Folks in northwestern Wisconsin could see a little rain and hear some thunder before the fireworks this week. Forecasters say there is a slight chance for strong and severe storms for folks from Superior all the way down to Tomah. Eau Claire and the Chippewa Valley are in the middle of the bullseye. Forecasters say the storms will bring lighting and strong winds, as well as heavy rains and even some hail.
Wisconsin gas prices are inching down during this Independence Day weekend. The statewide average price for regular slipped to three-54 a gallon Saturday, one cent less than Friday. And drivers can celebrate the fact that the average price is a dollar and 43 cents lower than the holiday weekend last year.
Chippewa Falls police say they disposed of a pipe bomb found by a child. Police say the device was found on Thursday by a child playing in a wooded area. The child's father tried to bring the device to police but was stopped and told to leave it where it was. The Marathon County Bomb Squad was called in to handle the device, which turned out to be explosive. Police are unsure how long the explosive had been there, and are trying to find out who made it.
A pilot is in the hospital after his parachute crashed into some power lines in Chetek. It happened Saturday evening at the intersection of Lakeview Drive and City Park Drive. The pilot was using a motorized parachute at the time and got tangled up in the lines. Crews said the pilot was airlifted to the hospital because of their injuries. The FAA is now investigating the crash.
Firefighters say no one was hurt in a house fire in the Town of Pleasant Valley Saturday evening. Fire crews say everyone had made it out of the house by the time they arrived. The fire gutted the home, which is considered a total loss. The Eau Claire Sheriff's Office and Township Fire Department are both investigating the fire. There's no word yet what started the fire.
One person is hurt after a house fire in Sparta Sunday morning. According to the Sparta Fire Department, first responders arrived at the fire on the 400 block of West Montgomery Street and found heavy smoke and flames were coming out of the home. The occupant of the home was attempting to put out the fire with a garden hose and sustained 2nd degree burns. That person was taken to a La Crosse hospital. A dog was also able to get out of the house without injuries. The home sustained heavy fire and smoke damage. A motorhome parked next to the house also sustained fire damage. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
The latest Marquette Law School Poll says most people in Wisconsin support school choice, but more people support their local public school. The poll, which was released last week, shows 54-percent of people statewide support school vouchers. But the poll also shows that 71-percent of people support sending more money to their local public school. Poll director Charles Franklin says that's likely because people support their local schools. Milwaukee, which has the largest school voucher program, has the highest support for school choice at about 63-percent. Madison has the lowest support for school choice at just 36-percent in favor.
Stevens Point Republican State Senator Patrick Testin says he's happy with the proposed state budget that was sent to Governor Tony Evers last week after it passed the Senate and the Assembly. Testin says there are plenty of good things for both sides of the aisle including the shared revenue agreement. While Democrats were part of the agreement on shared revenue, no Democrats voted in favor of the budget on either side of the Legislature. Governor Evers is expected to make many changes using the line-item veto.
A former Wausau area financial advisor is going to federal prison for swindling millions from his clients. Anthony Liddle ran Prosper Wealth Management in Wausau for several years, but investigators discovered that instead of taking his client's money and making low-risk investments, he was pocketing it for himself- taking nearly 2 million dollars for his personal expenses including trips. Liddle had presented himself as a family man who cared about helping others, but instead Judge James Peterson noted that he ended up stealing from people that he knew very well. The 41-year-old told investigators the money was a personal loan, even faking loan documents. His sentence includes eight years in a federal prison.
A house in Albert Lea has been left seriously damaged after a fire. On Friday night, the Albert Lea Fire Department was called to a house on Commercial Street, where they found flames pouring out of both levels of the home. The fire reportedly began in the kitchen before spreading to the rest of the house, and it took firefighters roughly two hours to knock down the flames. Fire crews confirmed that nobody was home at the time of the blaze, and no injuries occurred.
Rochester authorities are releasing the identity of a woman whose body was found inside a car. Police say the remains of 64-year-old Jodi Boeckermann were found on Wednesday inside a vehicle in a retention pond by workers at Ready Mix Concrete. The Rochester woman was reported missing on November 9, 2021, after she drove from her home in October. 15, 2021. Police say they are working with the Southern Minnesota Regional Medical Examiner's Office to determine Boeckermann's cause of death.
A Dane County man is heading to prison for making threats to Governor Tony Evers and other elected leaders. A federal judge in Madison Thursday sentenced 53-year-old Michael Yaker to a year and a day in prison. Yaker pleaded guilty to making the threats on Facebook last year. The judge spent a lot of time focusing on Yaker's mental health and ordered him to get some counseling after he is released from prison. Yaker has a history of making threats against public officials, going all the way back to 2010.
Madison’s police chief is being considered for a leadership position in the Windy City. Shon Barnes is among the six semifinalists for the Chicago Police Department’s superintendent job. Chicago’s two daily newspapers published the list of six semifinalists for the post, and Barnes' name is included. The five other candidates for the position have direct ties to the Chicago Police Department. Barnes previously served as the Director of Training and Professional Development for the Civilian Office of Police Accountability in Chicago. He became Madison's police chief in 2021.
The teenage boy charged in a Milwaukee’s Juneteenth post-celebration shooting was in court Thursday. `Judge Kristela Cervera, who was presiding at the initial appearance of the 15-year-old in Children’s Court, announced the state’s request that the juvenile’s case be waived to adult court. The court will discuss the state’s petition next month. The boy faces 10 charges in the shooting that injured six teens.
It's not just golfing taking place at the Men's Senior Open in Stevens Point, there's some fishing going on too. A Georgia native taking part in the tournament also took some time before the tournament officially started to go angling on one of the ponds at Sentry World. Rusty Strawn says he wasn't expecting much when someone handed him a rod and reel at the pond on the 12th hole, but just a few casts in he caught a northern pike. Stawn says he was surprised to see a fish that big come out of a golf course pond, but was happy to catch it.
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