Firefighters from Waumandee and 8 other departments including Durand and Mondovi responded to a barn fire at S1174 Myren Road in the town of Modena yesterday. According to the Buffalo County Sheriff’s Department, when the first firefighters arrived they found the barn fully engulfed in flames and had partially collapsed. Several animals were killed by the fire but no other injuries were reported. The cause of that fire is still under investigation.
No one was injured in a shed fire in the town of Washington yesterday. According to Township Fire, when firefighters arrived on the scene they found a fire throughout a 20’X20’ metal shed and attached carport. The heat of the fire was beginning to impact a house. Firefighters were able to cool the house and extinguish the fire. The shed was a total loss and the house had some minor damage. The cause of that fire is under investigation.
The Durand-Arkansaw School Board has approved changing the Middle School High School Day for next year. The day will now be from 8am-3:06pm Monday through Friday. Durand Arkansaw School Superintendent Ryan Nelson says the change is to maximize the intervention time for students. Because of the change, Middle-High School Students will board buses first at the end of the day and then the busses will pick up the Elementary School Students.
Charges are being filed against an Eau Claire special education teacher accused of sexual abuse. Twenty-two-year-old Nadia Horn is a North High School staffer and was arrested Wednesday. She faces charges including sexual assault of a child by a school staff person.
Authorities are charging a Barron County man who allegedly sexually assaulted a child on multiple occasions. The victim tells police that 22-year-old Chetek resident Brandon Nelson began sexually assaulting her when she was eight-years-old and that the crimes continued for years. According to the victim's story, Nelson would have been 15- or 16-years old when he began victimizing her and 19 when the assaults stopped.
A defendant charged following a stabbing incident in Lake Hallie is accepting a plea deal with prosecutors. Police responding to a 41st Avenue home on July 11th of last year found a man who had been stabbed five times. Orestes Kouris of Eau Claire was later located near the Lake Hallie Golf Course and arrested. Kouris faced charges including attempted 1st-degree intentional homicide. As part of a deal with prosecutors, he pleaded guilty this week to charges of child abuse by use of a dangerous weapon and first degree recklessly endangering safety. Sentencing has been scheduled for July.
A Cadott woman who authorities say stole thousands of dollars from a pair of organizations is changing her not guilty plea. Nicole Ruhe was the treasurer on accounts for the Boy Scouts and for the Cadott Basketball Association. Ruhe was accused of pocketing more than four thousand dollars from the scouts and more than 51-hundred dollars from Cadott Basketball. She has pleaded no contest to a theft charge and will be sentenced at a later date.
A debate between the two candidates for Wisconsin Supreme Court is being postponed. Chris Taylor and Maria Lazar were scheduled to debate at Marquette Law School last night, but Taylor's campaign said physicians recommended the judge visit a hospital after waking up feeling sick. Her campaign mentioned they look forward to rescheduling the debate for a later date. Judge Taylor's condition wasn't mentioned, but said more information will come out when available. The winner of the Supreme Court election will replace Justice Rebecca Bradley.
A new Marquette Poll finds increased voter engagement in the April 7 Wisconsin Supreme Court election. Appeals Court Judge Chris Taylor leads Waukesha County Judge Maria Lazar 23% to 17% among registered voters, but 53% remain undecided. More voters are thinking about the matchup between the conservative Lazar and liberal Taylor, but over 60% of poll respondents report they haven't heard enough about either candidate to form a solid opinion. Democrats heavily favor Taylor while Republicans back Lazar. The survey was conducted March 11-18, 2026, interviewing 850 Wisconsin registered voters, with a margin of error of +/-4.4 percentage points. For likely voters, the sample size is 597 with a margin of error of +/-5.3 percentage points.
Wisconsin is joining a lawsuit against the Trump administration over new conditions tied to U.S. Department of Agriculture funding. Attorney General Josh Kaul is leading the suit alongside AGs from California, Illinois and Massachusetts. The suit claims the USDA is unlawfully requiring states to agree to new rules related to immigration, diversity, and gender identity. The attorneys general say those conditions are unrelated to the funding itself. Kaul says the changes put billions of dollars at risk, including money for SNAP, WIC, school lunches, and food assistance programs serving hundreds of thousands of Wisconsinites.
Harley-Davidson is laying off part of its workforce. A company spokesperson confirmed on Monday that some employees have been notified of a reduction in force that is impacting Harley’s global workforce, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The company did not detail the scale or geographic distribution of job cuts. In addition to its Milwaukee headquarters, Harley-Davidson has manufacturing plants in Menomonee Falls and Tomahawk, and a product development center in Wauwatosa with other facilities in the U.S. and internationally. Harley-Davidson reported profits of $339 million in 2025, down 26% from the previous year. The company also recently said it owed $67 million in Trump administration tariffs and is predicting tariffs will cost $75 to $105 million in 2026.
The driver of a charter tour bus that crashed in Green Bay on Sunday hasn’t had a valid driver's license in nine years. A Tuesday update by police confirmed that 41 people were injured in the crash, with two in critical condition. According to WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee, the Illinois Secretary of State's office confirmed that 37-year-old Ghebry Figueroa had his driver's license and commercial driver's license revoked in 2017. The station also found that the U.S. Department of Transportation's website states that the company Figueroa claims to own, Lucky Charters and Tours LLC of Wheeling, Illinois, had its bodily injury and property damage insurance canceled last October. Federal law requires the company to have that insurance to operate a charter bus.
The Vikings hope the 2028 NFL Draft will be held in Minneapolis. The team and the Minnesota Sports and Events submitted a bid to the NFL earlier this month. Vikings officials say they have been trying to bring the draft to the Twin Cities since 2019. The bid would feature U.S Bank Stadium as the anchor of the draft weekend along with events at the Mall of America and the Viking Lakes development near the team's headquarters. An announcement could come within the next several weeks. This year's NFL Draft will be held in Pittsburgh.
What does an expert in sleep call a good night’s sleep? UW-Madison Institute of Sleep and Consciousness assistant director Stephanie Jones says the answer to that question is formed through a consistent sleep schedule. Jones acknowledges that sleep schedules can vary among individuals, but she equates a balanced sleep schedule with balanced nutrition and exercise for your health.
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