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A young man from Marshfield has died while fighting in Ukraine. Andrew Peters’ parents yesterday said he died last week while fighting with the International Legion. Peters is a U.S. Army veteran and joined the international force in Ukraine last November as he felt he needed to use his military skills to help the people of Ukraine. The State Department says it’s working to bring his remains back from Ukraine. CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY AND COMMENTS FROM FAMILY

An Eau Claire man is looking at more than 20 years behind bars for a sexual assault at the Oakwood Mall. A jury yesterday convicted 32-year-old David Allen of second-degree sexual assault. He started blackmailing an 18-year-old for nude pictures back in 2020, that escalated to a meeting at the mall in December of 2021. Allen told the woman he’d give her money to see her naked in-person. She agreed because she said she needed the money. But once in

The sheriff in Washington County arrested a guy who tried to do the right thing after a wreck during this week’s storm, but failed to recognize the illegal substances in his car. The sheriff’s office says a 27-year-old Milwaukee man called 911 to say he’d crashed into a ditch on Highway 45, north of Richfield Wednesday night. When a deputy arrived to help, he smelled marijuana then found drugs, a gun, and cash in the car. The deputy arrested the

Wisconsin could get a second train to the Twin Cities sometime later this year. The state’s Department of Transportation yesterday said they will use 32 million-dollars in federal money, plus 10 million from the state of Minnesota, six-and-a-half million from Wisconsin, and five million-dollars from Amtrak to launch the new line. The train will run along Amtrak’s current route, which means stops in Milwaukee, Columbus, Portage, Wisconsin Dells, Tomah and La Crosse. Wis-DOT officials say they are still trying to work out expanded service

Two of the top three cheeses in the country are from Wisconsin. Judges at the United States Championship Cheese Contest yesterday named a smoked Gouda from a cheesemaker in Connecticut as the top cheese in the country. A hard raw milk cheese made by Door Artisan Cheese Company of Egg Harbor came in second, and Medium Cheddar made by Dillon Sylla in Blair, Wisconsin came in third. The cheese championship brought-in more than 22 hundred different cheeses from 197 dairy companies in 35

The road to the Republican presidential nomination will begin and end in Milwaukee. Republican National Committee planners yesterday said Milwaukee will host the first presidential debate later this year. That debate is now scheduled for August, to coincide with RNC meetings in the city. Milwaukee, of course, will also host the Republican National Convention next summer. Wisconsin Republican Party boss Brian Schimming says he’s looking forward to showing-off ‘our exceptional city.’

Everyone should have their lights back by noon today. We Energies’ outage map shows a few hundred people remained without power overnight. The company says at its worst, this week’s snow and ice knocked-out power to about 980 thousand people. The worst of the outages were down in Racine and Kenosha. Folks there saw more ice than people in and around Milwaukee.

Authorities in Waukesha County are remembering a retired deputy who died while hiking the Grand Canyon last week. The sheriff’s office took to Facebook yesterday to confirm the death of 56-year-old Scott McDonnell. The National Parks Service says he was found dead in the Grand Canyon last Friday. He was apparently trying to hike the Colorado River. The sheriff’s office says McDonnell ‘served our county honorably for 29 years’ and ‘will be missed.’

Former Wisconsin Governor Tony Earl has passed away.  Governor Tony Evers’ Office says former Governor Earl died this morning at 86-years-old after suffering a stroke last weekend.  Earl was the 41st governor of Wisconsin and served one term from 1983 to 1987.  All flags in Wisconsin are now being flown at half-staff in his honor.

A memorial service is being held next week for former University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Doctor Rebecca Blank.  Her memorial service will be held at First Congregational United Church of Christ in Madison at 2:00 p.m. on March 4th.  The service will also be livestreamed.  You can find the link on the University of Wisconsin-Madison website.