ALTOONA (WQOW) - It was chilly and snowy Saturday morning in River Prairie Park, but that didn t stop people from participating in the first-ever United States Crokicurl Championship.
Eight teams came to the new crokicurl rink, the first of its kind in the U.S. Similar to curling, players try to get their team s rocks into the button, or to get the other team s rocks out of the playing surface. Altoona s management analyst Roy Atkinson said it s exciting to see people embrace a new winter sport. The addition of crokicurl to River Prairie Park is huge, Atkinson said. It s another outlet to get people outside on a really cold day, it s negative five degrees out now, we have a really nice crowd and people out here are excited to play.
EAU CLAIRE â A Greenwood man attempted to solicit a 14-year-old girl online for sex, authorities said.
But the man was actually corresponding with a male undercover police officer posing as the girl, police said.
Ricky A. Doede, 45, was charged Monday in Eau Claire County Court with felony counts of use of a computer to facilitate a child sex crime, child enticement and attempted sexual assault of a child under age 16.
A $10,000 signature bond was set for Doede, which prohibits him from using a computer and having contact with children.
Doede returns to court Jan. 26.
According to the criminal complaint:
On Aug. 8, an Altoona police officer posed as a 14-year-old girl on a social media service.