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 Snapchat is launching a parental control feature called “Family Center” that allows parents to keep an eye on who their young teens have been chatting with.  The app’s Platform Policy and Social Impact Director Nona Farahnik Yadegar says it’s an opportunity for a parent and a teen to talk about Snap, online safety, an what it means to connect with people online. The move comes after the company is under scrutiny from many parents after some children have bought drugs using

Intoxication leads to an arrest for a Lake Hallie woman. On August 10, 2022, at approximately 12:18 am, Lake Hallie Police Officers were dispatched to Slim’s Tavern, 1979 County Highway OO, Lake Hallie, for a heavily intoxicated female, identified as 21 year old Kaitlyn Eberhardt, from Lake Hallie, who was combative and refusing to get into a cab. Officers learned that Eberhardt had bit an individual as well as ripped a shirt of another individual prior to their arrival. As

There is now a nationwide manhunt for the suspects in last week’s shooting at the Mall of America. Police in Bloomington say the suspected shooter, 21-year-old Shamar Lark, and the man who police say encouraged the shooting remain at large. Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges said they will not rest until Lark and his accomplice are in custody. Surveillance footage shows them leave the mall, then get a ride to a near-by hotel. After that, no one is guessing where

Coming out of the voting booth we know what your fall ballot will look like. It will be Tim Michels and Tony Evers in November. Michels yesterday easily beat Rebecca Kleefisch to win the Republican nomination for governor. Michels won by about 35 thousand votes, and outperformed Kleefisch across almost the entire state. Michels says his goal is to replace Governor Evers, who he says has failed the state. Evers last night called Michels ‘the most divisive and extreme candidate’

It will be Dave Riewestahl and Don Henning in the race for Eau Claire County sheriff. Riewestahl beat out Kevin Otto in yesterday’s Democratic primary by getting about 55 percent of the vote. Henning was the only Republican in the race. They are both looking to replace Sheriff Ron Cramer who is retiring.

A Wisconsin man is dead after police say he hit a bear while riding his motorcycle in western Montana. The Montana Highway Patrol says the 66-year-old man from Fond du Lac hit the bear Sunday morning south of the town of Swan Lake. Troopers  say the man wasn’t wearing a helmet, and died at the scene. Game wardens tracked the injured bear down and put it down.

Wisconsin’s next sportsbook is set for the Northwoods. The Department of Interior is reviewing a new gaming agreement between the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Chippewa and the state of Wisconsin. The agreement would allow sports betting at the casino in Hayward and another spot on the reservation. The governor signed the agreement on Friday. The Lac Courte Oreilles Band is the latest tribe in Wisconsin to get the go-ahead to open a sports book at its casino.

Wisconsin is a big step closer to closing its troubled youth prisons. Governor Evers yesterday announced the state has bought land in Milwaukee to eventually replace the Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake facilities. The state has been wanting to, and waiting to, close both prisons for years after complaints of abuse. The closures, however, have been stalled because no one could agree on where to build their replacements. The governor yesterday said he expects city leaders in Milwaukee to officially jump

The chainsaws are coming back to Carson Park in Eau Claire. The US Open Chainsaw Sculpture Championship begins tomorrow and runs through Sunday. This is the first time since 2019 that the championships will be held in Eau Claire. Tickets are on sale now, they are half-price for tomorrow’s first day.

The new security cameras are up at the Ochsner Park Zoo in Baraboo. Zoo managers yesterday said the new cameras are up and running. The zoo added them after an Indiana man broke into the zoo and freed some animals back in June. The cameras are just of a new security system that the zoo hopes will prevent another break-in and another attempt to let the animals go.