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The search is on for a missing UW-La Crosse senior.  Hamud Faal’s roommates say he didn’t come home after going out last Saturday night.  They reported him missing.  The 25-year old Psych student from Sun Prairie was last seen walking along Front Street around 3:30-a.m. last Sunday.  Dozens of volunteers plan to gather today at Riverside Park around noon to search for Faal.

The Wisconsin Department of Corrections says inmates can soon receive visitors again.  Inmate visitation was stopped at the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020, was reinstated last year in July but was stopped again in December with the advent of the Omicron variant.  Yesterday Corrections Department chief Kevin Carr says as of March 1st in person visitation is again being restored.

Face mask use is about to become an option for state employees.  An update yesterday from the Wisconsin Department of Administration says starting March 1st face mask use for most state employees will be an option.  The mask requirement remains in place for Corrections, Health Services including health care center workers and Veteran’s Affairs workers until at least April 1st.

There’s a possibility the Wisconsin Supreme Court could have a say in the resistance to a probe on elections integrity.  Yesterday Assembly Speaker Robin Vos called on the state high court to intervene in a suit brought by Attorney General Josh Kaul in favor of the election commission.  Former state supreme court justice Michael Gableman issued subpoenas for depositions from elections commission members, the mayors of Madison and Green Bay and other officials in the elections probe.  The officials so far aren’t

Social media has become a daily habit for many people, but not everything about it get a THUMBS UP. For one mom in Minnesota she took a chance that money talks louder than Facebook and offered her child a unique deal.  The mom saw some of the struggles that her daughter was going through with social media and offered her teenaged son $1,800 for staying off of social media for 6 years.  He took the deal,  spent 6 years off of social media, and now will have

At 7:00 AM on Friday February 25, 2022 a crash occurred on I-94 WB at Mile Marker 65 in EAU CLAIRE County near EAU CLAIRE. Assisting agencies included Eau Claire County Sheriff’s Office, Eau Claire Fire and Rescue, and Eau Claire County Highway Department. The driver of a semi-tractor trailer unit which was traveling westbound on I94 during a winter weather event lost control, slid into the median and down a hill where it struck a pillar of the eastbound

The State of Wisconsin is set to receive 400-million dollars in a nationwide opioid settlement.   Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul announced this morning the money will be used by state and local governments to fight the opioid crisis.  Wisconsin is one of 52 states and territories involved in the 26-billion dollar settlement with three drug distributors.  The money is expected to start going out in the spring.

President Biden and the First Lady are coming to Wisconsin next week.  Biden will make an appearance in Superior Wednesday to talk about the bipartisan infrastructure bill.  The exact time and location of the event haven’t been released.

There are some Wisconsin families keeping an extra-close eye on the situation in Ukraine. The Wisconsin National Guard yesterday said 150 guardsmen are in Eastern Europe. The troops with the 107th Maintenance Company based in Sparta and Viroqua have been in Europe since May of last year. A guard spokesman says they were originally in Poland, Romania, and Lithuania, but have mostly all been called back to Poland. The troops are due to come home sometime this spring, but no one is saying just

 Derek Hammer’s latest court appearance was quick and full of complaints. Hammer appeared in Green County yesterday on what he called “Mickey Mouse charges.” He’s facing felony charges in a drug case, but is also the prime suspect in the disappearance of his girlfriend, Melissa Trumpy. She’s been missing since last October. The D.A. in Green County said earlier this month that her disappearance is likely a “no-body homicide.”