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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.

The St. Croix County Emergency Communication Center received a call at about 8:28 p.m. on December 23, 2023, reporting a single vehicle crash in the 2300 Block of 90th Ave, Baldwin Township. Deputies arrived on scene and located a 2006 Dodge Ram pickup, which had been traveling west on 90th Ave. The vehicle had entered the ditch and rolled, ejecting the driver. The driver of the vehicle was identified as Lavonne S. Hampton, age 58, from Baldwin, WI. She was

Sunday could turn out to be the second-hottest Christmas Eve ever in southern Wisconsin.  Forecasters say morning lows will dip down only to the low to mid-40s.  This afternoon should be mostly cloudy, breezy, and warm as temperatures across most of southern Wisconsin climb up to the low to mid 50s.  The National Weather Service says Christmas Eve and Christmas Day will be within the top ten warmest on record. CLICK HERE FOR A WEAU FIRST ALERT FORECAST.

A popular sweet shop will be closing doors. Lane’s Bakery went into business in 1954, selling cookies, donuts, and classic Wisconsin Kringles.  Charles Lane is the grandson of the original owner and he’s worked in the bakery for 40 of its 69 years.  He and his wife Becky say they’re ready to let it go, but he says the transition is emotional and he’ll miss his customers most of all.  Lane’s Bakery will be open through Sunday.

Hello. We are glad you are here! Thank you for making us part of your weekend. As we inch closer to Christmas many of us are making and checking our “To-Do” lists, it can be a lot. Which is why we like to intentionally slow down just a bit on Saturday morning with a simple “scroll down memory lane.” It’s a look back at events that happened on this day in history before we head out to make new history

Two-point-three million Wisconsinites will travel this holiday season from Christmas through New Years.   AAA Wisconsin reports that’s up two-point-seven percent over last year.   The Wisconsin State Patrol says on its Facebook page that the holiday season is one of the deadliest when it comes to drunk driving.  last year there were more than seven-thousand impaired crashes in Wisconsin, and 184 people died in OWI crashes.

The deaths from RSV in Wisconsin this season is confirmed.   The Health Department reported on Friday that one child in the southeastern part of the state and another in the northeastern region have died from the respiratory virus.  Health officials said respiratory illnesses, including flu, COVID, and RSV are rising across the state and they’re urging people of all ages to get vaccinated.

A proposal at the state capitol would ban anyone 75-years-old or older from becoming a state judge or state supreme court justice.  Senate Bill 569 would apply both to judges running for election as well as judicial appointments.  A companion bill already passed in the Wisconsin State Assembly.  The law would not affect  federal judges.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is ruling the state’s legislative maps are unconstitutional. Brian Shook reports. The Wisconsin Supreme Court is ruling the state’s legislative maps are unconstitutional. The current maps were drawn up by Republicans and are criticized as being among the most gerrymandered in the US. Democratic attorneys argued the layout violates the state’s requirement that districts be contiguous. On Friday, the court ordered lawmakers to draw new maps for the 2024 elections. CLICK BELOW TO LISTEN TO THE