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The Department of Natural Resources is encouraging hunters in Northeast Wisconsin to have their deer tested for chronic wasting disease.  The DNR is targeting 13 counties-Brown, Calumet, Door, Green Lake, Fond du Lac, Kewaunee, Manitowic, Marinette, Oconto, Outagamie, Waupaca, Washara and Winnebago-for samples.  The DNR has an online form so hunters can register their deer and find a sampling location.

Milwaukee rightfielder Christian Yelich wants to show his appreciation for Brewers fans.  Yelich is buying ten-thousand tickets for the four-game series against the St. Louis Cardinals, which opens on September 20th.  The free tickets are now available online WITH A CLICK HERE.

The Eau Claire City-County Health Department is seeking assistance in locating a dog that bit a male, Tuesday, September 14th, 2021, at approximately 7:35 p.m. The bite occurred at the intersection of Birch & Galloway Street. The dog was described as a medium sized husky type breed with silver/white hair and blue eyes. The dog was on a leash walking with a male described to be in his mid-20’s, approximately 6 ft. tall with a full beard. He was wearing

As an update to the Dunn County Sheriff’s Office’s homicide investigation, Sheriff Kevin Bygd has released the names of the four victims found in the abandoned SUV in Sheridan Township. The victims are as follows. Nitosha Lee Flug-Presley, female, 30 years old of Stillwater, MNMatthew Isiah Pettus, male, 26 years old of Saint Paul, MNLoyace Foreman III, male, 35 years old of Saint Paul, MNJasmine Christine Sturm, female, 30 years old of Saint Paul, MN Autopsies were performed on all

Wisconsin is seeing coronavirus hospitalization numbers that it hasn’t seen since January. The state’s Hospital Association yesterday said over one-thousand people are in the hospital with the virus, 314 of them are in the ICU. Wisconsin’s hospitalizations have spiked since the beginning of August. No one is saying just who is in the hospital with the virus, in terms of age or where in Wisconsin they live.

We’re learning a bit more about the situation for Afghan refugees at Fort McCoy. The Department of Homeland Security yesterday confirmed reports of food shortages at the fort, but said those were a thing of the past. DHS says there are shortages of new clothes for the refugees, many of whom are wearing what they wore when they fled Kabul weeks ago. We’re also learning that there are now nearly 13-thousand refugees at the fort, many more than the last

Police officers and sheriff’s deputies in Eau Claire are getting new camera gear thanks to a private donation. Eau Claire’s city council yesterday voted to accept the nearly one-million-dollar donation from PESI. The money will buy new cameras for investigation rooms, squad cars, and officers and deputies themselves. The donation will cover the cost to buy the gear and maintain it for the next four years.

Eau Claire Energy Cooperative is the latest to warn of a phone scam. The utility yesterday said it got more than 100 calls from customers who claim someone called them from the co-op and demanded payment. The real Energy Cooperative says they never call people about past due bills, and they never accept gift cards as a form of payment. The co-op says it’s alerted the sheriff’s office about the scam.

Just about two-thirds of kids in Wisconsin schools cannot read like they are supposed to, and lawmakers in Madison want to change that. The Assembly’s Committee on Education held a hearing yesterday on a plan that would require schools to start screening kids for reading readiness as early as pre-kindergarten. The hope, Republican state Rep. Bob Whitke says, is to get kids reading at grade level by the third grade so they don’t fall behind permanently. But there’s some pushback. Wisconsin’s Association of

There may not be another Republican in the race for governor after all. Former Tommy Thompson staffer and lobbyist Bill McCoshen this week sold his lobbying firm, but sources say it’s not so he can run for governor. McCoshen was rumored to be among those running, but his camp is pouring water on those rumors. McCoshen didn’t respond to questions yesterday, but his camp says he’ll make his decision known later this week.