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Think of it as a pub crawl, with cheese. The folks at Visit Eau Claire yesterday announced plans for a first ‘Curd Crawl’ in the city. It’s virtual, curd lovers sign-in on an app. Visit Eau Claire says 18 different spots in the city have signed-up for the crawl so far. If you visit four, you get a sticker that says ‘I crawled for curds in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.’ If you visit eight different places you get a t-shirt.

The Marshfield Police Department had responded to a residence in the area of Popp Avenue from Mann Street to Spencer Street in reference to an individual making homicidal statements. The individual has been taken into custody without incident and the area is now clear fornormal travel. The Marshfield Police Department would like to thank the Wood County Sherriff’s Department, the Marathon County Sherriff’s Department, and the Wisconsin State Patrol for their assistance in this matter.

A suspect accused of attacking a woman on the East River Trail in Green Bay pleads not guilty to five felony charges.  Miles Cruz appeared for his arraignment in Brown County Court today.  Among the charges he is facing are attempted first-degree homicide, sexual assault, kidnapping, strangulation and suffocation.  Cruz allegedly assaulted a woman in October while was walking with her four-week-old baby. 

A young boy is among the victims of a murder-suicide in Milwaukee.  Police conducted a welfare check at a home on Milwaukee’s South Side yesterday.  They found two men, a woman and a seven-year-old boy all deceased.  Police have not determined the shooter but say all four died of gunshot wounds.

A partnership program between the Oneida Nation and the University of Wisconsin-Madison will help overcome food insecurity on the reservations.  The tribal nation will be receiving nearly a million dollars over the next five years to go towards it’s agricultural site.  The funding is not only for food but for education, to give the Oneida people the tools and ability to feed themselves.

If they haven’t already done so, officials with several communities in Central Wisconsin are preparing to declare a snow emergency.  A winter storm watch is in effect from tomorrow afternoon until Saturday morning for much of the central state.  Cities like Plover and Merrill have already declared their emergency.  Plover’s snow emergency goes into effect at 4:00 tomorrow afternoon until 5 p.m. Saturday and Merrill has a snow emergency beginning tomorrow at 6 p.m. until 6 p.m. on Saturday. The wintry weather

Nestled on the bank of the Chippewa River, the Cannery District is envisioned as a maker’s district with mixed-use development and a robust park collection. The Cannery District park’s collection is currently in the design phase. City of Eau Claire staff has met with Cannery District neighborhoods, collected over 800 responses to a community survey, and met with various user groups and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. From these meetings and surveys, two park designs have been created. The

Join the newly re-emerged traditional Irish session of Eau Claire for Christmas music infused with traditional Irish dance tunes. Public Domain arrangements for fiddle, guitar and voice provided by Eau Claire’s own 5th street session and you can CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO.

If you are counting down the days until the air show comes to our area, you have more to look foward to! The Military Aerobatic Demo Team was announced as part of this years show. The 2022 Military Performer Schedule was announced at the International Council of Air Shows this week, where CVAS22 organizers learned the F-16 Viper Demo Team will return to the Chippewa Valley Air Show on June 4-5th, in Eau Claire, Wisconsin! CLICK FOR MORE INFO.

We should know by the end of the day whether high school students in the state will have to take the SAT or ACT to get into a UW school. Regents are set to meet today to talk about extending the school’s test-optional policy. High school juniors and seniors can skip the test, but the extension would also mean that sophomores and freshmen wouldn’t have to take the test during their time in high school either. The university made the