Charges are being filed against a former Durand-Arkansaw School District staffer accused in a child sex abuse case. According to Durand Police, On November 14, 2025, the department received a report of a sexual assault that occurred in the city. Due to a conflict of interest, the case was investigated by the Menomonie Police Department. Last Wednesday the Pepin County District Attorney charged Gregory Biogenzahn with repeated sexual assault of the same child and one count of 1st degree child sexual assault of a person under 13. The school district is aware of the charges filed and says the alleged crimes took place before Biogenzahn began employment with them and that he no longer works for the district.
The Durand-Arkansaw School Board is ending a shared services contract for distance learning with CESA 10. Durand-Arkansaw School Superintendent Ryan Nelson says students are using other services now. The ending of the contract will save the district $16000 a year.
A Pierce County Company is receiving a $76000 grant from the State of Wisconsin’s Fast Forward Program. TCLAD Inc. in Prescott will offer courses to 70 current workers in risk mitigation, print reading, online robotics technologies, specialty machine operations, safety operations, and more. Trainees could receive an hourly wage increase of 50 cents or more. The Wisconsin Fast Forward grant program awards funds to Wisconsin businesses to reimburse occupational training costs. The grants cover training costs for those who are unemployed or underemployed, as well as for incumbent workers.
Two Western Wisconsin men are facing drug charges. According to Chippewa County Authorities, Andrew Castro of Eau Claire and Maxwell Stuckert of Chippewa Falls were arrested last week in Lake Hallie after law enforcement found over 1000 counterfeit Xanax tablets, more than three pounds of counterfeit Adderall containing methamphetamine and suspected ecstasy in Stuckert’s home Both men are due in court today.
An Eau Claire special education teacher charged in a child sex abuse case made her first appearance in court Monday. Twenty-two-year-old Nadia Horn is a North High School staffer and was arrested last week on accusations that she sexually assaulted a child. Police say they know of at least one other victim and that each is a student of North High School. Horn is currently free on bond.
Gas prices are mostly lower this week in Western Wisconsin. Triple-A reports the average price of regular fuel in Western Wisconsin is now three-35 per gallon -- five-cents less per gallon than they were one week ago. In La Crosse, the average cost of a gallon of regular fuel is three-37 per gallon -- virtually unchanged from a week ago. The average cost of a gallon of regular fuel in the Badger State is three-61 per gallon.
The suspect in a weekend shooting incident in Clark County is in custody. Police say someone opened fire on a home and on a four-wheeler Saturday afternoon. No injuries were reported. Black River Falls resident Desmond Smith was arrested after a brief pursuit. He faces a list of charges including Recklessly Endangering Safety, Operating A Firearm While Intoxicated and OWI.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is looking for volunteers to help teach outdoor safety. The DNR needs certified instructors for hunter and bow education, ATV and UTV use, snowmobiling, and boating. The DNR says volunteer instructors play a key role in creating a safer outdoor environment across the state. Applicants must be at least 18, have experience in their area of interest, complete the required training, and pass a background check. To learn more or apply, visit the Wisconsin DNR’s Become a Volunteer Safety Instructor webpage.
Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates will participate in a rescheduled debate this week. The debate between appeals court judges Chris Taylor and Maria Lazar was scrubbed last week after Taylor had to receive treatment for kidney stones. Originally set to take place before an invited audience at Marquette Law School in Milwaukee, the debate will be held Thursday at 7:00 P.M. at WISN-TV in Madison without an audience. Election Day is Tuesday, April 7, with in person absentee voting already underway. Taylor is a liberal former state lawmaker from Madison, Lazar a conservative former assistant state attorney general and Waukesha County court judge. They are running for the seat held by retiring conservative Justice Rebecca Bradley.
The Herb Kohl Educational Foundation is recognizing 115 Wisconsin educators with its 2026 awards. The foundation is distributing more than one‑point‑four million dollars statewide. One hundred teachers and 15 principals will each receive six‑thousand‑dollar awards, with an additional six‑thousand dollars going to their schools. The winners were chosen from more than 1,200 nominations and represent public, charter, and private schools across Wisconsin. The foundation says the honorees demonstrate leadership, excellence, and a commitment to student success.
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costs are increasing amid rising fuel prices due to the ongoing war
with Iran. CBS 3 in Duluth reports the Madeline Island Ferry is
raising its prices as fuel for the ferry tops 4 dollars 25 cents a
gallon. Passenger rates are going up a dollar per round trip from
Bayfield to the popular summer destination in Lake Superior, while
vehicle rates are up anywhere from 2 to 4 dollars per trip. Airlines
across the country are either raising ticket rates or simply cutting
back on total trips. Oil prices closed Friday afternoon at over 100
dollars per barrel.
After being denied insurance coverage for a lifesaving treatment, Mark Cuban pays for a flight for a Minnesota infant. Alexandria McMahon posted a video to social media saying that her one-year-old daughter, Stella, was denied coverage for her rare and aggressive form of leukemia. Doctors determined that Stella quickly needed a highly specialized infusion only available in Cincinnati. According to McMahon, Cuban watched the video, and soon the family was informed that he was paying for an immediate medical flight. Stella and her family flew to Cincinnati for the minutes-long procedure and flew back the same day.
A Kenosha County couple pushes for backyard chickens statewide. Randy White and Courtney Breit of Pleasant Prairie were fined $1,000 and ordered to remove their 15 backyard chickens from their three-acre residential property. Chickens are not allowed on zoned residential land in the village. The couple tells Fox 6 Milwaukee that the inconsistency of backyard chicken rules among communities is confusing. The couple is now pushing for uniform statewide laws for backyard chickens. A bill introduced in the legislature last year allowing backyard chickens in every municipality did not advance out of committee.
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