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A Medford man picks up a 7th OWI. It was on Monday, July 18th at approximately 3:24 pm, the Wisconsin State Patrol took a report of a vehicle traveling on Interstate 94 near Northfield, that was swerving back and forth between both eastbound lanes of traffic. A Wisconsin State Trooper was able to locate the vehicle and initiate a traffic stop at milepost 120 south of Black River Falls, after observing multiple traffic violations. The Trooper observed signed of impairment

You may have heard the rumors or seen the social media activity around a new addition to the date night landscape in our area. Eau Claire is a step closer to a new spot for baby back ribs (go ahead, sing the song!). The city’s Plan Commission last night unanimously approved the plan for a new Chili’s on the city’s south side. Commissioners also approved plans for a new Valvoline store as well.

Eau Claire County’s former district attorney has a year to get ready for trial in his sexual harassment case. A federal judge laid-out the schedule in the case yesterday. The Victim Witness Coordinator in the Eau Claire County D.A.’s office is suing former D.A. Gary King, claiming that he harassed her for years. King denies all of the claims. King resigned as top prosecutor last summer just after an investigation into his office found several claims of harassment and misconduct.

There’s now a lawsuit over the annexation fight between Eau Claire and the Town of Washington. The lawsuit challenges how Eau Claire annexed the nearly 300 acres back in June. Land can be annexed as long as it borders the city, the land in question did not, but does border a piece of Lowes Creek Park. The city annexed that land too, but the lawsuit says that annexation was flawed, so the whole thing should be canceled. The Town of

Lawmakers in Madison are getting ready to override the state’s Elections Commissions. The legislature’s Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules will meet tomorrow to kill a proposed rule from the Commission that would allow local election clerks to fill-in information on absentee ballots without contacting voters first. Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu says state law is clear that clerks cannot add missing information, and said the Elections Commission’s rule clearly violates that law. The coming override is just the

The NRA wants you to know it has never endorsed Tim Michels in the republican race for governor. The group yesterday blasted Michels after a campaign mailer falsely claimed that Michels had earned the NRA’s endorsement in the race. The NRA says it has not endorsed anyone, and won’t pick a candidate in the race. Michels’ campaign says there was a mistake on the flyer, and apologized.

Inmates leaving the Kewaunee County Jail are getting something more than their clothes and mail when they head back into the world. Sheriff Matt Joski says he will offer inmates Narcan upon their release. Narcan is used to treat opioid overdoses, and the sheriff said it’s needed in his community. Joski says there is a ‘humanistic side’ to his job, Joski said the idea is not to encourage drug use, but to encourage drug users to take the steps necessary

Five of the designs for Waukesha’s to-be-built Christmas  Parade Memorial will come from one Wisconsin, one will not. Planners yesterday said they will consider six designs to remember the six people killed and 60 people injured in the attack on the parade last November. Waukesha’s Parade Memorial Commission will meet next week to narrow the choices down to three, the hope is to have a final design chosen before the one-year anniversary of the attack.

We are getting a new look at what the Milwaukee Public Museum could look like. Designers unveiled a new rendering of the planned museum yesterday. It has a white exterior, with a wind-swept look. Designers say they pulled inspiration from Wisconsin’s natural features as well as Milwaukee’s rivers. The museum is to be built in Milwaukee’s Haymarket neighborhood for a cost of about 240 million-dollars.

Incumbent Democrat Wisconsin AG Josh Kaul is way ahead of his Republican challengers in fundraising.  Campaign finance reports show Kaul raised 860-thousand dollars in the last three months.  Republican ex-Assemblyman Adam Jarchow brought in 400 grand while Fond du Lac DA Eric Toney took in 100-thousand.  Toney, Jarchow, and Karen Mueller face each other next month in the GOP primary.