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 The nurse accused of cutting off a man’s foot without permission has pleaded not guilty.  Mary Brown was in court in Pierce County in western Wisconsin yesterday to face charges that she amputated a patient’s foot without getting the okay from doctors, or the man.  It happened last May at Spring Valley Senior Living in Spring Valley. Brown’s lawyers say she cut the man’s foot off to make him more comfortable.  He later died.  Brown is looking at 40 years in prison

The U.S. Marshals helped capture an armed wanted man in La Crosse. La Crosse Police say they found 28-year-old Jerel Jenkins with a number of guns, ammunition, and a bulletproof vest when they arrested him yesterday. Jenkins was wanted on federal firearms charges. The Marshals say police in La Crosse, Onalaska, La Crescent, Minnesota, and as far as Eau Claire helped in the investigation to find and arrest Jenkins.

The Washington County Sheriff’s Office is blaming yesterday’s snow for a 30-car pile-up near the Dodge County line.  It happened yesterday afternoon on the southbound side of I-41 near the town of Wayne. Deputies say the wreck closed the interstate for about seven hours. Three people were hurt in the crashes, but the sheriff’s office says they all suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

There are finally charges in the death of Annette Love. Prosecutors in Milwaukee this week filed charges in what was a cold case dating back to 1990. Investigators say they linked the suspect, Larnell Washington, through a DNA match. He’s currently in jail in Washington state, and it’s unclear when he’ll be brought back to Milwaukee to face the charges. Love died in a shooting back in July of 1990. Investigators think the shooting was gang related. Washington is looking

Police in Altoona say their new license plate readers could help solve crimes faster.  City leaders this week said they will install six license plate readers across the city, including at Highway 12 and Mayer Road near Kwik Trip, in the River Prairie area, and near Spooner Avenue and Harvest Lane.  Sergeant Jake Henning says the cameras can make tracking down vehicles much easier, and that can lead to breaks in all sorts of cases.  Henning said the cameras are

Western Wisconsin’s congressman is making the case that problems at the southern border are leading to fentanyl deaths in Wisconsin.  Congressman Derrick Van Orden ended his trip to the southern border yesterday.  He went with a group of fellow-Republican lawmakers to see the situation along the Texas side of the border for himself.  Van Orden says there is a direct link between the drugs that flow across the border, and deaths in Wisconsin.  He says Gundersen Health in La Crosse reported nine overdoses

The top Republican in the Wisconsin Assembly says lawmakers are going to see if there’s a way they can help the Brewers pay to fix American Family Field. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos yesterday said Governor Evers has made a stadium funding deal much more difficult by pitting taxpayers against the team. Vos said that shows just how bad of a leader Governor Evers really is. Vos said he’s looking for a deal similar to the one former Governor Scott Walker signed in

UW Regents say they may have to raise tuition if lawmakers don’t give them more money in the new state budget. Regents yesterday said Governor Evers’ proposed budget would leave the university about 130 million-dollars short of what they asked for. The university asked for 435 million over the next two years, the governor proposed just over 300 million. Regents haven’t raised tuition since the legislature rolled back the state-mandated tuition freeze back in 2021. A UW spokesman yesterday said

ABOVE PHOTO: Laura Edman, who teaches the organ at UW-River Falls, will be among the performers at a February 24 organ concert at UW-River Falls. Pat Deninger/UWRF photo.  A concert featuring multiple styles of organ music at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls is intended not only for audience enjoyment but also to raise money to restore the pipe organ musicians will play during the performance.  “It’s a very special occasion for us to have a world-class improviser, someone of his caliber,

The trial is set for the two people accused of killing and beheading an Altoona man last spring. A judge yesterday said Tracey Clark and Brandon Gaston will go on trial in March of next year. They are accused of killing, then chopping 79-year-old Dennis Schattie’s head off. His body was found in Illinois last April. Both are facing life sentences if convicted. The judge said he expects the trial to take a month.