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A young man from Rusk County will spend the rest of his life behind bars for a double killing back in 2020. A judge yesterday sentenced 19-year-old Joseph Falk to life in prison without the possibility of parole for Robert and Bonnie Rosolowski’s murders. Falk pleaded guilty. The other shooter, 23-year-old Adam Rosolowski, the grandson of the murder victims, has also pleaded guilty but he’s not yet been sentenced. Investigators say Rosolowski and Falk killed the elderly couple and stole

The Kia Boys have reached western Wisconsin. Police in Rice Lake are blaming TikTok videos for the rise in people trying to break into Kias in the area. A number of online videos explain how to break into Kias and Hyundais, then steal the cars with little more than a USB cable. Kia and Hyundai thefts have spiked across Wisconsin and across the country. Rice Lake Police Captain Matthew Bach says they’ve seen a few cars stolen in town, and are warning Kia

Investigators in Madison are still working on most of this year’s waste, fraud, and mismanagement complaints. A new audit, released this week, says 20 of the 46 complaints to the state’s Fraud, Waste, and Mismanagement Hotline are still under investigation, another 15 were dismissed, and just one was resolved. That complaint dealt with sloppy record keeping on a 19 thousand-dollars DNR computer contract. Auditors say those issues have been dealt with.

It was a violent Tuesday in Milwaukee. Police say five people were shot, one of them died yesterday. One of the shootings was a double shooting that saw a 15-year-old seriously injured. Investigators say that shooting may become a homicide as well, the other victim was rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. Yesterday’s shootings mark the 12th straight day where at least one person was shot in Milwaukee.

Eau Claire’s tax hike question this fall asks for just under one-and-a-half million-dollars a year. The city council finalized this November’s referendum last night. The hope is to use the money to hire new police officers, firefighters, and 911 dispatchers. Council member Roderick Jones says he knows that people are facing tight budgets right now, but he said it’s important to be able to hire new cops and firefighters.

The Republicans running for governor in Wisconsin are talking about their latest endorsement as voters can start heading to the polls. Texas U.S. Senator Ted Cruz yesterday endorsed Rebecca Kleefisch in the race. His endorsement came just hours before Tim Michels’ campaign announced that former President Trump will hold a rally for Michels the Friday before Election Day. That rally will be at the Waukesha County Fairgrounds. The endorsements came on the same day that in-person absentee voting opened across the state.

Animal rescuers in Milwaukee are looking for new homes for beagles. The dogs are just some of the four thousand beagles rescued from an animal breeding operation in Virginia. The Wisconsin Humane Society says there are nine beagle mothers and 53 beagle puppies. You can see some of their pictures online. The pups are in foster homes right now, but will be available for adoption when they are old enough. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO.

Yesterday was the five year anniversary of the original Foxconn deal in the state. Then-Governor Walker agreed to three billion-dollars in tax breaks for Foxconn if it delivered on its promise to create 13 thousand jobs in the state. Those jobs never materialized. But Foxconn was also never paid, until Governor Evers signed a new deal with the company last year that gave Foxconn 80 million-dollars for 14 hundred promised jobs.

An eight-month-old Wisconsin boy is dead after the house he was in is hit by a semi truck.  The Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office says the truck veered off Interstate-41 near Vinland Monday evening, crossed a frontage road, and hit a house on Green Valley Road.  The sheriff’s office says an eight-month-old boy in the house died in the crash while the driver of the truck suffered minor injuries.

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is making sure Wisconsin voters have everything they need to vote in next month’s primary.  The D-O-T says voters who don’t have a valid ID can go to their local DMV and get free help getting one.  The D-O-T says you’ll need a birth certificate or passport, proof of residence, proof of citizenship, and proof of identity.  The primary takes place August 9th.