- The Boys State Basketball Tournament gets underway on Thursday. The area's two lone reps will meet in the Division 4 semifinals Thursday night in Madison.
Auburndale takes on Amherst. For Amherst - it's their second trip to state - the last time was in 1998. Their roster includes several players of the state championship football team, including Caleb Glennon - who was the starting quarterback in the title game. Auburndale is at state for the first time since 2004. The Apachees have only one loss this season and ranked 5th in the last coaches poll.
In girls hoops, Neman Catholic knocked off Goodman-Pembine in a D-5 Regional Final Saturday night in Wausau. The Cardinals will now face Phelps - one of the smallest schools in the state. Only 35 kids are enrolled their. Thursday night's section semifinal is in Antigo. We'll have more on the Phelps Knights tomorrow.
Other matchups include in Division 4, Marathon faces Colby at Wausau West High School. And Amherst takes on Oconto in Menasha. Wisconsin Rapids Assumption, Niellsville, and Owen-Withee are also in action Thursday night. Sectional finals will be played on Saturday.
WAUSAU - Last June, Kerby Kneiss died after he was beaten to death with a baseball bat.
Prosecutors think Warren Krohn was one of the men who killed Kneiss.
But Krohn's lawyer argues police might not have collected the evidence against him legally.
Krohn's lawyer argued that what he said while police interrogated him shouldn't be used in court. They say he was in police custody - but was not informed of his Miranda Rights.
ST. GERMAIN - Doctors don't know why they're diagnosing more and more children with autism. It’s hard to know what therapy works best for each child.
Today at Camp AweSum in St. Germain, kids on the Autism Spectrum got a chance to interact with horses.
"I saw him smiling up there, just kind of spontaneously. I think the horse kinda shook and he thought that was kinda funny," said Becky Howell-Adams, the mother of a 9 year old with autism.
For some autistic children smiles are hard to come by. Making a connection like that people or animals is special.
WAUSAU - The General Assembly takes up the budget Tuesday. Monday, some local representatives and school officials talked to the public about why they believe the budget will hurt schools.
Democratic representatives Mandy Wright and Katrina Shankland spoke in Wausau today.
Shankland, who represents Stevens Point, stated, "In the last session, Republicans took over 1.6 billion dollars from our public education. They robbed our students of $550 in aid per student. And in this budget, they only return $150. That simply is not acceptable."
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