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An incident lead to traffic on Highway 53 being disrupted and we now know more about that incident from officials in Chippewa County: Chippewa County was made aware of a security threat to the Courthouse directed at a specific case that was to take place on Tuesday 5/2/2023. Based on the cooperation of several departments within Chippewa County a decision was made to increase Courthouse security level for business hours. During the morning hours of Tuesday May 2nd 2023 the

We are getting a few new details about UW receiver Markus Allen’s weekend arrest. Madison Police yesterday confirmed that Allen had a stolen gun in his backpack when he was arrested Saturday. Officers are not saying just where the gun was stolen from, however. Madison Police say they arrested Allen because he had an ‘open intoxicant,’ that’s when they searched his backpack and found the gun. Jail records show Allen was arrested on preliminary charges of being armed while drunk,

It’s 17-years in prison for the young man who attacked an Oshkosh school resource officer with a barbecue fork. A judge yesterday handed down the sentence to Grant Fuhrman for the December 2019 attack at Oshkosh West High School. In addition to the prison time, Fuhrman will spend 10 years on parole. Prosecutors say he attacked the officer in the school. The officer shot Fuhrman in the chest. A jury convicted Fuhrman back in February.

 Chippewa Falls is the first community in Wisconsin to okay baby boxes. The city council last month approved a new ordinance allowing for boxes at places like fire stations and hospitals where parents can surrender newborns, no questions asked. Wisconsin law allows for parents to hand-over their new babies without fear of prosecution, but there aren’t any cities which have the boxes to allow for completely anonymous surrenders. Chippewa Falls council member Heather Martell says the new ordinance allows for the boxes, it doesn’t

Wisconsin’s governor is reminding everyone that he has a say in the plan to send more money to local governments across the state. Governor Tony Evers told Milwaukee TV station TMJ4 yesterday that he hasn’t signed-off on anything yet. Assembly Republicans last week unveiled a plan to send a half-billion dollars more to local governments, and allow Milwaukee and Milwaukee County to raise their sales taxes. The new money comes with a lot of strings, however. The governor will have

There’s a plan from a Wisconsin Republican lawmaker to limit social media for kids. Green Bay state Rep. David Stephen introduced a plan yesterday that would stop anyone under 18 from using social media between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m.  Parents could opt-out under the plan. Stephen says social media is a threat to the ‘health and wellbeing of our children.’ The specifics of the legislation would require social media companies to verify the ages of all accounts created after 2019, and

Republican lawmakers will begin trimming-down Governor Evers’ budget proposal later today. The budget-writing Joint Finance Committee will hold its first session of the month, with an eye toward finishing Wisconsin’s new two-year state budget within a few weeks. The JFC has not yet said what will be included in the new budget, or just how much it will be. Republicans have been expected to gut most of the governor’s budget proposal since he first made his pitch for a 104 billion-dollar

Wisconsin’s newest elections commissioner is coming from Milwaukee County. Governor Evers yesterday named former Milwaukee County Clerk Joe  Czarnezki to the Elections Commission. He is replacing former Sheboygan County Clerk Julie Glancey, who retired from the Commission on Friday. Czarnezki spent a decade in the state legislature in the 1980s, and was elected as Milwaukee County Clerk in 2008 and 2012, after that he served on the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors.

There could be some free days at Wisconsin’s state parks for some people very soon. A State Senate panel today will hold hearings on plans to offer free admission to certain fourth graders in the state, anyone with a Every Kid Outdoors pass, and to everyone in Wisconsin on Earth Day. This would be on top of the Free Fun Weekend that gives everyone free admission to a state park on the first weekend of June.

On May 1, 2023 at approximately 8:19 AM, the Dunn County Communication Center received a 911 call from an individual reporting a structure fire at a residence on 50th St., in the Town of Tiffany, Dunn County, Wisconsin. The Dunn County Sheriff’s Office, Glenwood City Fire Department, and Boyceville EMS were dispatched to the scene. While engaging the fire, firefighters located a person in the residence. The person located, a 74 year-old male, was pronounced deceased at the scene by