Philip Aurich's sister-in -law reports that he has been taken off sedation and is semi-conscious. 

Along with the sentence, Judge Theresa Neo imposed a number of stipulations, such as the completion of sex offender treatment, no unsupervised contact of children under the age of 18 and mandatory attendance of weekly meetings. 

Authorities say one person was killed when a small plane crashed in an Eden Prairie church parking lot Wednesday morning.

A legislative committee is set to take the first votes on a Republican bill that would lift Wisconsin's sulfide mining moratorium.