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POLK COUNTY, Wis. (WEAU) - A Special Education Para in Polk County is accused of exposing a child to harmful material. A criminal complaint shows 35-year-old Sarah Monson of Amery, Wis. is charged with exposing a child to harmful material. According to the criminal complaint, at the time of the...

Kristie Marie Dezell, 46, pleaded guilty to one count of obtaining possession of controlled substance by misrepresentation on Thursday.

Hormel Foods officially notified the state Department of Workforce Development and the mayor of Barron on Tuesday of its intention to permanently lay off 38 workers at its Barron hatchery, but emphasized in an online statement that employees had the option to accept a transfer within the company or take a severance package. At the end of last year, Hormel, the owner of Jennie-O Turkey Store which is the largest employer in Barron County with 1,800 workers, announced it was shuttering its harvesting operations at...

The 20-year-old has pleaded not guilty to six charges in court, claiming self-defense.

Chisago Lakes High School will be following the lead of Chisago Lakes middle school and banning the use of cell phones by students in the classroom setting after a unanimous vote at the regular school board meeting on Thursday, April 18. Chisago Lakes Middle School instituted a no cell phone...

SOMERSET, Wis. (FOX 9) - Happy tears were flowing in Somerset, Wisconsin Friday afternoon as FOX 9 staff presented our second Top Teacher award of the year. "This wasn’t supposed to be me," said Ms. Dawn Peer, an 8th grade math teacher at Somerset Middle School. Peer has been...

GRANTSBURG — Duck Tucker, a Republican from Grantsburg, held a campaign kick-off rally at Hummer’s Event Center for his run to represent the newly redrawn 75th Assembly District, which includes all of Polk and most of Burnett counties. Well over 100 people gathered to hear comments from Reps. Gae Magnafici and Chanz Green, past Rep. Adam Jarchow, Sen. Romaine Quinn, Burnett County Sheriff Tracy Finch, St. Croix Falls Mayor Kirk Anderson, retired businessman Gary Nelson and Tucker. It was standing room only, as attendees heard...

The police dispatch center receives several hundred calls weekly. The small sampling below shows their diversity. Monday, April 15 7 a.m. Cumberland Police Department took a report of two horses running down Eighth Street near 22nd Avenue. 7:14 p.m. No locate. Officer said he spoke to someone walking in the area and they have not seen them either. ...

BARRON, Wis. (WEAU) - Hormel Foods notified the Department of Workforce Development that its Jennie-O hatchery in Barron will be laying off several employees this summer. According to paperwork filed by the company dated, April 23, it will be eliminating 38 jobs at its 506 West Division Avenue location in Barron, Wis.

The Stillwater synchronized swimming team wrapped up at least a share of yet another East Metro Conference championship with a 36-9 routines meet victory over Osseo/Maple Grove/Park Center on Tuesday, April 23 at Stillwawter Middle School. The Ponies improved to 5-0 with just one dual meet remaining this season. After hosting its Water Show at SMS on Saturday, May 4, Stillwater is scheduled to close out the regular season at rival Forest Lake on Tuesday, May 7. ...

Barron Electric Cooperative recently donated $500 to the Cumberland American Legion-Anderson Thompson Post 98 for the annual High School to Heroes Banquet. Jim Richie of Cumberland and Scott Cramer of Eau Claire both had sons who attended the U.S. Air Force Academy. They developed the idea of an evening to honor local area high school seniors who have committed to serve the nation in the Armed Forces. This year, the...