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The teen accused of sexually assaulting and murdering a ten-year-old girl is pleading not guilty.  Prosecutors say the boy, who was 14-years-old at the time, killed Lily Peters two years ago in Chippewa Falls while they were walking in the woods. The now 16-year-old suspect was in court this morning and entered not guilty pleas for three charges.  The case is being tried in adult court. His next hearing will be in April of next year. CLICK HERE FOR MORE

A man is sentenced to four years in prison after he was found with five pounds of meth.  Eau Claire Police say they got an anonymous tip about Dalton Clayton, and pulled him over last year.  That’s when officers say they found the drugs, worth about 118-thousand dollars.  Clayton pleaded no contest in court today before his sentencing.  He’ll have six years of extended supervision once his prison sentence is complete.

All 19 protesters arrested at a UW Board of Regents meeting are getting citations. The pro-Palestinian protesters are accused of disrupting the board meeting last Thursday.  Representatives for student groups involved in the protest say they’re concerned about the university’s investments with ties to Israel.  UW-Madison police say the protesters will be ticketed for intentionally interfering with a university sponsored event.

The Wisconsin outdoor recreation industry’s latest numbers show a record-breaking boost to the state economy.  The state Department of Tourism says eleven-point-two-billion dollars went toward the state’s gross domestic product in 2023.  Most of the money came from boating, fishing, and apparel.  Last year was the second consecutive record-breaking year for tourism as a whole, with 25-billion-dollars of economic impact.

The Eau Claire Community Foundation announced the distribution of $136,000 in grants from the William A. Bingham Family Endowment Fund to three local nonprofit organizations. Recipients were selected after careful evaluation by a panel of ECCF grant reviewers. The following organizations received grants in support of their missions: Chippewa Valley Habitat for Humanity – $25,000 to support volunteer coordination. YMCA of the Greater Chippewa Valley – $66,000 to support renovations at the YMCA Eau Claire South facility. Friends of Beaver

ABOVE PHOTO: UW-Stout’s fall commencement for 510 graduates will be on Saturday, Dec. 14. Fall commencement will be held for 510 graduates on Saturday, Dec. 14, at University of Wisconsin-Stout. A total of 414 undergraduate and 96 Graduate Studies students will receive degrees. Two ceremonies will be held in Johnson Fieldhouse: The ceremonies also can be seen via livestream on the UW-Stout commencement website and at the Memorial Student Center. Provost Glendalí Rodríguez will host the ceremonies. Chancellor Katherine Frank will provide remarks to the

ABOVE PHOTO: Kris Tjornehoj, a longtime music professor at UW-River Falls, leads UW-River Falls musicians during a performance in the Kleinpell Fine Arts building on Oct. 6 as part of the university’s homecoming celebration. Tjornehoj, who is active in other regional music endeavors, is retiring after 31 years at the university and 44 teaching music. UWRF/Pat Deninger photo  “I have used the tools of music and education to make the world a better place, one individual at a time.”  An

The Chippewa Valley Health Cooperative says it’s looking to see if it makes sense to reopen St. Joe’s Hospital. Co-op manager Dr. Erik Dickson said it will be two or three years before the co-op can build and open a new hospital in Lake Hallie. He said there’s a need to help people right now, and reopening St. Joe’s could fill that need. Dickson said the co-op will spend the next month studying the plan to reopen St. Joe’s. If

The teenager accused of killing Lily Peters is due in court today. The young man, still only identified as C.P.-B. has been in custody since his arrest back in April of 2022.  He’s set to answer the charges in the case today, in adult court for the first time. Prosecutors say he beat, strangled, then raped Peters as she was walking home. The case has been in limbo for years as the two sides fought over whether to charge the

Once again, it was a false alarm. Chippewa Falls Police and the city’s school district says yesterday’s threat to the high school turned out to be a false threat. In fact, the school says it was part of a wave of false threats throughout Wisconsin yesterday. Police rushed to the school after getting a bomb threat yesterday, and officers searched the school. Chippewa Falls Police say they take all threats to local schools very seriously.