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Sentencing date set in sledgehammer attack

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Eau Claire (WQOW) - A sentencing date will now be set for a western Wisconsin man accused of hitting a man in the head with a sledgehammer.

It was two years ago in September when police said Brandon Chandler got into an altercation with two other men outside a home in rural Hixton.

Witnesses say Alex Hanson tried to break up the fight but Chandler got a sledgehammer and hit Hanson in the head with it. He suffered a apparent skull fracture.

Friday in court a charge of attempted murder was reduced to recklessly causing injury. Chandler, of Ettrick, pleaded no contest to that charge.

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