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Officials with Excel Energy say a fallen tree limb that fell on power lines was responsible for the Wednesday night outage that knocked out power to thousands.  The outage lasted about an hour and affected customers on the northeast side of the city and also parts of Altoona.  More than 39-hundred customers were affected by the outage.

Former Packers coach Mike Holmgren — who led Green Bay to a Super Bowl championship in 1996 and two NFC championships — is a semifinalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.  Holmgren joins eight other coaches for the honor — including Mike Shanahan, Chuck Knox, Dan Reeves and Marty Schottenheimer.  Only one finalist from the group will be named a finalist to be considered by the full Hall of Fame Selection Committee for possible election next year.      

Wisconsin’s Deer Gun Season is coming up later on this month.  The nine-day hunting period runs from November 23rd through December 1st.  Well over 400-thousand gun, bow, crossbow, sports, and patron licenses have been purchased across the state so far.  For more information on licenses, harvest registration, safety guidelines, CLICK HERE.

Daylight Saving Time is ending across Wisconsin and most of the U.S. this weekend.  Clocks will “fall back” one hour at 2 a.m. on Sunday morning, giving many people more time to sleep.  The current system used across the country was established with the Uniform Time Act of 1966.  There have been numerous efforts to end the practice at the federal level over the years but none of them have been adopted so far.

A man from Western Wisconsin is going to prison for the rest of his life for sexually assaulting four young girls. Seventy-year-old Joseph Pierce Senior was found guilty for eight felonies in August. Three of his victims gave statements in court  today, and one said the abuse started when she was five years old. Pierce had previously served 21 years in prison for another count of child sexual assault in Waupaca County.

Vice Presidential nominee Tim Walz’s wife, Gwen Walz, will make three stops in Wisconsin this weekend. The Harris-Walz campaign says she’ll visit Eau Claire, Wausau, and Hudson on Saturday to advocate for Kamala Harris’ New Way Forward plan and criticize Donald Trump and the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 plan.  Exact locations and times for her visits aren’t announced yet. Trump and Harris will both be in Milwaukee tomorrow.

Open enrollment for healthcare under the Affordable Care Act starts in Wisconsin. Last year more than 254-thousand people signed up for health insurance on Healthcare-dot-gov in Wisconsin, setting a new state record. Wisconsinites will have until January 15 to enroll. CLICK HERE FOR MORE.

“From the Northwoods to the Fox Valley to the Driftless Area, I’m grateful our partners like Sen. Baldwin are helping bring investments home to Wisconsin to support our farmers and their families, bolster our state’s critical supply chain, build food resilience, and, importantly, help make sure our state’s proud agricultural tradition continues for generations to come.” -Gov. Evers The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced it has partnered with the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and

Trick-or-treaters in Eau Claire will need coats tonight, but they shouldn’t see any snow. There’s a Winter Weather Advisory in effect for parts of northwestern Wisconsin that means snow for some folks. Forecasters say the snow should be done by the time trick-or-treaters head out, but they say it will be cold. CLICK HERE FOR YOUR LOCAL FIRST ALERT FORECAST FROM WEAU 13 NEWS. When it comes to the costumes, some are evergreen, like princesses and pirates.  But others come

Former President Donald Trump jumped into a garbage truck at his campaign stop in Green Bay yesterday. The former president then spoke to the crowd wearing an orange safety vest, and laid into President Biden for calling Trump supporters garbage. Trump was in Green Bay as part of his final week swing through the battleground states. Brett Favre was also at the Green Bay event, and he too tore into Biden for calling Trump supporters garbage. Favre said police officers,