A St. Paul man is looking at 50 years in prison for dumping bodies in Dunn County after a murder back in 2021. A jury yesterday convicted Darren Osborne of being a party to a crime. Osborne dropped-off an SUV filled with bodies in rural Wheeler. His son, Antoine Suggs, killed the four after a fight in Minnesota. Osborne then helped hide the bodies. Suggs is serving 101 years in prison for the killings. Osborne will be sentenced in December.
Trick-or-treaters in Western Wisconsin will need coats tonight, but they shouldn't see any snow. There's a Winter Weather Advisory in effect for parts of northwestern Wisconsin that means snow for some folks. Forecasters say the snow should be done by the time trick-or-treaters head out, but they say it will be cold. The Weather Service says temperatures in the 30s combined with winds could mean wind chills in the 20s later tonight. Trick or treat hours are 5-7pm in Durand and Mondovi, 4-7pm in the Village of Elmwood.
The Tarrant Park Pool project is about 50% complete. Durand Mayor Patrick Milliren says residents may not see changes on the site, but many things are happening inside the new building. The City is currently looking for a pool director. Contact Durand City Hall for more information.
A two-year project to replace city streets and sewer and water lines in downtown Wabasha is now complete. The city of Wabasha reports that all the streets downtown that were under construction are now open to traffic and parking. The construction company picked up the last of their signs and traffic barrels last week.
Eau Claire's parking study says there is more demand for evening parking downtown. Deputy city manager Dave Solberg says Eau Claire's parking plan is geared toward daytime parking. He says the study shows that people want to come downtown to eat or enjoy the nightlife, and the parking options aren't always there. Solberg says Eau Claire may extend the two-hour limit on downtown parking or may switch to paid parking on downtown streets. The city has been pushing to do that for a while but has run into opposition from downtown business owners.
An Eau Claire man, charged with distributing fentanyl and methamphetamine is headed to prison. Mario Aviles was sentenced to two years in prison in federal court in Madison yesterday. Earlier this year, the US Postal Service intercepted a package at the Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport with a western Wisconsin address that contained two pounds of methamphetamine. Authorities say the drugs had a street value of $250,000.
Prosecutors in the Adam Fravel murder trial could rest their case today. The prosecution plans to call one more witness before allowing Fravel's lawyers to present their defense. Friends of Madeline Kingsbury testified about Fravel's behavior yesterday, talking about incidents of possible abuse and violence. Fravel was arrested and charged with murder following Kingsbury's death last year. Closing arguments in the case are expected Monday.
Voters in Wisconsin are running out of chances to vote early. Early, in-person voting ends for most communities tomorrow. Election managers say nearly a million voters have already cast a ballot here in Wisconsin, either through the mail or in-person, If you don't vote today or tomorrow, you'll have to wait til Election Day next Tuesday to cast your ballot.
More than 60 people reported eating THC-contaminated foods from a Dane County pizzeria, including children as young as one year old. Public Health Madison and Dane County says Yeti's Pizza in Stoughton [[ STOW-tun ]] will not be cited, since Delta-Nine THC is legal in Wisconsin. Health officials say a worker ran out of oil while making the pizzas and accidentally used cannabis oil. The department says more than 25 people went to the emergency room after eating the contaminated food, and five people were hospitalized for at least one night. A final report will be shared in the next couple of weeks.
The final Marquette Law School Poll prior to Election Day has Vice President Kamala Harris narrowly leading former president Donald Trump in Wisconsin. Harris’ 50 percent to 49 percent edge over Trump is within the 4.4% margin of error. In the US Senate race, Democratic incumbent Tammy Baldwin still leads Republican challenger Eric Hovde. Poll Director Charles Franklin says the numbers have narrowed. Baldwin’s lead is within the poll’s 4.4% margin of error.
A central Wisconsin faces life in prison after pleading no contest for stabbing another man. Frank Jackson was found guilty by a Portage County Judge, meaning he will face a mandatory life sentence at a sentencing hearing in late January. Jackson had been thrown out of the Stevens Point library last summer after asking another patron for a loan. Investigators say the 71-year-old victim had loaned money to Jackson earlier in the day and was unwilling to give him more money because Jackson had used the first loan to buy alcohol. The victim suffered a punctured lung but survived. The judge does have the ability to grant the 30-year-old the possibility of parole after he served 20 years of his sentence
The mother charged in the death of her three-year-old son in Two Rivers is pleading not guilty. Katrina Baur was in court for her arraignment this morning, where she entered her plea. Her son, Elijah Vue, was found dead in September, just three miles away from where he was reported missing more than six months earlier. Both Baur and her boyfriend, Jesse Vang, are charged for his death.
The owners of the New Glarus brewery broke ground Tuesday on what will eventually become a 65-thousand square-foot expansion. There will be new brewing and distilling spaces, as well as a hospitality space. The new building will be four stories tall, and have a grass roof as part of its environmental footprint. The hope is to be finished with the expansion by 2026.
Researchers at the University of Minnesota say fear can help people feel good about their relationships and help form new friendships. The researchers recently teamed up with the Mall of America to learn why people pay to enter scary attractions like Onionhead's Revenge. More than 300 people took part in the research, with 77-percent saying they felt a high level of relief once the experience was over. Seventy-three-percent said going through the attraction with a partner strengthened their relationship. Participants also said the act of going through something scary increased their connection to others doing the same activity.
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