lot of people. Colorado and Oregon, as well

The jury should get the case today against a former Milwaukee police officer accused of choking a man to death. Former officer Michael Mattioli was the last person to testify at his trial yesterday. He told jurors that he did not choke Joel Acevedo during a fight at his house in April of 2020. Prosecutors say Mattioli put Acevedo in a rear naked chokehold, but Mattioli says he was simply trying to get control of him. Both the prosecution and

A Madison man is heading to prison for sex trafficking a 16-year-old girl. A judge yesterday sentenced 40-year-old Adrian Edwards to 11 years behind bars. Investigators say he met the girl online back in 2021, and brought her to Wisconsin from Utah. Prosecutors say he then arranged for the girl to have sex with other men, and kept most of the money that he charged. Edwards was exposed after a hotel worker tipped police off in February of 2021. He

A Tomah man is headed to federal prison for pretending to be a disabled veteran. A judge yesterday sentenced 46-year-old Jonathan Walker to up to 15 months in prison for claiming to be a disabled veteran to land contracts with the Department of Defense for his heating and air conditioning business. That includes a pair of contracts at Fort McCoy with two million-dollars. Prosecutors say Walker claimed to be a service-disabled veteran despite never serving in the military.