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Free fentanyl test strips are now available across Wisconsin.  The Wisconsin Department of Health Services now has a tool on its website where you can search places to find the test strips.  The department says drugs mixed with fentanyl are the leading cause of overdose deaths in Wisconsin.

ABOVE PHOTO: Members of the board of Latinos Unidos, a UW-Stout student organization, include from left, Ciomara Tomas, Jonathan Romero, Abigail Luna, Maria Escobar and Alejandro Calixto Martinez.  The plight of Nicaraguans living under an authoritarian regime will be the focus of a presentation at University of Wisconsin-Stout to recognize Hispanic Heritage Month. Professor Analisa DeGrave, who teaches Latin American literature and civilization and Spanish language courses at UW-Eau Claire, will present “Art and Performance as Resistance to Authoritarianism in

The Eau Claire County Parks & Forest Department announces that in accordance with state guidelines, the annual 0.7-foot (8.4 inches) winter draw down of Lake Altoona will begin on Monday morning, November 7, 2022. The purpose of the draw down is to minimize damage to property from ice shifting and to also create a larger reservoir capacity in anticipation of spring rains and runoff from melting snow. Also, per state guidelines, the draw down will be a maximum of six

Madison has sent its first 500 dollar guaranteed income checks.  Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway yesterday said 150 low income families are going to get 500 dollars each month for the next year.  The money has no strings attached, so people can spend it on whatever they want.  Rhodes-Conway says the idea is to help low income families by giving them some flexibility.  The guaranteed income program will cost Madison nearly a million-dollars over the next 12 months.

There are now federal charges for the Sun Prairie teacher accused of filming middle schoolers in the school bathroom.  Federal prosecutors filed charges yesterday against 34-year-old Matthew Quaglieri.  He was suspended by Sun Prairie Schools last week after police arrested him on child pornography charges.  Investigators say he recorded two students from Prairie View Middle School ‘engaging in sexually explicit conduct.’  Sun Prairie Schools say they are looking into if there are other victims.

Madison missed the worst of yesterday’s severe weather, but not everyone was as lucky.  The National Weather Service says a tornado touched down at Whitewater’s Willow Brook Public Golf Course yesterday.  There are no reports of any injuries, though there are plenty of tree limbs that are down.  Forecasters will spend part of the day today assessing the damage.  The same line of storms dropped other tornadoes near Milwaukee.  There were no injuries there either.

We have an update on the rollover crash that happened earlier this week in Barron County. The sheriff released the following press release: On late Wednesday night the Barron County Sheriff’s Department was advised that the 15 year oldinvolved in the accident from Monday night that was in Regions Hospital had passed away. Again our thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends of those affected from this incident. Per Chris Fitzgerald, Barron County Sheriff

There are now federal charges against the Tennessee man accused of driving to Chippewa County to kidnap a 15-year-old girl.  The U.S. Attorney’s Office filed child pornography charges this week against 22-year-old Trevor Blackburn. He’s already facing state charges of kidnapping and sexual assault.  The sheriff in Chippewa County says Blackburn kidnapped the girl from her home in Holcombe at the beginning of the month because she stopped talking to him online.

It’s going to be a while before folks are back at the Alma Hotel for lunch.  The restaurant yesterday said it is closed because of a kitchen fire.  Firefighters from eight departments responded to the fire Tuesday afternoon.  No one was hurt, but there is plenty of damage.  Fire investigators have not yet said what caused the fire.

Voters across Wisconsin will get one last chance to see the candidates for U.S. Senate on the same stage at the same time.  Tonight is the second, and likely final, U.S. Senate debate.  Republican Senator Ron Johnson and Democratic Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes will answer questions on Milwaukee TV tonight, but the debate will be streamed and broadcast across the state.  When it comes to a peek at the polls,  Wisconsin’s race for U.S. Senate is becoming lopsided while the race for