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A Barron County man is in jail after his mother called police to say he stabbed her in the neck. It happened yesterday in Cameron. The 54-year-old woman called 911 just before 9 a.m. yesterday morning to say she’d been stabbed. The Barron County Sheriff’s Department and the State Patrol rushed to the house. That’s when they arrested the woman’s son, 30-year-old Michael Townsend, without incident. The woman was flown to the hospital in Eau Claire in serious condition.

 Eau Claire is one of about two dozen counties under an air quality alert. The Department of Natural Resources yesterday issued an air quality advisory that lasts til midnight tonight. More than two dozen counties are covered by the advisory. Brown County, Eau Claire County, and Taylor County are under a red air quality warning, which DNR says means the air is unhealthy for healthy people and non-sensitive groups. Most of the southeast corner of the state is also covered

A former Chippewa Valley lawmaker is leading an election integrity effort in the state. Kathy Bernier served as both a state senator and Chippewa County’s clerk, she is now leading the Keep Our Republic group in the state. The group’s goal is to keep people informed about elections, and keep people aware of election misinformation. Bernier was a critic of the investigations in Wisconsin into the 2020 election. Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan are all part of the effort.

Wisconsin’s new drivers licenses have some new security features. The Department of Transportation unveiled the new design yesterday. In addition to a picture and all your information, the new licenses have some artwork that is supposed to make it harder to counterfeit a drovers’ license. There are both regular and Real ID license options. DOT says people will be issued the new licenses as they need to replace their old one.

Wisconsin’s attorney general is going to ask for more state crime lab workers today. A-G Josh Kaul has a new conference scheduled for 12:30 to ask for 16 new people, and millions of dollars more for the crime lab. Among the new hires would be 10 new DNA analysts. Kaul says he needs to beef-up the number of people working at the crime lab to keep-up with the caseload. Lawmakers have been reluctant to give Kaul more people, saying his

The latest plan to send state money to American Family Field would put the ballpark on an installment plan. Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahiu told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that lawmakers are considering yearly payments for the ballpark, as opposed to a one-time lump-sum. The Brewers say American Family Field needs 400 million-dollars for ongoing maintenance and improvements. LeMahieu didn’t say how much the state is will to pay for the work, but did say he wants to lock-in a

 We now have a date and a time for Family Night at Lambeau Field. The Packers yesterday said the stadium will open for its annual Family Night practice on Saturday, August 5th. Tickets go on sale June 29th, and all tickets are 10 dollars. There is a limit of 10 tickets per-person, however. Gates will open at 5:30 on Family Night, and the practice is set to begin at 7:30 p.m.

There’s more criticism about the decision not to pay for a new UW-Madison engineering building. Madison state Rep. Lisa Subeck yesterday blasted Republican lawmakers for leaving the project off of the state’s to-do list in the new state budget. Subeck says the College of Engineering at UW-Madison provides a ‘world class education,’ but needs the resources to continue to do so. She’s worried Madison will fall behind. Lawmakers last week turned down a request for nearly $200 million dollars in

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the officer involved shooting incident that occurred in St Croix County on June 3, 2023. The person who died, as a result of the incident, is 42-year-old Tyler Abel of rural New Richmond, Wisconsin. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office will complete its investigation and turn over the report to the St Croix County District Attorney.

On Monday, June 5th, 2023, at 8:46 a.m., the Barron County 911 Center took a call from a female stating that her son had stabbed her in the neck area. The female had fled the house and the son was still inside. Deputies from the Barron County Sheriff’s Department along with the WI State Patrol, Chetek Ambulance, Cameron Fire Department and Life Link Helicopter all responded to the scene. The Barron County Sheriff’s Department took Michael Townsend, 30 of Cameron,