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Court sides with clinic in birth-control suit
Wisconsin News A state appeals court says a health-care clinic does not have to pay the cost to raise the child of Austin Mernick and Shelby Nell after the facility mistakenly gave the woman pre-natal...
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As the World Turns: Hit-and-run driver claims to wake to a crash; playacting...
If you want a job that has variety, the unexpected, even the bizarre, apply to be a River Falls police officer. Sunday morning, Feb. 10, an officer brought in and later arrested a 24-year-old...
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Legislators debate drunk-driving penalties
Wisconsin News Two GOP state legislators are pressing on with their clampdown on drunk driving - even though some lawmakers have balked at the cost of handling those offenders. Assembly Republican Jim...
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Wolf hunt draws lawsuit
Wisconsin News The Humane Society of the United States filed a lawsuit Tuesday, Feb. 12 in Washington D.C. against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, as well as the Interior Department. Talk about...
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Toyota settles acceleration lawsuits
Wisconsin News Wisconsin will get $674,000 from Toyota. The carmaker agreed this week to settle lawsuits filed by the Badger State and 27 others, over vehicles that accelerated when they were not...
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Jurors consider man's release from mental facility
Wisconsin News A jury in western Wisconsin is expected to decide Feb. 15 whether a man should be freed after spending 25 years in a mental institution for killing four people. Talk about this topic
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Rather than escape, home intruder finds lure of a soft couch simply irresistible
A 22-year-old UW-River Falls student allegedly broke into a house in the 500 block of East Cedar Street before 2 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 17. He wore no coat or shoes, and allegedly had left the furnishing...
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River Falls man on probation for false imprisonment
A River Falls man was placed on three years' probation late last month for holding a Pierce County employee without her consent last August. Talk about this topic
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Woman gets two life terms for killing husband, lover
Wisconsin News A 40-year-old woman has been given a second life prison term for killing her lover in northern Wisconsin, just a few days after she killed her husband in Minnesota. Talk about this topic
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Man tries to return printer containing fake money
Wisconsin News Police say a printer a 37 year old West Bend man tried to return to a Walmart store contained a sheet of paper with two photocopied $100 bills. Talk about this topic
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Red Wing woman charged with vehicular homicide
A Red Wing woman has been charged with three counts of vehicular homicide in Pierce County Circuit Court as the result of an accident last October that caused the death of a Minnesota man. Talk about...
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Local man faces sex assault, strangulation charges
ELLSWORTH -- A River Falls man will make his first court appearance in Pierce County Circuit Court next month on charges of second-degree sexual assault and strangulation and suffocation. Talk about...
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Parents cited for underage-drinking party
Wisconsin News A Pewaukee couple and their teenage son will pay a total of $2,700 in fines for hosting a youth party that resulted in three alcohol-related traffic deaths. Talk about this topic
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Schools take heat for segregated classrooms
Wisconsin News The ACLU has sent complaints to the U.S. Department of Education about three Wisconsin schools which separated boys and girls into single-sex classrooms. Talk about this topic
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Court says road-weight rules apply to manure spreaders
Wisconsin News A state appeals court ruled this week that a manure spreader is not exempt from size-and-weight limits on Wisconsin highways. Talk about this topic
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Animal cruelty charges for cat killing dismissed
Charges were dismissed April 4 in Pierce County Circuit Court against a River Falls area man accused of shooting and killing a neighbor's cat. Talk about this topic
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Humane society vet suspects drug fraud
Wisconsin News A veterinarian for the Sheboygan County Humane Society was suspended after his license was allegedly used by the group's director and he reported her to the police. Talk about this topic
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Scam Alert: If it is too good to be true...
PRESCOTT-"If it seems too good to be true, it probably isn't true," Prescott Police Chief Mike R. Bondarenko said in a warning to city residents about a fraudulent check scam tied to a fraudulent...
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Bishop facing homicide charges says he was late for a sermon
Wisconsin News A Lutheran bishop told police he was rushing to a Sun Prairie church for a sermon April 7 when his SUV struck and killed distance runner Maureen Mengelt. Talk about this topic
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Restaurant firing goes ballistic
A manager and the employee he fired ended up in combat outside Copper Kettle restaurant, 1005 S. Main St., after 6 p.m. Saturday, April 13. After the fighting was done, the manager's pickup truck had...
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