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The Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services (DSPS) announced the latest addition to its performance data dashboards today, a chart tracking call volume and wait times in the agency’s call center over time.  The chart, which can be found on the agency’s Occupational Licensing: By the Numbers dashboards, utilizes a bar graph to track average wait time in minutes. It also includes a corresponding trend line showing how many thousands of calls received. A “date range” dropdown allows you to manipulate

President Trump is ordering flags to be flown at half-staff following Wednesday’s shooting at a Catholic school in Minneapolis. Rory O’Neill reports.

The clean-up continues after a driver crashed Wednesday morning into a Flying J Travel Center in Jackson County.  Officers with the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene in Black River Falls a little after 3 a.m. and found a vehicle inside the building.  No injuries were reported.  The vehicle’s driver — 38-year-old Jordan Gajewski of Edgar — is facing an OWI charge.

An Eau Claire man is being indicted on federal drug charges.  Forty-one-year-old Jason Bloedow is accused of possessing and distributing methamphetamine.  If convicted, Bloedow faces the possibility of decades in prison.

Eau Claire Police report that they stopped elderly people from losing thousands of dollars to bitcoin scammers.  Police stopped one individual on Monday just as they were about to lose ten thousand dollars to a telephone scammer and — on Tuesday — they caught up with another victim and were able to help them two recover about nine-thousand dollars of the twelve-thousand that they had sent through.  Police say they will be posting messages at area bitcoin machines this week

The Green Bay Packers are awarding grants to twenty youth football programs in Wisconsin. Each team will receive one-thousand dollars supporting equipment purchases, new uniforms and facility improvements. It’s coming from the Packers Youth Football Matching Grant. All programs were invited to apply, but were required to raise a thousand dollars to secure the matching grant.

The trial for the teen accused of sexually assaulting and murdering 10-year-old Lily Peters will be take place outside of Chippewa County.  Peters was found dead in the woods near her Chippewa Falls home in 2022.  The lawyer for now-17-year-old suspect Carson Peters-Berger argues his client wouldn’t have gotten a fair trial in Chippewa County due to local media coverage and public knowledge of the case.  A judge granted the motion to move the trial during a hearing earlier today. 

The man accused of stabbing and killing a man at the Do Dodge Inn in Eau Claire is deemed competent to stand trial. Suspect Anthony Jackson is facing multiple charges, including first-degree intentional homicide for the murder of 31-year-old Alex Graff.  A judge ordered a competency exam for Jackson, which deemed him able to stand trial. His next court hearing is scheduled for September 9.

The Husky Invite Cross Country Race are being held this Saturday, August 30th, 2025, at  Lowes Creek County Park from 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.   All Lowes Creek County Park trails will be closed to non-racers from 7:00 a.m. to 1:00  p.m. on Saturday, August 30th, as approved by the Committee on Parks and Forest.  Vehicle entrance fees to Lowes Creek Park will be waived during the event for racers and  spectators.   Spectators are invited to access the races by

Are you ready to soak up Autumn Vibes? “Fall Fest is more than just a street festival—it’s a chance for our community to come together,celebrate the season, and connect with local businesses and neighbors, Every year we see thousands of smiling faces filling the streets, and it’s a powerful reminder of what makes Eau Claire so special.” -Erin, Executive Director of DECI. The 36th Annual Downtown Eau Claire Fall Fest is on Saturday, September 13, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to