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...
View ArticleAs 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...
View ArticleLegislators 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...
View ArticleWolf 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...
View ArticleToyota 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...
View ArticleJurors 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
View ArticleRather 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...
View ArticleRiver 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
View ArticleWoman 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
View ArticleMan 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
View ArticleRed 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...
View ArticleLocal 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...
View ArticleParents 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
View ArticleSchools 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
View ArticleCourt 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
View ArticleAnimal 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
View ArticleHumane 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
View ArticleScam 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...
View ArticleBishop 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
View ArticleRestaurant 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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