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Hundreds of people at the Hutchinson Technology plant in Eau Claire are out of a job.  Wisconsin’s Department of Workforce Development yesterday said Hutchinson is laying off over 200 people. That’s about 55 percent of the company’s employees in Eau Claire. The state says the layoffs are set to take effect on May 5th.

A Sheboygan mom accused of strangling one of her children and trying to drown the other may be ready to change her plea. Natalia Hitchcock originally entered an insanity plea to charges that she killed her eight-year-old son, and tried to kill her eleven-year-old son in March of last year. Court records show there’s a hearing next month where she could change that plea. Hitchcock told police she felt that someone was controlling her mind, and said she killed her

The search for Ronald Henry is over. The sheriff in Grant County says they’ve found his remains Sunday. A teenager hiking through the woods found what is left of Henry. He’d been missing since early December after he left his friend’s house and never returned. Investigators are not guessing at how, or when he died. There’s an autopsy scheduled. Henry’s family say they want justice, and they want to see who killed him locked-up.

There will be just one debate in Wisconsin’s race for Supreme Court. Judge Janet Protasiewicz yesterday agreed to appear at the debate hosted by the State Bar of Wisconsin and a Madison TV station on March 21st. She has declined invitations to at least five other debates. Protasiewicz’s campaign says they know the State Bar’s reputation for debates in the past. Conservative candidate Dan Kelly’s campaign says it is ‘outrageous’ that Protasiewicz won’t answer questions about her record on the bench, or her

Forecasters say this wet end to winter could mean more spring flooding in the Chippewa Valley. The National Weather Service says there’s a 55 percent chance of minor flooding along the Chippewa and Eau Claire rivers, and a 50 percent chance of moderate flooding. The models suggest just a 15 percent chance of major flooding on either river. Bill Borghoff with the Weather Service says as the snow melts over the next few weeks, they’ll get a better sense of

It was a lucky weekend for some Wisconsin Lottery players. The lottery yesterday said four winning tickets were drawn between Friday and Sunday. The first was a 100 thousand-dollar All or Nothing ticket sold in Pulaski on Friday. The next was a 350 thousand-dollar SuperCash winner sold in Turtle Lake. A Kwik Trip in Sparta then sold a 150 thousand-dollars Powerball ticket on Saturday. And someone then bought a 100 thousand-dollar All Or Nothing ticket in Franklin on Sunday.

A Madison police officer’s car is hit by a suspected drunk driver while they were investigating another drunk driver.  Police say they officer was checking on a person that was passed out in the driver’s seat of their car in the middle of the Beltline near Stoughton  Road early Sunday morning.  They say that’s when another car drove through and hit the officer’s squad car.  The officer isn’t hurt and both people are charged with OWI.

Wisconsin gas prices continue to go up as we start the work week.  Triple-A says the statewide average is three dollars and 24 cents a gallon, up 16 cents from last Monday.  The average in Madison is the same.  The Energy Information Administration has started reporting increased gas demand, which Triple-A says could be the reason for the increase in gas prices.

Wisconsin is in the bottom ten when ranking states with the lowest taxes.  WalletHub says Wisconsin has the tenth-highest overall taxes in the country, over 20 percent higher than the U.S. average.  WalletHub says the state with the lowest taxes is Alaska and the state with the highest is Illinois.

On February 12, 2023 the Wood County Sheriff’s Department responded to The Food Tree convenience store located at 1759 Greenfield Avenue in the Township of Rudolph, Wood County for an armed robbery that took place. At this time the Wood County Sheriff’s Department is asking the public for assistance in locating a Eugene (AKA “Gene”) K. Schmidt (Age 58) in connection to the armed robbery. Eugene maybe armed and should be considered dangerous at this time. Eugene was last known