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Authorities have items recovered after a series of break ins.   The Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office received reports of vehicles being entered and items taken without the owner’s consent on multiple days in March 2022. The thefts were reported in the Town of Lafayette. The area is also known as “Wissota Woods.” The Sheriff’s Office thanks a resident that provided surveillance of the offenders attempting to enter vehicles. Investigators reviewed the surveillance and identified two (2) juveniles. The juveniles are

Hwy 53 reopened after an accident shut down the road.   A pickup was struck by debris/trailer and two individuals were transported to a local hospital. The semi-tractor trailer was hauling scrap metal. The driver of semi-tractor trailer was transported to a local hospital and will be issued a citation for Failure to maintain proper control of a vehicle. The Wisconsin State Patrol is assisting the Lake Hallie Police with the inspection of the semi-tractor trailer and accident reconstruction.

April 4-8, 2022 is designated as “Tornado and Severe Weather Awareness Week” in Wisconsin and Eau Claire County. The following themes for each day next week have been set by Wisconsin National Weather Service offices: Alerts & Warnings, Severe Thunderstorms & Lightning, Flooding, Tornadoes, and Extreme Heat. Eau Claire County Emergency Management will be posting information and safety tips for all these themes to social media pages each day next week. On Thursday, April 7th at 1:45 PM and 6:45

The Humane Society of Southern Wisconsin starts its annual cutest pet contest tomorrow.  The Humane Society asks contestants to submit a picture of their pet online at pets-go-home-dot-org for ten dollars.  You can then go to the website and vote for the cutest dog for one dollar a vote through April 30th.  The winners will be featured on the Humane Society’s 2023 Cutest Pet Calendar.

The Eau Claire Police Department has been notified Sex Offender Jeremy J. Deen DOB 02/13/1988 will bereleased from prison on April 5, 2022. Deen will be under supervision by the Wisconsin Department ofCorrections (DOC). Deen’s previous convictions include: Possession Of Child Pornography (01/31/2019) Eau Claire County Child Enticement (01/29/2007) Eau Claire County Cause Child To View Or Listen To Sexual Activity (01/29/2007) Eau Claire CountyDeen will be residing at a DOC monitored residence in the 800 block of East Grand

 A Milwaukee police officer accused of double-dipping to get her college expenses paid has resigned as part of a deferred prosecution agreement. Officer Patricia Swayka left the force yesterday. Prosecutors say she billed the city for just over 37 hundred-dollars in tuition reimbursement that she was not eligible for. The resignation agreement allows Swayka to apply for a job with another police department in the future. Milwaukee police officers are eligible for 15 hundred-dollars per-year in tuition reimbursement, but only

There is a warning about a sex offender who’s released in Menomonie. The Dunn County Sheriff’s Office yesterday said Brian Thibado was released on Tuesday and will be living at a home on 463rd Street. Thibado served time for second degree sexual assault of a child, and other charges. In addition to remaining on the state’s sex offender list, he must abide by a series of restrictions while living in Menomonie.

They’re about 80 percent there. Managers at the Northern Wisconsin State Fair say they’ve raised just under five million of the six million-dollars they want to improve the fairgrounds. Manager Rusty Volk says the fundraising campaign is going ‘extremely well.’ The plan is to modernize and improve barns and other buildings on the fairgrounds. Volk says they plan to break ground in August, just after the fair wraps-up. Construction should wrap-up next winter.

Wisconsin’s Assembly Speaker has two weeks to deliver emails and calendars connected to the state’s election investigation or face fines of a thousand-dollars-a-day. A judge in Madison yesterday found Assembly Speaker Robin Vos in contempt of court. The judge says Vos ignored a court order to turn-over the information as part of an open records request from an outside liberal group. The group is demanding information about the Gableman investigation into the 2020 election in Wisconsin. The judge says Vos deliberately

There continues to be confusion about absentee ballots ahead of next week’s election. Different communities are handling the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s recent ruling on returning absentee ballots differently. Part of the confusion comes from a letter from the League of Wisconsin Municipalities that warned not accepting ballots from non-voters could be a civil rights violation. Milwaukee Elections Commission director Claire Woodall-Vogg yesterday said they do not check IDs when voters return ballots, and will continue to allow people to return absentee ballots for other