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Wisconsin is a big step closer to closing its troubled youth prisons. Governor Evers yesterday announced the state has bought land in Milwaukee to eventually replace the Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake facilities. The state has been wanting to, and waiting to, close both prisons for years after complaints of abuse. The closures, however, have been stalled because no one could agree on where to build their replacements. The governor yesterday said he expects city leaders in Milwaukee to officially jump

The chainsaws are coming back to Carson Park in Eau Claire. The US Open Chainsaw Sculpture Championship begins tomorrow and runs through Sunday. This is the first time since 2019 that the championships will be held in Eau Claire. Tickets are on sale now, they are half-price for tomorrow’s first day.

The new security cameras are up at the Ochsner Park Zoo in Baraboo. Zoo managers yesterday said the new cameras are up and running. The zoo added them after an Indiana man broke into the zoo and freed some animals back in June. The cameras are just of a new security system that the zoo hopes will prevent another break-in and another attempt to let the animals go.

Maybe it was the heat, maybe it was the car. A group of Cub Scouts in Houlton, Wisconsin tried to set the record for the longest Hot Wheels track and car. They ran their track from Houlton, across the St. Croix River and into Stillwater, Minnesota, nearly 35 hundred feet in all. They were trying to get their car to travel the whole way, but kept coming up short. The record is still held by some Australians who got their car to

A woman from Wausau is charged with making false statements during the purchase of a gun.  The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Wisconsin says Ashley Zastrow lied while purchasing two guns from a federally licensed dealer back in January.  She’s accused of saying the guns were for her when they were actually for someone else, known as a straw purchase.  She faces five years in federal prison.

Every day, people receive cancer care in the Albert J. and Judith A. Dunlap Cancer Center at Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire. While administering chemotherapy, radiation or preparing a patient for surgery, the care team is quick to provide a listening ear, warm hugs, blankets and caring smiles for patients. In July, the care team happily took on another task: a surprise wedding shower for a special patient, Thresa Pattee. “Everyone has been so wonderful. The nurses in the hospital and

It is time to vote in Wisconsin once again. Today is Primary Election Day. Voters will narrow the field for the November election. That means deciding on candidates for governor and U.S. Senate, but also lt. Governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and all manner of statehouse races. Polls open at 7 a.m. an are open til 8 p.m. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION, POLLING LOCATIONS, AND VOTING DETAILS.

The man who ran down three Chippewa Valley Girl Scouts will not get a new trial.  An appeals court yesterday rejected Colton Treu’s request for a new trial. He pleaded guilty to running down the three girls and one of their mom’s back in 2018. He claimed his lawyers didn’t tell him enough about the plea, and told the judges that he wanted his trial moved out of Chippewa County. The appeals court said any mistakes were on Treu’s part,

An Eau Claire man is dead after jumping into Lake Superior. Police officers in La Pointe say they got a call Sunday afternoon about a man in the water. Officers say the man jumped off the Eagles Nest within Big Bay State Park and didn’t resurface. His body was found yesterday afternoon.

There’s a body that likely belongs to the empty fishing boat found in the St. Croix River yesterday. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office yesterday said they found a body downriver from that empty boat. There’s no name yet, but investigators say the body is of a 43-year-old man White Bear Lake, Minnesota. His family says the man frequently fished that stretch of the river. Deputies say he was recovered without a life jacket.