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Eau Claire Police say it looks like a housesitter robbed a homeowner of up to 30-thousand-dollars in jewelry over the weekend.  Police arrested the housesitter, Melissa Borchardt, her daughter and a third person.  Investigators say a woman asked Borchardt to watch her cats and her home on Princeton Avenue.  Borchardt told police she asked her daughter to do it, the daughter told police she asked a friend.  The homeowner came home to find the jewelry, as well as guns, purses,

The case against the ten-year-old Milwaukee boy accused of shooting his mother in the head is staying in adult court, for now. The judge in the case yesterday did step aside, and will let Milwaukee’s top juvenile judge handle the case from here. Activists say the boy should be tried as a juvenile because there are more resources for him there. Police say the ten-year-old shot his mother in the head last month because he was mad that she wouldn’t

Authorities in Brown County say a police officer accidentally shot himself in the hip during a police chase. It happened yesterday afternoon along Highway 29 near Hobart. Police were checking on a man who then sped away and finally holed-up in his car. At some point the officer’s gun accidentally went off. He was taken to the hospital and is recovering. The man who started the chase stayed in his car on Highway 29 for two hours before surrendering.

Investigators in the UP have not yet found what started October’s massive fire at the paper mill in Menomonie, MI. The fire at the Resolute Forest Products, which is just across the river from Marinette, burned for two weeks, destroyed a large portion of the mill, and sent a column of smoke miles into the air. The fire closed the mill. But Resolute says it’s still paying its workers and hopes to be back open sometime next year.

Judge Jenifer Dorow says she was tougher than normal on a convicted domestic abuser now accused of stabbing his in-laws in Illinois. The sheriff in Will County, Illinois says 36-year-old Michael Liu broke into his in-laws last Thursday, shot at them, then stabbed them several times. Liu was supposed to report to jail in Waukesha last Thursday. Judge Dorow had sentenced him to 60 days in jail just a few days earlier. But he skipped town. Dorow is running for

School leaders in Eau Claire are spelling it out for parents: Keep your kids home when they are sick.  The city’s school district sent a note home to parents asking them to keep kids at home if kids have a fever over 100, have a persistent cough, have COVID symptoms, have muscle or body aches, and even if they have a runny nose.  Eau Claire Schools say this is the time of year when school illnesses begin to peak.  Leaders

The state of Wisconsin says don’t recycle your Christmas lights.  The DNR yesterday put out a list over everything that can, and everything that should not be recycled this holiday season.  The list is pretty similar to the list of what can be recycled all year long, including cardboard, paper, and aluminum cans.  Some wrapping paper can be recycled, as long as there’s no glitter or foil. The DNR says keep Christmas lights out of your recycling because they get caught in

It’s a page out of A Christmas Story, kinda. Miller High Life is offering its own version of the infamous Leg Lamp. Miller’s version, however, is clad in a red boot and a red and gold legging as opposed to the stiletto heel and fishnet stocking from the movies. Oh, and you can fill this one with beer. Miller says you can pour a six-pack of beer into the top, and pour it out near the heel. The lamp does

The Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office, will be stepping up traffic enforcement this month. The Sheriff’s Office will work with the Chippewa Falls police department, Cadott police department, Cornell police department and Stanley police department to increase patrol efforts and crack down on those that choose to operate without a seatbelt. The Sheriff’s Office along with other participating agencies have received a $50,000 Federal Seatbelt Enforcement Grant from the Bureau of Transportation Safety that will cover the expense of the extra

Today, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) introduced bipartisan legislation, the Women’s Suffrage National Monument Location Act, to ensure that the Women’s Suffrage National Monument is located on the National Mall. In 2020, legislation passed to create the Women’s Suffrage National Monument on federal lands in Washington, D.C., but it did not authorize establishment of the monument on the National Mall. Under current law, the Commemorative Works Clarification and Revision Act of 2003, a specific act of Congress is required