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Kids across the state of Wisconsin will bring home a little something extra next month. The Attorney General’s Office says it will be distributing over 900 thousand fingerprint ID kits to school kids. The idea is for parents to keep their child’s fingerprints and some personal information on-hand just in case the kids go missing. Law enforcement officials say the kits are for parents to keep and are not meant to be sent back to the state. The kits will cost nearly

There’s a new winner at the finish line of the marathon! The Eau Claire Marathon is excited to announce that the Markquart Family of Dealerships has signed on as a title sponsor for the 2022 Eau Claire Marathon race events on April 30-May 1, 2022. “We are very excited for this new partnership with Markquart…” -ulemen Known as “The Biggest Small Town Race in the USA”, the Eau Claire Marathon is a family- focused weekend that anticipates 4,000+ participants coming

The Eau Claire Chamber opens it’s doors to a new online experience. If you are interested in adding a new website to your collection, CLICK HERE TO SEE WHAT’S NEW.

Milwaukee is once again counting shooting victims after a violent weekend.  Police in the city say six people were shot yesterday, including a triple shooting that left one person dead.  That shooting happened at a south side bar.  Police say the accused gunman opened fire after being asked to leave a private party.  Milwaukee Police say they are looking for several suspects in the case.

Police in Tomah say they are looking for the cause of a fire that destroyed five semi trucks over the weekend.  It happened at Holland Trucking on Saturday morning.  Firefighters say all five trucks were fully engulfed in flames when they arrived.  No one was hurt.  It took fire crews nearly two-hours to put the fire out.

The man suspected of starting the deadly fire at a Door County bar says he was just trying to smoke a cigarette.  Fifty seven-year-old Anthony Gonzalez made his first appearance in court on Friday. Police arrested him the day before.  Investigators say Gonzalez told them he spilled lighter fluid on his bed while trying to light a cigarette.  That fire spread and gutted the historic Butch’s Bar.  Two people who lived in the apartments above the bar died in the

The man convicted to raping and killing an nine-year-old girl back in 1973 will not be getting out of prison.  A judge last week denied 73-year-old Gerald Turner’s latest request to leave the Sand Ridge Secure Treatment Center.  Turner was sentenced to 38-years behind bars for the Halloween night rape and murder of Lisa Ann French in Fond du Lac.  Prosecutors say Turner is a sexually violent person and needs to be kept locked away.

It was a weekend of searching for a missing UW-La Crosse student.  Nearly 200 people turned-out for a search on Saturday for 25-year-old Hamud Faal.  He’s been missing since last Monday.  Searchers looked at Riverside Park and other places around town.  No one is sure just where he may have gone, or if he is with someone. If you have any information you are asked to take it to authorities.

We’re expecting another peak at the investigation into the 2020 presidential election.  The Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections will hold a hearing tomorrow morning to get an update from former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Mike Gableman about his investigation.  Gableman had hoped to wrap-up his investigation by now, but has said the mayors of Green Bay and Madison, along with several state election managers haven’t been cooperating.  Republicans last week approved a sweeping set of election changes inspired by Gableman’s investigation. 

We’re waiting for the latest snapshot of the coronavirus in Wisconsin.  The state’s Hospital Association on Friday said just 561 people are hospitalized with the virus, including just 109 people in the ICU.  Those are both the lowest numbers since last August.  Today’s update is due out later this afternoon.