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The sheriff in Green County says he doesn’t have enough guards to safely watch over his jail’s female inmates. Sheriff Jeff Skatrud yesterday said he is sending the women who used to be housed at his jail to the jail in Iowa County, or sending them home on electronic monitoring. The sheriff says it could be a year or more before he can hire and train enough guards to be able to once again keep women in his jail.

The Wisconsin Division of Motor Vehicles is holding extended hours to make sure people can get everything they need for tomorrow’s primary election.  The Wisconsin Department of Transportation says DMV’s across the state are open until six o’clock this evening so people can get their photo ID’s.  More information is available on the Wisconsin DMV website.

The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office is warning people in the northwest part of the county to be cautious as it investigates a recent spree of burglaries.  The sheriff’s office says the burglaries have involved occupied homes.  Anyone with information is asked to call the sheriff’s office dispatch line.

A local donation ensures that our community continues to see food in their homes. Chilson Subaru donates over $18000.00 to the Feed My People Food Bank in Eau Claire. Chilson Subaru nominated the local charity as part of the Subaru Share the Love Event for 2021 and will partner again with Feed My People for the 2022 Subaru Share the Love Event.   Chilson Subaru and The Chilson Family of Dealerships have been locally owned for over 60 years. The

Eleven students from universities across the nation conducted research this summer to understand and improve the health of the Red Cedar watershed, which is affected by eutrophication – phosphorus and nitrogen pollution, causing blue-green algae blooms and dissolved oxygen levels. University of Wisconsin-Stout professors led the LAKES REU students in their research across anthropology, psychology, biology and engineering disciplines. The LAKES students and mentors invite community members to an open house from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 11, at the

It was a violent weekend in Milwaukee. Police in the city say 19 people were shot between Friday afternoon and late last night, two of them died. The shootings include a quadruple shooting on Friday, a flurry of shootings that saw five people shot in an hour-and-a-half on Saturday, and a double shooting on Sunday. Milwaukee Police say they’ve now seen more than 500 non-fatal shootings in the city so far this year.

We might be a little damp here to start the week, but folks across southern Wisconsin are waking-up to flood worries. The National Weather Service has the entire southern third of the state under a flood watch til later this afternoon. Forecasters say Madison and the surrounding counties could see as much as two inches of rain. The same forecasters say folks to the north could get even more rain. The fear is low-lying areas could end-up underwater, and local streams and

Wisconsin’s Republican race for governor is tight heading into tomorrow’s Election Day. A new poll from Emerson College gives Rebecca Kleefisch a two-point lead over Tim Michels, 36-34, but that’s within the poll’s margin of error. The poll says 14 percent of Republican voters are undecided while eight percent of voters support Tim Ramthun and six percent support Kevin Nicholson, even though he dropped out of the race. Voters will make their choice tomorrow.

The next green energy project in Eau Claire looks to be headed for the roof of one of the city’s fire stations. The city’s capital plan calls for a new solar array for the roof at Fire Station Number Five. There’s already a solar panel at Fire Station Number Eight, out by the city’s airport. City planner Ned Noel said both projects will help Eau Claire meet its goal to be carbon neutral by 2050 and the city’s 100 percent

Who doesn’t want to spend a few beautiful summer days along the Milwaukee lakefront? Republican National Committee boss Ronna McDaniel said that’s why Milwaukee was the obvious choice for the 2024 Republican Convention. The RNC voted to pick Milwaukee on Friday. Afterwards, McDaniel said Milwaukee hit it on every single level.’ We’re still waiting to see just when the RNC will come to town in two years.