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We’re going to get our last snapshot of Wisconsin’s races for governor and U.S. Senate tomorrow. The final Marquette Law School Poll of the election season is due out tomorrow at noon. Both races are close. Recent polls give Governor Evers a slight lead over Republican Tim Michels, and give Republican U.S. Senator Ron Johnson a lead over Democrat Mandela Barnes. Voters will decide the races in a little less than a month.

Some people in Oconomowoc will be able to hunt deer from the backyards under the city’s newest plan.  The common council there voted last week to allow people to bow hunt deer inside the city as a way to thin the deer population.  Homeowners will need to be at least 50 yards away from their home and their neighbor’s homes to shoot at a deer.  Oconomowoc is also opening-up two pieces of city owned land for hunting.  Bow hunting season

The City of Eau Claire Cemeteries staff will be performing their semi- annual clean-up of Eau Claire’s two cemeteries on Monday, October 17, 2022 and remind everyone that personal items and summer decorations that they wish to keep should be removed from grave sites on or before October 17, items remaining after that date will be removed by staff. Metal flowerpot stands may remain in place but should to be emptied prior to October 16. Both City Cemeteries, Forest Hill

Wisconsin now has some of the highest gas prices in the Midwest.  Triple-A says the statewide average is three dollars and 98-cents a gallon, up five-cents from this time last week.  Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan are the only Midwest states where gas is more expensive.  The average in Madison is over four dollars at four-oh-five a gallon.

Madison is one of the top-15 safest cities in the country.  WalletHub ranks Madison 13th compared to the 182 largest cities in the country based on over three dozen safety indicators.  WalletHub says Madison ranks 15th for home and community safety but just 89th for natural disaster risk.  WalletHub says the safest city in the U.S. is Columbia, Maryland and the least safe is St. Louis, Missouri.

Milwaukee Police say they’ve taken cars from at least 100 reckless drivers. The city announced the numbers from the first few months of its crackdown on reckless driving. Police say they’ve towed over 100 cars and made six arrests. Half of the cars towed were taken from drivers who don’t own those cars. Milwaukee’s mayor announced the towing program earlier this year in an attempt to cut down on the number of reckless drivers and crashes in Milwaukee. Anyone caught

On Saturday, October 8, 2022, at 9:15 a.m., the Barron County Sheriff’s Department received a 911 call of a traffic accident on Hwy 53 just south of Rice Lake. Deputies from the Barron County Sheriff’s Department along with the Cameron Fire Department, LMC Ambulance, Life Link Helicopter and WI State Patrol all responded to the scene. Initial investigation shows a truck driven by John Baier, 79 of Arkansaw, WI, was travelling south on Hwy 53 when he lost control and

On October 9, 2022, at 6:02 p.m., the Barron County Dispatch Center received a 911 call reporting a UTV crash that had occurred in the Village of Prairie Farm and the UTV operator was attempting to load an unconscious male back into a UTV but was stopped by citizens at the scene. Deputies from the Barron County Sheriff’s Department along with the Dallas Ambulance, Mayo Barron Ambulance, Clear Lake Ambulance, Prairie Farm Fire Department, Life Link III Helicopter and the

The sheriff in Eau Claire is looking into how a woman ended-up being shot by an arrow over the weekend. The woman called 9-1-1 after being hit with an arrow in the Town of Washington. Investigators are not saying who shot her, or what she was doing when she was shot. The sheriff’s office says she is expected to live, and says there is no threat to the community. CLICK HERE TO READ THE ORIGINAL PRESS RELEASE FROM AUTHORTITES.

 We could get our first look at the Waukesha Christmas Parade suspect’s defense strategy.  The judge in the case gave Darrell Brooks Jr. til the end of the day today to produce his witness list. Brooks is acting as his own lawyer, and didn’t offer an opening statement. It’s not clear what kind of defense he will offer.  He has been erratic and disruptive each day of the trial so far.  Prosecutors began with witnesses last week, they are expected