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A Janesville man is facing his fifth OWI charged after the Wisconsin State Patrol says he got into a fight on Interstate-39/90.  The State Patrol says troopers were called to an area near Albion Tuesday evening where several people had gotten into a fight on the interstate.  The State Patrol says troopers tried to conduct a sobriety test on a man at the scene but he refused and was arrested.

The Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office is joining law enforcement agencies across Wisconsin and the nation during the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign from Wednesday, August17 through Labor Day. “Our goal is to keep our roads safe from the dangers of impaired driving.” – Sheriff Kowalczyk Officers will work together during this time to take impaired drivers off the roads and keepeveryone safe as the summer travel season wraps up. “Our goal is to keep our roads safe from

The Wisconsin Bike Fed Cycling Without Age Team will be visiting communities near the Ride Across Wisconsin route this Saturday and Sunday, August 20 and 21, 2022 to introduce the program and trishaw that together bring joy to those who are not able to pedal on their own. Cycling Without Age is an international program that started in Copenhagen in 2012. Trained volunteer pilots in 58 countries have given 100,000’s of rides bringing people outside to access beautiful scenery and

A Madison man who fled to Tennessee after a January murder in La Crosse is out of jail on 10 thousand-dollars bond. A judge in La Crosse lowered 35-year-old Karvel Freeman’s bond last week, it was originally set at a half-million dollars. Freeman is accused of gunning down a man at a party back in January. He fled to Tennessee before being arrested back in March. He’s now under house arrest in Madison with an order not to leave the

Steven Avery’s new lawyer says there is a third suspect that needs to be questioned in the case against him. Avery’s lawyer filed a new motion yesterday. The argument is that investigators didn’t fully look at other suspects while investigating Avery for the 2005 murder of Theresa Halbach. The motion says Avery doesn’t have to prove that someone else committed the crime, but does need to prove that he deserves a new trial. Avery is serving a life sentence for

The top Republican in the State Assembly says the state’s now-former election investigator may lose his law license. Speaker Robin Vos yesterday said he’s not a lawyer, but said there are questions about what happens when a lawyer ‘besmirches’ their client. Vos hired former Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman to look into the 2020 election, but Gableman turned on Vos and endorsed his political opponent. Vos fired Gableman last week. The speaker yesterday said it will be up to the

Chippewa Falls is the latest city in Wisconsin to ask voters for more money this fall. The city council last night okayed a one-point-three million-dollar tax hike question for the fall ballot. Mayor Greg Hoffman says the tax hike will cost homeowners between 140 and 170 dollars more in taxes this year. The mayor has earmarked the money for new police officers and firefighters, as well as raises for those officers and firefighters currently on the job.

Wisconsin’s Republican U.S. Senator is tying border security and immigration reforms together. Specifically, Senator Ron Johnson yesterday said he won’t vote for any immigration reforms unless and until the southern border is secure. Johnson says he supports modernizing the country’s immigration laws, but says the Biden Administration must stop the flood of people who are entering this country illegally first. Johnson says it’s ‘unfortunate’ that illegal immigration has stopped any chance at immigration reform in the country.

UW-Eau Claire and UW-Stout are now part of Wisconsin’s free tuition program. The university yesterday said the western Wisconsin campuses will take part in the Wisconsin Tuition Promise program. That means kids at Eau Claire, Stout, River Falls, and Superior will have a chance to apply for a tuition and fee scholarship. The university wants to help low and moderate income students get a degree without tuition or fee costs. Families must make under 67 thousand-dollars a year to qualify. The first round of help

 The days of jumping off the Lift Bridge in Stillwater may be coming to an end. Mayor Ted Kozlowsi is pushing an ordinance that would outlaw what has traditionally been a summertime right of passage. The mayor, who says he jumped off the bridge when he was young, says it’s a safety issue. Jumping off the bridge is not technically illegal in Stillwater, something the mayor and city leaders say surprised them. The ordinance will come-up for its final vote