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Prosecutors in Winnebago County are charging the son of the two people found murdered last weekend with their deaths. Erik Metzig was in court in Oshkosh for the first time yesterday. The sheriff’s office says he shot and killed his parents in their home in Wolf River on Saturday. Investigators say they found a journal in Erik Metzig’s room that detailed a plan to kill his parents and make it look like they disappeared. The D.A. says that’s why he

The candidates for Wisconsin Supreme Court, as expected, disagreed entirely during their only debate yesterday. Liberal Judge Janet Protasiewicz and Dan Kelly met on the stage for their only time this campaign. Protasiewicz tried to paint Kelly as extreme on abortion, while Kelly hammered at Protasiewicz for light sentences for criminals and her politicization of the race for the high court. The race is being closely watched across the country, and is the most expensive ever. Reports have the price tag somewhere

The state is weighing-in against the plans to annex part of the town of Washington into Eau Claire.  The Department of Administration yesterday said the move is “not in the public’s interest.”  The ruling from the state comes after Eau Claire’s Plan Commission voted Monday night against the annexation as well.  A local developer has been trying for three years to build a new subdivision in Orchard Hills, despite opposition from neighbors.  City leaders are going to vote on the

Oktoberfest is a big money maker in La Crosse.  A new report from UW-Whitewater says the annual beer and brat fest is worth 26-million-dollars.  Researchers say that includes all of the money spent at Oktoberfest, the gas, hotel rooms, other food and of course beer that visitors buy each fall.  The report says a lot of the money goes to, or comes from local non-profits that then use the money raised for other good works.  A.J. Frels, executive director of

Nearly one-in-five school districts in Wisconsin are asking for more money this spring. The Wisconsin Association of School Boards this week said 82 schools across the state have tax hike questions on the April ballot. That’s just under 20 percent of the 421 school districts across the state. Most of the referendum questions are for day-to-day operations, though some school districts are asking voters for more money to build or improve buildings. There were 81 school districts who asked for more money back in

Wisconsin’s governor says the state’s secretary of state quit because he was ‘sick of this stuff.’ Governor Evers yesterday filled-in some of the backstory to Secretary of State Doug La Follette’s sudden retirement last week. Evers says he first learned of La Follette’s intentions when La Follette delivered a letter to his office saying that he was ‘sick of this stuff.’ The governor is not saying just what La Follette was sick of. Republicans last week howled when La Follette

The state of Wisconsin is asking people not to feed the deer in the winter. The Department of Natural Resources yesterday asked people not to leave corn, alfalfa and other feed in their backyards. Biologists at the DNR say feeding deer in the winter can actually hurt, or even kill, deer. Feeding deer is actually illegal in most Wisconsin counties, and there are restrictions in the few counties where it’s not.

HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital is excited to announce it has received certification as a Primary Plus Stroke Center from DNV Healthcare USA Inc. HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital is the only healthcare organization in northwestern Wisconsin to receive this designation. “This certification validates to our communities that we have the resources, skills and expertly trained  team members to provide the best possible stroke care,” says Annie Letkiewicz, HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital stroke program coordinator. “We are proud of this certification because it demonstrates

Democratic lawmakers in Wisconsin are working on a bill to make abortions legal again.  The bill was introduced today and Governor Tony Evers says it would restore Wisconsin’s abortion laws to what they were before Roe v. Wade was overturned.  Right now abortions are banned in Wisconsin except for when the mother’s life is at risk.  Republicans recently introduced their own bill that would continue restricting abortion access but allow exceptions in certain cases of rape and incest.  However Evers says he won’t pass legislation that

ABOVE PHOTO: Brooklyn Sommerfeld, left, a Chippewa Falls Fire & Emergency Services paramedic, and Joan Lawcewicz, an investigator with the Chippewa Falls Police Department, became fast friends after an emergency call pushed them together, literally. The women say having a friend in their high-stress field of emergency services is comforting.   Unique experiences bring people together.  Brooklyn Sommerfeld and Joan Lawcewicz are a perfect example.  Sommerfeld, a Chippewa Falls Fire & Emergency Services paramedic; and Lawcewicz, an investigator with the Chippewa Falls Police Department, were in a compromising situation together a couple of years ago