A Michigan man who killed three swimmers at a river on the Wisconsin border showed no remorse Thursday and told the victims’ parents they just needed to get over the deaths, shortly before he was sentenced to life in prison.

A father allegedly shot his 9-year-old son in the buttocks with a BB gun, a revelation that came to light after the boy wrote a school essay about the incident. The essay referred to the “painful afternoon my Dad shot me with a BB gun.” The boy wrote that his mother could hear him scream from the road, and called the experience “the most painful thing I ever felt in my life.” The elementary-school teacher turned the essay over to Dane County investigators. David J. Peschl, 36, was charged Friday with one felony count of child abuse. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 6 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. – From Fox News

Peschl admitted to investigators that he shot the boy, the criminal complaint said. Peschl said he was trying to watch TV in his home in the southern Wisconsin town of Oregon but the boy was blocking his view and didn’t move out of the way when asked to do so. – From Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

I’m not sure which part is more depressing: that a father would shoot his son with a BB gun or that the boy would think it normal to write about in a school essay. A Wisconsin nine-year-old related the day his father shot him in the buttocks for not moving out from in front of the TV screen in an essay for his teacher; and the teacher called in police to investigate the boy’s father. – From Babble.com.au

Lost his job. Busted for soliciting a minor via the Internet. Wife filed for divorce. More charges for possession of child porn. Not a good month for Mr. Becker.

Former Racine Mayor Gary Becker faces two more charges related to his arrest in an Internet sex sting and didn’t speak during a court hearing Tuesday. The court entered not guilty pleas on Becker’s behalf to eight felony charges after prosecutors announced that they were filing two new counts of possession of child pornography. Becker’s attorney, Patrick Cafferty, told The Associated Press he was told about the new charges earlier Tuesday before the afternoon arraignment and used a procedural rule of having Becker stand mute instead of responding to the charges. – From Chicago Tribune

Two more charges of possession of child pornography have been filed against former Racine Mayor Gary Becker. During an arraignment in Racine County Circuit Court Tuesday, Becker did not enter a plea. Instead, he allowed Judge Stephen Simanek to enter a not guilty plea to the charges, which include attempted sexual assault of a child, child enticement, using a computer to facilitate a child sex crime, misconduct in public office, and now three counts of possession of child pornography. Becker is scheduled to return to court April 3rd for a pre-trial conference. – From Wisconsin Radio Network

Not guilty pleas were entered Tuesday on behalf of Gary Becker at the former Racine mayor’s arraignment on criminal charges stemming from an Internet sting investigation. As is done in some cases, Becker didn’t speak when asked to enter his pleas, so Racine County Circuit Judge Stephen Simanek entered the pleas for him. Becker, 51, had been charged with five felonies and a misdemeanor. But two more charges were entered Tuesday. He is accused of trying to arrange to have sex with a 14-year-old girl he thought he was corresponding with on the Internet. An undercover agent for the state actually was exchanging messages with him. – From Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

George Eisenhart Jr. was greatly admired by monster truck industry colleagues for promoting safety and helping build success with a sport he worked in for more than 16 years. Eisenhart, 41, from Chardon, Ohio, died from injuries after being struck by a truck Saturday night at a Monster Truck Nationals show at the Dane County Coliseum.

“A tragic accident” is how Dane County officials describe the death of George Eisenhart Jr. at the Monster Truck Nationals show Saturday night at the Dane County Coliseum — the second death in just over a week involving monster trucks. Eisenhart, 41, of Chardon, Ohio, was hit by one of the giant-wheeled, thundering vehicles he loved when he stepped into its path near the end of the performance. He was pronounced dead two hours later at Univeristy of Wisconsin Hospital of major, “crushing” internal injuries, Coroner John Stanley said. – from Madison.com

The Dane County Coroner says 41-year-old George Eisenhart Jr. of Chardon, Ohio, died after the accident on Saturday night in Madison. A witness tells the Wisconsin State Journal that Eisenhart walked out in front of one of the monster trucks just as it was about to pass by. – from Foxnews

The driver of the monster truck that crushed the show’s promoter and announcer during a performance at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison on Saturday did not see the victim, who had left a track safety well, the Dane County Sheriff’s Department said Sunday. Eisenhart was crushed under a 600-pound wheel on the truck known as “Samson” driven by Daniel Patrick, 54, of Circleville, Ohio, a veteran of more than 20 years in the business, officials said. – from Milwaukee

WTF is going on in Wisconsin!? First snowmobilers run over and kill five deer, now this.

Brutality on open water left 57 mallard ducks dead Tuesday afternoon in Fond du Lac. The ducks were found about 2 p.m. in and around open water on the Fond du Lac River near the city’s Wastewater Treatment Plant, said Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Warden Supervisor George Protogere of Green Bay. It is the second incident in a week in the state regarding snowmobiles and animal cruelty. Authorities are searching for a group of snowmobilers who allegedly herded some deer, tortured and killed them in Waupaca County. – From Fond du Lac Reporter

Authorities are searching for a snowmobiler who apparently ran over and killed 57 mallard ducks Tuesday on the Fond du Lac River, just days after five deer were killed when snowmobilers herded them together and ran them over Friday night in Waupaca County. The ducks were found in an area of open water and on the ice of the river near Lake Winnebago in Fond du Lac, said George Protogere, a DNR warden supervisor. – From JSonline.com

Investigators are trying to find a snowmobiler who ran over and killed 57 mallard ducks on a river near Fond du Lac. The Department of Natural Resources says the ducks were killed Tuesday and found in a hole in the ice and on both sides of it in the Fond du Lac River. – From here

Thrill killing is suspected in the slaughter of five deer in Waupaca County, with snowmobilers believed to have chased the animals down in a field and run them over, authorities said Monday. By Monday afternoon, a reward fund for information leading to the killers had climbed to $9,000, fueled by local snowmobile clubs and residents outraged by the crime. “Apparently some people using snowmobiles as a weapon ran down, dragged and did unspeakable acts of cruelty” to the deer, said state Department of Natural Resources spokeswoman Laurel Steffes. – From JSonline.com

A group of snowmobilers in central Wisconsin herded and killed four deer and severely injured a fifth in what a warden called a senseless act of cruelty on Monday. No arrests have been made in the Saturday morning incident about five miles south of Waupaca, said Ted Dremel, a state Department of Natural Resources warden. – From WTMJ

In college hoops, West Virginia routed #15 Ohio State, 76-48.

Florida State crushed the Badgers of Wisconsin, 42-13, in the Champs Sports Bowl.

The West Virginia Mountaineers edged North Carolina State in Meineke Bowl, 31-30, behind QB Pat White’s big day.