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TOMAH, Wis. (WEAU) - The Tomah Police Department says it will be conducting random, unannounced patrols at Tomah Area School District schools through the end of the school year in the wake of a mass shooting at an elementary school in Texas Tuesday. The Police Department posted on Facebook that...

Col. Carl Meredith, the outgoing commander of the 426th Regiment Regional Training Institute relinquished command to Lt. Col. Paul Gapinski during a formal change of command ceremony May 15 at the Wisconsin Military Academy at Fort McCoy. Brig. Gen. Matthew Strub, the Wisconsin National Guard’s deputy adjutant general, commended the...

GREEN BAY (WLUK) -- Tuesday in High School Game Time, Luxemburg-Casco defeated Little Chute 9-2 in a Division 2 regional semifinal softball game. Meanwhile, Appleton North and Kimberly battled to a 0-0 tie in girls soccer, and with the tie North wins the Fox Valley Association title. Click the video...

No. 4 seed Tomah Softball picked up a 6-0 shutout win at home over No. 13 Madison East Tuesday in WIAA Division 1 regional playoff action. Tomah advances to host No. 5 seed Madison Memorial Thursday afternoon. COPYRIGHT 2022 BY NEWS 8 NOW/NEWS 8000. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THIS MATERIAL MAY...

A short lived EF0 tornado caused damage to two properties southeast of Sparta Thursday. According to a release from the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, the tornado struck properties on Javelin Road in the Town of Wells. The EF0 with wind speeds up to 85 MPH destroyed a shed and launched a camper 100 feet through the air into a tree. Several pieces of farm equipment were flipped over and thrown into the field.

Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s officials say an 18-year-old Fond du Lac woman was shot in the leg during an incident late Sunday night in the area of Cemetery Road and Lakeshore Drive in the Town of Friendship. The person reporting the incident said someone in a vehicle had fired several rounds striking an individual. When deputies arrived the suspect was gone and they provided first aid to the woman until an ambulance arrived. She was taken to ThedaCare Regional Medical Center in Neenah with a minor wound that was not life-threatening. The shooting appears to have been targeted at people at a specific residence and the public is not considered to be in danger. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the Sheriff’s Office at 920-929-3370 or leave a tip on the tip line at 920-906-4777. Deputies responded to the incident at 10:38 Sunday evening.

Central Baseball defeated Tomah 7-0 Tuesday afternoon at Copeland Park to clinch a share of the MVC title. Adam Olson tossed a three-hit shutout on the hill for the RiverHawks. The offense capitalized on early-inning Tomah errors to build him a 5-0 lead after the first three frames. Central shares...

In the wake of a Texas elementary school shooting, where at least 19 children were killed by a gunman, the Tomah Police Department has informed the community it would be patrolling schools through the rest of the year. Tomah Assistant Police Chief Eric Pedersen posted to social media that the...

Rebecca Kroll allowed just one hit, while striking out 12, as the Luxemburg-Casco Spartans defeated the Little Chute Mustangs 9-2 in the Regional Semi-Final matchup in Luxemburg. The Spartans had 13 hits on the night. Leading the way from the plate for L-C , Josie Dorner 3 for 3 with...

TOWN OF WELLS (MONROE COUNTY), Wis. (WEAU) - The National Weather Service in La Crosse confirmed a tornado near Sparta on May 19. The confirmation on Saturday brings the total number of tornadoes in Wisconsin in 2022 to six. According to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, the brief tornado affected...

SPARTA, Wis. (WEAU) - A registered sex offender is being released from state prison on Tuesday to live in Monroe County. 49-year-old David Hagen will live at 15751 Highway 16 in the Town of Angelo in Monroe County beginning May 24, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office and the Wisconsin Department of Corrections.

Murphy then left the home and deputies were unable to find him. At 11 a.m. that same day, Murphy returned. Deputies searched the home, reportedly seizing multiple guns, drug paraphernalia, cash and plastic baggies allegedly containing methamphetamine. Murphy was arrested. Online court records show he was charged with first-degree recklessly...

A tornado near Sparta, Wis., last week was short-lived, but did significant damage, including sending a camper 100 feet through the air and into a tree. The EF0 tornado hit two properties on Javelin Road in the Town of Wells, which is five miles south of Sparta, Monroe County Emergency Management said in a news release.