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UPDATE: 9.30.2023 : Henke was taken into custody today at approximately 3:00pm in Oshkosh.  He is being held in the Winnebago County Jail, pending his transport to Eau Claire County.  The stolen firearm has not been recovered. There is a search in Eau Claire County for an armed and dangerous man. The sheriff’s department says they’re looking for 28-year-old Mitchell Henke. Deputies say he’s the accused of beating, pistol whipping, and threatening to kill a woman and her two-year-old child.

A registered sex offender in Chippewa Falls is back in custody after police say he cut off his ankle bracelet on Friday. Police rushed to an apartment complex on Pearl Street after they say Todd Leary snipped his ankle monitor bracelet Friday afternoon. The apartments aren’t far from the St. Charles Borromeo schools. Chippewa Falls Public Schools were also called as precaution. Police found Leary, and said later there’s no indication that he tried to approach the schools. He’s now

The woman accused of admitting to food stamp fraud while on Judge Judy’s new TV show is headed for trial in Milwaukee. A judge on Friday said there’s enough evidence against 41-year-old Katrina Weems that prosecutors can move ahead with a case. She’s being charged with selling her FoodShare benefits, after she admitted doing so on the ‘Judy Justice’ TV show. Weems and her friend Java’la Elam were on the show as part of another case, when they mentioned that

Wisconsin lawmakers are going to put human trafficking under the microscope this week. The Speaker’s Task Force On Human Trafficking is scheduled to have its first meeting Wednesday. Both the state’s Department of Justice and state’s Department of Public Instruction are expected to testify, and talk about the human trafficking challenges that they see. Lawmakers hope to use the task force to see if there are any laws that Wisconsin needs to fight human trafficking in the state.

Republican lawmakers at the Wisconsin Capitol are looking at another round of election reforms. A senate panel will hold a hearing tomorrow on plans that would deal with whistleblower protection for election officials in the state who report election fraud, as well as clear up the timeline for sending presidential primary ballots, and deal with absentee ballots and how to request and return them. Republicans have said they want to close any lingering loopholes in the state’s electoral process. As

There is another pitch to make marijuana legal in Wisconsin. The top Democrat in the Wisconsin Senate, Melissa Agard, on Friday introduced legislation to legalize cannabis for responsible adult use. Agard has been a big supporter of legal marijuana in Wisconsin for years, but has failed to find support at the state capitol. She says with marijuana legal in Illinois, Michigan, and Minnesota, it’s time for Wisconsin to fall in line. Agard says 69 percent of people in Wisconsin want

There are no plans to rescue the flamingos that found themselves in Port Washington last week. The State’s Department of Natural Resources says it is rare for flamingos to end up this far north, but there won’t be an effort to collect the birds and send them back south. Researchers figure that the birds which are usually in the southern part of the country were diverted by Hurricane Idalia. Twelve states have now reported seeing flamingos with Wisconsin being the

Packer fans did not leave Lambeau Field disappointed. Green Bay rallied in the 4th quarter to beat the New Orleans Saints 18-17. Quarterback Jordan Love finished with 259 yards passing, and one touchdown. That touchdown came with just over 3 minutes to go in the 4th quarter when he hit Romeo Doubs in the corner of the end zone for the go-ahead score. The Packers have a short turnaround, they play against the Lions in Detroit on Thursday night.

The WI State Patrol and deputies from the Dunn County Sheriffs Office responded to a semi versus car crash on STH 29 near 970th Street. Preliminary information was believed that a 2004 Saturn Ion was traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes when it struck a westbound semi unit. The female operator and lone occupant of the Saturn was deceased at the scene. The semi traveled through the median, across the eastbound lanes and into the south ditch where it jackknifed

On Saturday, September 23th , 2023, at approximately 11:45pm, the Eau Claire County Sheriff’s Officeresponded to the 3200 block of W Cameron St, in the Township of Union, for a report of a physical domestic disturbance involving a firearm. Upon arrival, deputies contacted the female victim and a child outside. The victim reported that the suspect, Mitchell Henke, 28 years old, threatened to kill her and the child, pistol whipped her and physically assaulted her. She was able to flee