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Speeding leads to an OWI. Angelique Cherise Washington, 27 years of age, from Hastings MN has been arrested by the Wisconsin State Patrol Eau Claire Post for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 1st offense, with four children in the vehicle under the age of 16. On 11/23/22 at approximately 10:52 AM a Wisconsin State Patrol Trooper stopped an east bound vehicle for a speed violation on I-94 near MM 101. Upon approached the Trooper detected the odor of

 The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) today announced that Wisconsin ranked number one throughout the country for the most prescription medications collected during the fall 2022 Drug Take Back. Wisconsin collected 54,040 lbs. of unwanted medications this fall. “Safely disposing of unwanted medications ensures that prescription drugs won’t be diverted and lead to substance-use disorder,” said Attorney General Josh Kaul. “Thank you to everyone who helped Wisconsin again lead the nation in Drug Take Back.” Wisconsin has collected a total

Just three-percent of the calls to Madison’s alternative emergency response program have been sent to the police. City leaders yesterday said the CARES program is working because workers have been able to deal with almost all of their calls without getting the police involved. The CARES program is designed to do just that, have mental health workers deal with non-emergency calls for assistance. CARES handled 935 calls over the past year, most for behavioral health concerns or suicidal thoughts. Madison

The second of three suspects in a 2020 murder in Downsville is heading to prison. A jury in Dunn County yesterday convicted Ryan Steinhoff in the stabbing death of Bruce McGuigan. Police found him dead in a mobile home in November of 2020. Another woman, Ashley Gunder, is serving a 25–year sentence for her role in the killing. A third suspect was found not guilty. Steinhoff will be sentenced at a later date.

It’s first-degree homicide charges for the Fond du Lac man accused of stabbing his girlfriend a dozen times and fracturing her skull. Gary Davis was in court for the first time yesterday. Police say he beat, stabbed, and killed his girlfriend back on November 8th. Her body wasn’t found until four days later when police went to check on her. Davis is also looking at mayhem and hiding a corpse charges, he’s being held on two million-dollars bond.

Eau Claire’s new city budget will add 74 dollars to your tax bill. The city council approved the new spending plan last night. It will spend 50 million-dollars next year. That includes the one-and-a-half million-dollar tax increase that voters approved back on Election Day. The city yesterday said that tax hike will mean 74 dollars more from each taxpayer next year.

It was a good start to deer season for hunters in Wisconsin. The state’s Department of Natural Resources says the harvest for this year’s first weekend is up 14 percent. Hunters bagged just over 103 thousand deer this year, compared to just over 90 thousand deer in last year’s first weekend. The DNR says this year’s snow likely helped hunters track down the deer. Gun deer season will close after one more weekend of hunting this weekend.

The top Republicans at the Wisconsin Capitol say they are talking with the governor for the first time in years. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu this week said they’ve had some conversations with the governor. Republicans spent the past two years saying the governor had frozen them out at the Capitol. No one is saying what they are talking about, but LeMahieu indicated there could be some agreement around spending Wisconsin’s record six-and-a-half billion-dollar surplus. Lawmakers will return

Wisconsin’s attorney general is announcing a six-figure settlement in a phony debt service case. Attorney General Josh Kaul yesterday said American Tax Solutions will pay the state 328 thousand-dollars. Kaul sued the company accusing it of sending letters and postcards that scared people into calling for what they thought was a tax protection service. In reality, Kaul said, American Tax Solutions signed people up for tax resolution services they were not licensed to sell. Kaul says legitimate tax resolution services

The University of Wisconsin is ending in-person classes at one of its smallest campuses. The school yesterday ordered the chancellor at UW-Platteville to end the degree program at the university’s Richland campus. Just 60 students are taking classes at Richland right now, next year they will all be transitioned to the Platteville campus. The UW is not closing the campus, there’s some talk about using it to offer enrichment programs or adult education. No one is saying what will happen to the