A Mondovi man has pleaded guilty to multiple counts of Possession of Child Pornography. 39Yr old Kyle Gillis made the plea in Buffalo County court after he was arrested after an investigation by the Internet Crimes Against Children group found evidence that Gillies had downloaded multiple images and videos of child porn. Gilles was sentenced to 3yrs in prison and 5yrs of extended supervision.
Four
older buildings on the U-W Eau Claire campus have been approved for
demolition. The State Building Commission along with Governor Evers
approved this measure, along with others for public building
projects. Zorn Arena, Brewer Hall, Campus School and Kjer Theater are
the four buildings that will be set for demolition. All four were
built in 1951 and will now be turned into green space.
The land purchase for a new western Wisconsin hospital is finalized. Aspirus Health Care bought the 22-acre plot of land yesterday and says ground will break on the new facility in the spring. It'll be built on Chippewa Crossing Boulevard near the Seymour Cray Sr. intersection. The hospital will offer primary and inpatient care, along with emergency and basic lab services. Aprirus says it's been dedicated to bringing health care to the Chippewa Valley since hospital and clinic closures last year.
The Wabasha County Board is meeting tomorrow. The agenda includes action on the purchase of two new Motorola radios, zoning requests, and reports from department heads and county committees. The meeting begins at 9 a.m. at the Old Courthouse Annex in Wabasha.
A group of Red Wing High School students staged a walkout Friday morning. The action is in response to the school district canceling a Black History Month event featuring Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison. The school's Black Student Union President Amarie Williams says she and some fellow students are upset with the leadership's decision. She says their concern is not so much that Ellison will not be in attendance but that the Black History event is canceled. Red Wing Superintendent Bob Jaszczak says he made the decision due to concerns over significant disruptions. He never detailed what those possible disruptions are.
A house fire in Onalaska leaves one person dead. Firefighters arrived on scene and immediately started an offensive attack on the flames. As crews searched the home, they pulled one person out, who later died of their injuries. The fire caused significant damage, but crews were able to bring it under control within 30 minutes. Thankfully, no other injuries were reported. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Cody Anderson, who tried to steal an airplane from the La Crosse Airport in 2023, is being given a conditional release from a mental health facility. Anderson met the standards for his conditional release plan earlier this month. The court now ruled that Anderson was no longer a risk to himself or others. Back in 2023, he faced five felony counts, including making terrorist threats. He was found not guilty by reason of insanity last year.
Warrants
are issued for a Western Wisconsin couple accused of child sex
crimes. Prosecutors say Amanda Whiting had a sexual relationship with
a 17-year-old victim starting in May 2022. The teen says she would
give him and his friends alcohol and marijuana. She's facing more
than a dozen charges for the accusations. The victim says her
husband, Joshua Whiting, was aware of the relationship. He's facing
one charge.
A lawsuit against several Wisconsin T V stations by former US Senate candidate Eric Hovde has been dismissed. A Brown County judge ruled Thursday that Hovde's complaint that advertisements run by the stations were defamatory held no merit. The ads in question accused Hovde of rigging the system by taking government loans, and that he used offshore "shady" tax havens. Judge Donald Zuidmulder ruled that neither of those statements were defamatory, since the term "rigging the system" is well known as a matter of opinion, and that Hovde's investments in offshore accounts isn't illegal, so it cannot be defamatory.
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A meeting this week held by The Wisconsin Elections Commission will hopefully provide more answers to the uncounted ballots during last November's general election. Officials unanimously voted to investigate Madison Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl for the 193 missing absentee ballots. There are a few suspected contributing factors like incomplete log charting on ballots received and accounted for. The WEC Chair said "the second part of the story is what happened when they were discovered and the fact that it wasn't brought to the attention of the WEC."
Plans are underway in Madison to expand the Alliant Energy Center's Expo Hall and renovate the Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Construction is set to begin as early as 2026. Officials want to attract more events to the center, and with the renovations, may be able to get bigger acts and shows. Dane County Executive Melissa Agard said, "the project will be financed through a public-private partnership where an outside organization could negotiate some degree of control over the Coliseum in exchange for building improvements."
Though
Microsoft is canceling data center plans in other parts of the
country, the company is still committed to its plans in Wisconsin.
The tech giant tells Fox 6 Milwaukee it's planning on moving forward
with a three-point-three billion dollar investment in the state. The
company owns 19-hundred acres of land in Mount Pleasant, where it
says it'll build a new data center. But, financial analysts say
Microsoft is walking away from leases and renting from private data
center operators in other states. The Village of Mount Pleasant says
construction was temporarily paused so the company could incorporate
new designs, but the scope of the project isn't expected to change.
Nissan's are the second-most stolen vehicle in Wisconsin thanks to a faulty key fob. Milwaukee police said that there is a reprogramming tool that allows it to connect to a signal pretty easily. The signal is strong enough to connect from outside your home to your key fob on the kitchen counter. Officials said nine cases have been reported so far in Milwaukee, Wauwatosa and Brown Deer. Drivers can protect themselves by putting the key fob inside a metal box or wrapped in tinfoil.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is hoping his plan to make health care more affordable for the state is implemented. He introduced the proposal yesterday in St. Paul. Walz's plan would shift the portion of the reinsurance the state is responsible for from taxpayers to insurers. It applies to the individual insurance market, which is for people who aren't covered by their employers or eligible for Medicare or Medicaid. The governor is also proposing to increase the surcharge levied on health maintenance organizations to one-point-25 percent of total premium revenue from zero-point-six percent. Walz says it's a way to make sure large health care corporations pay their fair share.
Ticket prices are released for the Packers 2025 season at Lambeau Field. A spokesperson said preseason tickets have increased up to 11-dollars per game and regular-season tickets are up to 21-dollars per game. Price differences are dependent on location. At the 7-hundred level it's now 69-dollars for preseason and in regular season it's 139. Season ticket holder's who sell 100-percent of their tickets will have their ticket privileges invalidated. For more details go to packers-dot-com.
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