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Police in Black River Falls are turning to the public to help find whoever vandalized a brand new school there.  Investigators yesterday say they have several suspects for the damage at the Forrest Street Elementary building, they’re now looking for evidence on social media that will tie the suspects to the crime.  Police say someone broke into the school just before it opened last month, sprayed fire extinguisher foam all over the walls and the inside of the recently built

There is a desperate need for blood in Chippewa County.  The county’s health department yesterday said The Red Cross is looking to fill its blood bank.  The Red Cross is sending blood to Florida to help with the hurricane relief effort.  Here in the Chippewa Valley that means they are looking for people with Type O blood.  There is a blood drive tomorrow at the county courthouse.

Wisconsin’s public health managers have a new website to track monkeypox cases in the state.  The Department of Health Services launched the new site yesterday.  Wisconsin saw its monkeypox cases peak back in early August, since then cases have fallen to just two last week.  In all, Wisconsin has seen 75 monkeypox cases.

 A new report shows Wisconsin’s governor election is the most expensive in the U.S.  This month’s campaign finance report shows Governor Tony Evers raised over four-and-a-half-million dollars between July 26th and August 31st.  Republican challenger Tim Michels raised over five-point-four-million dollars, five-million of which he contributed himself.  AdImpact Politics says the two have spent a combined 55-million dollars on their campaigns.

Madison has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country.  Out of the 180 largest cities in the U.S., WalletHub says Madison’s unemployment rate is the 16th-lowest at two-point-four percent.  WalletHub says Madison’s unemployment rate went down nearly a tenth-of-a-percent from July to August.

It’s time to open doors in Bloomer. “Our caregivers will provide a helping hand with everyday activities so our tenants can live as independently as possible. ..” Dove Healthcare – Bloomer Assisted Living is now open with tenants scheduled to start moving in next week. The assisted living residence on Duncan Road features 24, one-bedroom apartments, and tenants can also access the services provided in the therapy gym and hair salon at the attached skilled nursing and rehabilitation center. Administrator

It’s a 350-thousand-dollar bond for the man accused of burning down his own bar in Lyndon Station.  A judge yesterday set Heath Fjorden’s bond.  Prosecutors say he poured gasoline into the basement of Beagle Bar back on September 1st, then lit a match.  The fire and explosion damaged the bar and burned Fjordsen.  He was hospitalized because of his burns.  He’s due back in court next month.

Wisconsin’s attorney general is among those asking for more money in the next state budget.  A-G Josh Kaul yesterday asked the governor for nearly a half-billion dollars for his agency.  Kaul says he wants to use the money, including an extra 175 million-dollars in new money, to hire more people for the state’s crime lab and open a 24 hour hotline for hate crimes in the state.  Most other state agencies are also asking for more money in the state

You might want to grab the heavy hoodie or even reach for the coat this morning! Don’t be surprised by frost across the Chippewa Valley. Eau Claire and a large part of northwestern Wisconsin are under a Freeze Warning until 8 o’clock this morning. Forecasters say temperatures could bottom-out as low as 30 degrees.  This is the coldest morning of the forecast, things warm-up for the rest of the week.

Eau Claire County wants to hear from the community as to how it should spend its opioid settlement money. County supervisors last week agreed to create a commission that will help decide how to spend the two-point-six million-dollars the county is getting as part of the national opioid settlement. The idea is to focus on treatment and help for people dealing with addiction. Eau Claire County hopes to get the first 300 thousand-dollars from the settlement by the end of