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Fall colors are starting to appear in Eau Claire.  Travel Wisconsin’s fall report predicts Eau Claire County’s leaves will peak around the third week of October.  It’s the first day of fall today.

The man accused of killing the four people found dead in Dunn County says he snapped. Prosecutors in Minnesota yesterday filed second-degree murder charges against 38-year-old Antoine Suggs. He told police he snapped when he killed the four earlier this month, but there are not any other specifics. Suggs’ father, Darren Osborne, is looking at charges here in Wisconsin for hiding the four bodies in a cornfield in Dunn County. Investigators say they linked Suggs to the killings because they found his

An Eau Claire man won’t be going to prison for trying to run down his ex-girlfriend and her mother back in July. A judge sentenced 28-year-old Henri Leavesseur to four years probation. Police say he tried to hit the two women with his truck. Part of his probation requires him to stay sober and stay away from the ex and her mother. Leavesseur had been in jail since his arrest in July.

It was a tornado that knocked down a barn at a home in Trempealeau County Monday night. The National Weather Service yesterday confirmed a tornado touched down just south of Strum. Forecasters say it was an EF-0 tornado with wind speeds of up to 105 miles-per-hour. The tornado was part of a line of strong and severe storms that cut across the state Monday. There are no reports of any injuries.

The latest lawsuit over Wisconsin’s wolf hunt is coming from the state’s tribes. Six Native American nations yesterday filed a lawsuit to try and stop the hunt which is scheduled for November. The tribes say the hunt violates treaties with the government going back to the 1800’s. Those treaties guaranteed the tribes half of the state’s wolf quota. Tribal leaders say they now want to protect the wolves from hunters.

The end of the enhanced federal unemployment benefits has some people heading back to restaurants and shops, but Wisconsin businesses are going to be looking at a worker shortage for a while to come.  Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce’s Kurt Bauer yesterday said Wisconsin didn’t have enough workers before the coronavirus, and the state doesn’t have enough workers now. He says that extra 300 dollars-per-week didn’t help things. Bauer said manufacturers in Wisconsin continue to need workers, but the good news is that almost all of them are

Wisconsin’s hospitals say over a thousand people are in the hospital with the coronavirus. The state’s Hospital Association updated its numbers yesterday. Of the more than a thousand people hospitalized with the virus, 322 are in the ICU. That’s about where Wisconsin’s hospitalization numbers have been for the past week. Doctors continue to urge people to get their coronavirus shots. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS.

A northeastern Wisconsin lawmaker is out of the hospital, but not quite home, following a battle with the coronavirus. A spokesman yesterday said state Senator Andre Jacque was transferred from the hospital to a care facility to continue his rehab. Jacque got sick with the virus last month, was admitted to the hospital, and at one point was on a ventilator. The spokesman says Jacque is feeling better and looking forward to spending more time with his family.

More classes at the University of Wisconsin are in-person this year. The university yesterday said 85-percent of classes across the system are being held in classrooms with other people. University President Tommy Thompson set a goal of having 75-percent of classes in-person this year. A university spokesperson says they are trying to have as normal a year as possible.

The City of Minneapolis will start charging people for using disposable shopping bags soon.  Starting October 1st shoppers will be charged five cents per bag, whether it’s paper or plastic.  The city hopes this will help the environment and cut down on litter.