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A Madison environmental non-profit is warning about the effects of using too much salt during winter weather.  The Clean Lakes Alliance says over-salting sidewalks can lead to salt ending up in lakes.  The group says it takes very little salt to negatively impact a body of water.  Wisconsin Salt Wise says about 525-thousand tons of salt is used in Wisconsin every year.

Police in Appleton say they nabbed 12 pounds of fentanyl in a bust this week. The arrest happened Monday. The Lake Winnebago Area Metropolitan Enforcement Group says they took 54 thousand pills off the street. Authorities say they were worth a half-million dollars. Two people were arrested, they’re now facing drug charges.

There’s finally a suspect in custody in an Appleton murder from 1988. Prosecutors yesterday announced charges against Gene Meyer. He’s been living in Washington state for years, but used to live in Valders, Wisconsin. Investigators connected him to the 1988 murder and sexual assault of Betty Rolf through DNA evidence.

On Thursday, December 15 from 5:30 to 7 p.m., the Eau Claire City-County Health Department and At The Roots LLC will hold an opioid overdose prevention workshop at Banbury Place in Eau Claire. At this free workshop, the public will learn how to use the overdose reversal medication Narcan and how to identify an opioid overdose. Attendees will also get a box of free Narcan nasal spray and a medication lockbox to take home. Register for this free 90-minute workshop

Lace up your Elf shoes and get ready to be a sidekick for Santa! You can be part of the spirit of the season as our own FESTIVAL OF TOYS is underway. Just bring unwrapped toys to Festival stores. The Mall Drive location is our headquarters TODAY-Friday, December 9th. Our own jolly Elf, John Murphy will be out there live and you can drop of new, unwrapped toys, or cash to help families in our area this holiday season. Those

It’s 40 years in prison for the man who shot and wounded three police officers in Wauwatosa last year. A judge yesterday gave Kenneth Burney four decades behind bars for the shooting at the Radisson Hotel. Police were responding to a separate shots fired call when they found Burney holed-up in his room. When officers broke down his door, he opened fire. Three Tosa officers were wounded, all three survived. He was convicted in the case earlier this year.

A night of over-indulging in alcohol and under-judging actions led to a 23 thousand-dollar bill for a UW-Eau Claire student. A judge yesterday accepted a deferred prosecution agreement for 21-year-old Zachary Cunningham. Police say he broke into the basement of a campus dorm back in February and destroyed several rooms, including a music room. Cunningham told police he’d been drinking that night but didn’t offer a reason for the destruction. He’s already paid back about 19 thousand dollars.

One Eau Claire County supervisor is talking about legal pot. Supervisor Judy Gatlin says 69 percent of voters in the county agreed with her advisory referendum that pot should be legal in the state. She says the next step is to get lawmakers to agree. Gatlin says the overwhelming show of support from voters could make that easier. Wisconsin lawmakers have repeatedly turned-down offers to legalize marijuana in the state. That’s not expected to change next year.

The Red Cross in Wisconsin says it’s made a generous offer to its workers who are promising a strike. The Red Cross is not saying just how much money it’s willing to pay workers at its blood centers, but managers yesterday did say they’ve offered ‘lump sum bonuses, annual wage increases, enhancements to safety, holidays and quality affordable health care, as well as a new Paid Family Leave benefit.’ AFSCME, the union which represents the Red Cross workers in Wisconsin is threatening to strike

One of the Republican lawmakers in charge of the state’s next budget says decreasing Wisconsinites’ tax burden is a top priority. State Rep. Mark Born used the Republicans’ weekly radio address to say Wisconsin’s six billion-dollar surplus is proof that the state is collecting too much money in taxes. He says Republicans want to find a way to give some of that money back to hard working families, while also finding ways to invest in roads, schools, and healthcare.