Comment on Wisconsin man accused of stabbing woman waives extradition to Wisconsin

IOWA CITY — A judge Thursday ruled a man will be held without bond until he is extradited back to Wisconsin to face a charge of stabbing his girlfriend multiple times in the face and neck last September. Canyon Thixton, 37, of Portage, was arrested in Cedar Rapids Wednesday on a Wisconsin warrant in connection with an attempted first-degree homicide charge.Thixton waived extradition back to Wisconsin Thursday and 6th Judicial District Judge Paul Miller accepted his written waiver and ordered him to remain in jail without bond.Thixton also pleaded to a simple misdemeanor in an eluding incident Oct.