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Mar 29, 2025 | 
news8000.com | Sam Shilts |Alec Olson |Ken Kosirowski
[UPDATE]LA CROSSE (WKBT) -- A suspect in a North Side La Crosse shooting is bound over for trial. The court on Friday entered a not guilty plea for 19-year-old Jaysen Moran, who stood mute. According to the criminal complaint, Moran shot a victim in the arm during a planned fight March 9 on Logan Street. Moran's bond has been lowered a second time, now to $50,000 cash. [PREVIOUS]Charges have officially been filed for the teen accused of a shooting on La Crosse's north side on March 9.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
news8000.com | Alec Olson |Ken Kosirowski
LA CROSSE (WKBT) -- The woman accused in the death of 6-year-old AJ Pedrin has been released from jail. According to officials from the La Crosse County Sheriff's Office, Dikeman was released Friday after posting a $50,000 cash bond. The court ordered her cash bond to be reduced from $250,000 to $50,000 in December. Online court documents show her address was also sealed from public records on Dec. 31.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
news8000.com | Alec Olson |Ken Kosirowski
LA CROSSE (WKBT) -- The woman accused in the death of 6-year-old AJ Pedrin has been released from jail. According to officials from the La Crosse County Sheriff's Office, Dikeman was released Friday after posting a $50,000 cash bond. The court ordered her cash bond to be reduced from $250,000 to $50,000 in December. Online court documents show her address was also sealed from public records on Dec. 31.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
news8000.com | Sam Shilts |Alec Olson
[UPDATE]A man has been arrested after a shooting incident that injured two people on Wednesday morning. According to a press release, at 2:00 a.m., Onalaska Police and Fire Departments responded to 608 Quincy St. in Onalaska after a reported shooting. The caller told dispatch that their brother had been shot, and the door was locked. The caller also said a female may be injured. Officers arrived to find the female victim outside the home, who sustained a gunshot wound to her hand.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
news8000.com | Sam Shilts |Ryan Strunk |Alec Olson
[UPDATE]MAUSTON, Wis. (WKBT) -- Virgil Thew is held on a $5 million cash bond. Thew made his first court appearance in Juneau County Friday. The state requested a $5 million cash bond citing the significance of the crimes, previous convictions and his efforts to elude law enforcement following the killings in late December. Thew, who does not currently have a lawyer, did not comment on the bond in court. After being on the run for 12 days, Thew was captured Thursday just after noon.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
news8000.com | Sam Shilts |Ryan Strunk |Alec Olson
[UPDATE]MAUSTON, Wis. (WKBT) -- A bond hearing is set for the man accused of killing three people, including two young girls ages 12 and 13. 47-year-old Virgil Thew's hearing begins at 2:30 p.m. Friday in Juneau County court. Thew was captured Thursday following a weekslong manhunt that ended in the City of Elroy following a tip regarding a suspicious person. Thew faces three counts of first-degree intentional homicide. ELROY, Wis.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
news8000.com | Sam Shilts |Ryan Strunk |Alec Olson
[UPDATE]ELROY, Wis. (WKBT) -- Authorities are releasing new details on the arrest of Virgil Thew. According to a press release from the New Lisbon Police Department, at approximately 11:51 a.m. on Thursday, the Juneau County Communication Center received a report of a suspicious individual in the City of Elroy. A deputy was dispatched to the location, where they identified the individual as Virgil Thew, and arrested him without incident at 12:18 p.m.[PREVIOUS]ELROY, Wis.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
news8000.com | Alec Olson
HOLMEN, Wis. (WKBT) -- The Holmen Police Department is notifying the public of a scheduled outage for repairs that will affect Spectrum customers' phone and internet service in the Holmen area on Thursday morning. According to a Facebook post from the Holmen Police Department, the outage is set to begin at 12 a.m. and end at 6 a.m. During this time, phone systems at the Holmen Police Department, Library, and Village Hall will be impacted.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
news8000.com | Alec Olson
HOLMEN, Wis. (WKBT) -- The Holmen Police Department is notifying the public of a scheduled outage for repairs that will affect Spectrum customers' phone and internet service in the Holmen area on Thursday morning. According to a Facebook post from the Holmen Police Department, the outage is set to begin at 12 a.m. and end at 6 a.m. During this time, phone systems at the Holmen Police Department, Library, and Village Hall will be impacted.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
news8000.com | Alec Olson
TOWN OF GRAND RAPIDS, Wis. (WKBT) -- Authorities identified two men killed in a house fire in the Town of Grand Rapids. According to a press release from the Grand Rapids Police Department, first responders were called to the 5000 block of Boulder Circle around 2:00 a.m. Friday after a call to 911 said that help was needed. When officers arrived, they observed smoke rising from the residence, and the Grand Rapids Fire Department was dispatched.
