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Prosecutors in Chippewa Falls are moving ahead with charges against a man who they say tried to have sex with a 15-year-old. The DA’s office says 39-year-old Brian Anderson  reached out to someone online who he thought was a teenage girl, and asked her for sex. Anderson says the whole thing was a scam aimed at extorting money from him. He’s been charged with using a computer to facilitate a child sex crime.

An elderly former teacher from Tomah is headed to prison for ten-years for the abuse of a teenage boy at a private school. A judge this week sentenced 74-year-old Anne Nelson-Koch to a decade behind bars. Investigators say she repeatedly sexually abused a 14-year-old boy in the basement of a Tomah private school during the 2016-2017 school year. Following her prison term, she will spend 15 years on probation.

If Wisconsin’s deer harvest numbers are down this year, blame the snow. The DNR yesterday said deer numbers could be down for the 2023 hunting seasons. Deer specialist Jeff Pritzl says he’d be surprised if hunters had the same luck as they did last year. He says Wisconsin usually has snow on the ground for hunting season, and that makes it much easier to track them. Last year, hunters bagged 203 thousand deer. That’s eight percent above the state’s five

Wisconsin could get 229-million dollars to help fund more than 319-thousand children in daycares.  The funding is part of an emergency request to Congress by the Biden Administration after pandemic daycare funding ended.  Biden is proposing 16-billion-dollars to help daycares pay staff and keep costs lower for parents.  80-percent of daycare centers in the U-S received the pandemic funding, which ended September 30th.  The Wisconsin Legislature rejected a special session called by Governor Tony Evers in September.  After that, Evers

Wisconsin lawmakers are introducing a new bill to expand the state’s safe haven law.  The proposed bill says a parent can remain anonymous when surrendering their newborn.  Baby boxes would be used to keep the parent’s identity a secret – these boxes are electronically monitored and call 9-1-1 when a baby is placed inside.  A fire station or hospital will have the child within minutes.  Currently, law says a parent must give their newborn to a ‘safe haven’ official in

Governor Tony Evers says he will invest 36-point-six million dollars in five building projects across the state.  Projects in Janesville, Milwaukee, Green Bay, and Door County were rejected in the 2023-2025 Capital Budget process, but will get parts of the money.  The governor says his investment will support over 400 jobs and 68-million dollars in economic activity.  A convention center, a soccer stadium, and the National Railroad Museum are among the projects being invested in.

Wisconsin Republicans are introducing legislation that would create regional crisis centers throughout the state.  The Department of Health Services would certify the centers, which would be publicly available 24-7.  Ten-million-dollars already budgeted for mental health would pay for the centers.  At a legislative committee meeting Wednesday, community members and senators critiqued current crisis response – reporting hours-long drives to find resources and calling police as the only option for mental health emergencies.

Millions more people should get screened for lung cancer under updated guidance. That’s according to the American Cancer Society. It’s expanding recommendations for older adults who formerly smoked, no matter how long ago they quit. Previously, the American Cancer Society only recommended the annual screening for those who quit less than 15 years ago. The new recommendations are also being widened to include those with a 20 pack-year history, down from a 30 pack-year. That means nearly five million more

The Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office Emergency Management Director Tyler Thibodeaux has been appointed to the FEMA Region 5 Advisory Council, which encompasses Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin, and have been designated as the alternate state representative for the West Central Region of Wisconsin Emergency Management. These appointments will give the Chippewa Valley a voice in state and federal Emergency Management issues. On the topic, Sheriff Hakes also released this statement: “It is with great pride that I share

A series of virtual breastfeeding classes is being offered, at no charge, in November and December. The classes will be led via Zoom by a certified lactation consultant from the Women and Infants Center at HSHS St. Vincent Hospital in Green Bay, a sister hospital of HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital.  The classes will prepare mothers and families with the information, confidence and skills to successfully breastfeed, including details about how breastfeeding works and what to expect, as well as provide