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FITCHBURG, Wis. (AP) – Bail is set at $1 million for a Fitchburg man accused of shooting at police after officers tried to coax him out of an apartment earlier this month.

Thirty-one-year-old Tommie Evans was charged Friday with three counts of attempted first-degree intentional homicide, four counts of first-degree reckless endangerment and one count of gun possession by a felon.

Assistant District Attorney Shelly Rusch says Evans fired nine shots at the seven officers in what “appears to be an ambush laying in wait,” missing three of the officers by only inches.

The Wisconsin State Journal reports the incident happened early on March 6 after family members reported Evans had “lost his mind.”

Evans is scheduled back in court on April 13.

MILWAUKEE (AP) – A Milwaukee man is charged with killing another man during a barbecue last week.

Thirty-four-year-old Robbie Fields was charged Friday with first-degree reckless homicide.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports Fields is accused of killing Rumea Meatheney. Meatheney had gone to a friend’s duplex for a barbecue Monday when he was killed.

Fields lived in the same duplex as Meatheney’s friend. The complaint says witnesses told police the two men were arguing when gunfire erupted.

The complaint says at least one witness says he saw Fields run from the house with a gun. On Wednesday, Fields approached a forensic investigator with the Milwaukee Police Department and turned himself him.

Fields remains jailed with cash bond set at $20,000. He’s due in court for a preliminary hearing March 23.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – A former lab worker at the Veterans Hospital in Madison is accused of using information stolen from VA records to obtain credit cards.

Twenty-three-year-old Elizabeth Feng of Madison also is accused of stealing mail from her neighbors and using the information to access other people’s checking accounts.

Feng was charged Thursday with identity theft, misdemeanor theft and unauthorized opening of mail.

The scheme began to unravel May 30 when Feng’s boyfriend tried to make a legitimate payment on some parking tickets at the Madison Police Department. According to the complaint, the boyfriend was told he had to pay in cash because fraudulent payments had been made for tickets on his car in the past.

The Wisconsin State Journal reports police have issued a warrant for Feng.

CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – Authorities say a 20-year-old man who had been out at Thursday’s protest is charged in the shootings of two St. Louis area officers.

St. Louis County Prosectuor Robert McCulloch said 20-year-old Jeffrey Williams is charged with two counts of first-degree assault among other things.

McCulloch also that Williams told police that he was firing at someone other than the police officers.

He said Williams used a 40mm handgun, which matches the shell casings at the scene.

Williams is being held at St. Louis County Jail.

The officers were shot early Thursday as demonstrators gathered after Ferguson’s police chief resigned in the wake of a scathing federal Justice Department report.

The officers were released later Thursday.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Robert Durst, a wealthy and eccentric heir to a New York real estate fortune, has been arrested for murder just before Sunday’s finale in a six-part documentary about his links to two killings and the disappearance of his wife.

Durst was arrested by FBI agents Saturday at a J.W. Marriott hotel in New Orleans, on a Los Angeles warrant for the murder of Susan Berman 15 years ago, FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said.

Durst, 71, has never been charged in connection with the unsolved 2000 murder of Berman in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, who was killed as cold-case detectives prepared to question her in the 1982 disappearance of his wife, Kathie.

He moved to Texas after Berman’s death, where he lived as a woman before being acquitted in the 2001 dismemberment death of his Galveston neighbor, Morris Black. Durst said that killing was in self-defense.

Durst has always denied involvement in his wife’s disappearance or Berman’s murder.

Defense lawyer Chip Lewis, who successfully defended Durst in the Texas killing, said his client will waive extradition and be transported to Los Angeles to face the charges.

“He’s maintained his innocence for years,” Lewis said. “Nothing has changed.”

The arrest came on the eve of Sunday’s broadcast on HBO of the final episode of “The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst.”

The documentary’s filmmaker Andrew Jarecki told The Associated Press that Durst is a strange but smart man who has long feuded with his wealthy family.

“The story is so operatic,” Jarecki said. “That’s what’s so fascinating to me – seeing someone who is born to such privilege and years later is living in a $300-a-month rooming house in Galveston, Texas, disguised as a mute woman.”

Lewis, the attorney, said the arrest was orchestrated by Hollywood to come before the final episode.

“No doubt,” he said. “It’s all about Hollywood now.”

Lewis said he was familiar with the Berman killing and wasn’t surprised by the arrest because of the number of emails and calls he got after last week’s episode aired. He said new evidence touted by producers, however, was something he was already familiar with.

“I know all about this case,” Lewis said. “I have no doubt we will present a most compelling defense.”

Jarecki told a Hollywood version of Durst’s story in the 2010 film that starred Ryan Gosling, “All Good Things.”

A week before the release of that film, Durst called Jarecki saying he wanted to see it, and eventually agreed to be interviewed by Jarecki. That footage led to the documentary series.

Jarecki said he has come to a “firm conclusion” about Durst’s guilt or innocence.

HBO distributed the first two episodes in advance, making news with Durst’s admission that he lied to investigators about what he did on the night of his wife’s disappearance. The other episodes were kept under wraps to maintain suspense as they aired each week.

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) – No. 1 Kentucky’s final hurdle to carrying a perfect record into the NCAA Tournament will be to cram in one more win a few hours before everyone’s attention turns toward brackets, seeds and office pools.

It might mean one less day of rest for Wildcats than some of their top competition in the NCAAs, too.

While most of the conferences that wrapped up their tournaments this weekend finished Saturday, the Southeastern and Big Ten conferences were the only power-five leagues to wait until Sunday afternoon, shortly before the NCAA selection committee announces the pairings.

In the SEC, Kentucky plays No. 21 Arkansas in Nashville, Tennessee, and No. 6 Wisconsin faces Michigan State in Chicago for the Big Ten crown.

“Obviously, (a Saturday final) would be the best thing, but it’s above my pay grade to make that decision,” Kentucky coach John Calipari said after his Wildcats rolled past Auburn in Saturday’s semifinals. “So if we have to play on Sunday, we’ll play on Sunday and that’s fine.”

Badgers coach Bo Ryan said it’s really tough to play Sunday and then open the NCAA Tournament on Thursday.

“So what we ask for – I’m on the board of directors of the (National Association of Basketball Coaches) – we ask for if anybody is playing in a conference final on Sunday to not play until Friday,” Ryan said. “That’s been the case most of the time.”

But not every time.

Since 2004, 21 teams have entered the NCAAs with a No. 1 seed after playing a league tournament game on a Sunday. Nine of those ended up with the shorter turnaround and started on a Thursday, including Florida last season and 2012 champion Kentucky, according to STATS.

Most conferences don’t have to worry about it.

Only five of the 19 league tournaments finishing this weekend have a Sunday title game this year, according to STATS. Three of the power-five conferences – the ACC, Big 12 and Pac-12 – finished play on Saturday.

The ACC joined the Saturday group this year, moving from its traditional Sunday afternoon finish that it had held since 1982 to a Saturday prime-time TV slot as part of the league’s new look with the additions of Notre Dame, Pittsburgh and Syracuse.

Fighting Irish coach Mike Brey said he, Pitt coach Jamie Dixon and Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim worked to sell the other ACC coaches on the merits of playing a Tuesday-to-Saturday schedule like the trio knew from their days in the old Big East. Brey said they sold the buzz – both in the arena and on TV – of playing a Friday night semifinal set followed by a Saturday night championship game, along with the fact that it would get the teams a little more time to regroup after playing in the title game.

“I would think all the coaches would think it’s a great benefit,” Brey said after his team upended No. 2 Duke in the semifinals before beating No. 19 North Carolina in the title game. “We also felt, and now that I’m in it, I sure would like another day to get my legs under me before we go into the NCAA tournament instead of playing Sunday afternoon. It would be nice.”

Mountain West Conference Commissioner Craig Thompson said it would also be a little easier on the NCAA selection committee. A committee member from 1996-99 and its chairman in 2000, Thompson said those Sunday games make the seeding “brutal” with the 6 p.m. deadline looming.

Look no further than the Big Ten final, which will finish roughly 30 minutes before the NCAA announces the 68-team field.

“The preference from a committee perspective would be to have all the games done on a Saturday night,” he said. “Not possible. Not probable. CBS has games on Sunday, ESPN and others, and they like that programming and the lead into selection, it’s perfect for TV, but it’s tough for the selection committee.”

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While we’re starting on a cooler note today, things warm up nicely this afternoon.

Sunshine as well as winds kicking up out of the south-southwest will help our temperatures get close to 60 degrees.

Winds will be breezy, around 10-20 miles per hour in the afternoon.

Clouds also thicken up late in the day, and we might not see much of the sunset by the time it rolls around.

We’re mostly cloudy on Monday, but still warm with a high near 60.

Some rain showers are possible late in the day as a cold front moves through, and we could see highs only in the low 40s by Tuesday once that front passes by.

The low 40s would still be above average for this time of year, just much cooler than the weather we have been seeing lately.

OSHKOSH – Sunday is the final day to check out Family Flight Fest at Oshkosh’s EAA AirVenture Museum.

Organizers say the event is a great way to let kids explore the world of aviation with fun hands on activities including simulators, model-making demonstrations and more.

The event runs from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Sunday.

Admission rates are as followed:

EAA Members – FREE

Adults (18+) – $12.50

Seniors (62+) – $10.50

Students (6-17) – $9.50

Children (5 and under) – FREE

Family Rate – $31.00

FOX 11’s Pauleen Le spent the morning checking out the event.

For more information on Family Flight Fest, click here.

DE PERE – Plank Road Pub and Grill has been open for about seven months in De Pere.

Chef Laura Rebarchek joined FOX 11’s Emily Deem on Good Day Wisconsin to make some of their popular menu items.

Chef Laura created their plank road pile up — along with their mac and cheese.  Chef Laura also talked about other menu items like their cedar plank Salmon.

The pub also offers music and will be upgrading their patio area.

Click here to learn more about Plank Road Pub and Grill.

Saturday’s Scores

BOYS’ BASKETBALL
Division 1 Sectional 1
Championship
Stevens Point 52, Superior 31

Division 1 Sectional 2
Championship
Germantown 54, Kimberly 47

Division 1 Sectional 4
Championship
West Allis Central 56, Marquette University 51

Division 2 Sectional 1
Championship
Rice Lake 44, Merrill 32

Division 2 Sectional 2
Sectional Championship
West De Pere 69, Slinger 54

Division 2 Sectional 3
Sectional Championship
Mount Horeb 41, Monona Grove 38

Championship
Madison East 65, Kenosha Indian Trail 39

Division 2 Sectional 4
Championship
Greendale 41, Wauwatosa East 40

Division 3 Sectional 1
Sectional Championship
Prescott 59, West Salem 39

Division 3 Sectional 2
Sectional Championship
Xavier 66, Valders 58

Division 3 Sectional 3
Sectional Championship
East Troy 42, River Valley 34

Division 3 Sectional 4
Sectional Championship
Brown Deer 75, Poynette 39

Division 4 Sectional 1
Sectional Championship
Regis 51, Unity 41

Division 4 Sectional 2
Sectional Championship
Auburndale 34, Brillion 32

Division 4 Sectional 3
Sectional Championship
Mineral Point 58, Melrose-Mindoro 55

Division 4 Sectional 4
Sectional Championship
Dominican 77, Howards Grove 52

Division 5 Sectional 1
Section Championship
Washburn 85, McDonell Central 70

Division 5 Sectional 2
Sectional Championship
Green Bay N.E.W. Lutheran 55, Port Edwards 45

Division 5 Sectional 3
Sectional Championship
Hillsboro 48, Shullsburg 35

Division 5 Sectional 4
Section Championship
Young Coggs Prep 57, Hustisford 36

ASHWAUBENON — Xavier girls basketball coach A.C. Clouthier was pumping is fists on the sideline, but if you ever have seen him coach that’s nothing new — he probably pumps his fists at the breakfast table after finishing a bowl of cereal.

But this was different. This was the Hawks’ first trip to the state tournament as a member of the WIAA and Clouthier wanted this inaugural trip to end with a gold ball.

In Xavier’s way was undefeated Whitewater in Saturday’s Division 3 state title game and just like Clouthier, his players were fired up to make history.

However, the Hawks could not keep up with the Whippets down the stretch, getting outscored, 10-4, and fell 49-43 at the Resch Center, ending Xavier’s season with a silver ball.

Xavier-Whitewater Boxscore

“They do everything right, they do everything well,” Clouthier said of Whitewater. “They have some size that sure helps. They compete hard. We had a couple chances here and there. I thought we played a nice basketball game, too.”

The size Clouthier was talking about was Whitewater’s twin towers — 6-2 Myriama Smith-Traore and 6-0 Sarah Schumacher, who combined for 35 points, 25 rebounds, five blocks and many altered shots. The size came into play late when Smith-Traore scored on consecutive offensive rebounds during the 10-4 run.

Their height was hard to match up against on defense and even offense with all their blocked shots they had,” Xavier forward Peyton Ufi said. “We hadn’t faced that much height before so that was difficult for us.”

Xavier (24-5), however, didn’t back down against Whitewater (28-0). The 5-8 Ufi led Xavier with 18 points and 13 rebounds, while the 5-11 Erin Powers added 12 points and seven rebounds.

Despite the effort of Ufi and Powers, Xavier wasn’t efficient enough from the field, making just 15-of-54 shots for 28 percent. It also was just 4-for-20 from 3-point range.

“I thought we did a good job of following our game plan,” Clouthier said. “We knock down a couple more shots, the game’s different. It’s tough to shoot with those long arms (in the way).

“Any time you can put yourself in a position at the end, we had a chance.”

Xavier had a chance Saturday many teams were fighting for all postseason and fell short of — playing in the state championship game. The result wasn’t the one the Hawks wanted, but it doesn’t diminish a great season.

“Tremendous season,” Clouthier said. “Kids did everything we asked them to do. I told them before there’s not another group of individuals that I’ve been around that I’m this excited for and happy for. It was a tremendous basketball season. We got everything out of them I think we could.”

And that resulted in the program’s first-ever silver ball. Not bad.

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GREEN BAY – Saturday marks National Pi Day.

The day celebrates the mathematical number for the symbol Pi.

Pi is an infinite number that starts with 3.1415.

Fourth and fifth grade students from Leonardo Da Vinci School planned a Pi Day Run.

The run was 3.1 miles long.

Organizers say the event is a great way for students to get involved.

“Just to show kids that adults really are there to support them, that they are the future leaders of our town and our city, and they’re planning great events for everyone,” said teacher Allison Haltaufderheid.

All of the money raised goes to Habitat for Humanity.

DE PERE – Former Packers Coach Mike Sherman was back in the Green Bay area Saturday.

He was the keynote speaker at the Saint Norbert Abbey which hosted A Day For Men.

Men of all ages gathered for a day of inspiration, education, community and prayer.

Sherman delivered an address, talking about living a life of faith.

He says it’s good to be back in the area.

“I haven’t been back in awhile and it’s really good to be back. I have great memories and some outstanding friendships and people I know back here, so it’s nice to touch base,” said Sherman.

FOX 11’s very own Robert Hornacek was also a speaker at the event.

GREEN BAY – St. Patrick’s Day may not be until Tuesday, but people in Green Bay celebrated Irish-American culture this weekend.

Hundreds turned out for the city’s annual parade Saturday morning.

The route took a bit of a different path this year.

It started at the Shopko Landing behind Hagmeister Park and ended at St. Brendan’s Inn.

Visitors could then check out some Irish dancing and food, and kids could enjoy free face painting.

“We’re glad to have anyone be Irish for a day with us and it’s a wonderful holiday to spend with family and friends and have a great time with everybody that you love,” said parade co-chair Tim O’Connor.

This is the sixth year for the parade.

FOND DU LAC – Fond du Lac fire officials say nobody was injured after a fire broke out at an apartment.

It happened just before noon Saturday in the 100 block of East Second Street.

Officials say they found smoke coming from the first floor, and someone was still inside.

Crews evacuated the person and found a mattress on fire.

They were able to put the fire out quickly.

Authorities say the cause of the fire was due to careless use of smoking materials.

Xavier played Whitewater in the Division 3 girls basketball state championship game on Saturday at the Resch Center.

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) – A 26-year-old man has died after being shot by a Kenosha police officer.

According to a police department news release, the shooting happened around 9:30 a.m. Saturday when officers attempted to arrest the man for a felony warrant.

Police say when an officer confronted him, the suspected armed himself with a weapon. The officer then fired his handgun, killing the suspect.

The officer was put on leave pending the investigation.

Kenosha police Sgt. Joe Labatore says the state Department of Justice’s Division of Criminal Investigation would be investigating.

The department did not release any information on the kind of warrant or kind of weapon brandished or any other details on the officer or suspect.

A Department of Justice spokeswoman did not immediately return an email seeking more information.

BEAVER DAM, Wis. (AP) – The former MetalFab property in Beaver Dam will be auctioned next month.

Dodge County has owned the 140,000-square manufacturing plant since 1995 after foreclosing on it to satisfy tax liens. MacFab Metal Products has been leasing the building since 2006. But, county administrator James Mielke says it owes the county past due rent. It vacated the building last month.

The Beaver Dam Daily Citizen says the property will be placed on Wisconsin Surplus Online starting around April 7 and ending a month later.

The sale of the building is subject to county board approval.

WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) – A 15-year-old charged as an adult in the stabbing death of a 13-year-old boy in central Wisconsin is being housed at an adult facility.

But the Daily Herald Media reports it wasn’t an easy decision for Marathon County officials.

The teen was ordered Thursday to stand trial in adult court in the death of 13-year-old Isaiah Powell on Feb. 27.

Since Powell’s death, the teen has been shuffled between the county’s juvenile detention center and the jail as officials determined where the law required him to be held.

Marathon County Jail Administrator Sandra La Du-Ives says they ultimately decided to house him in an adult facility but he is isolated from adults.

The teen’s attorney is pushing for the case to be moved to juvenile court.