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Hundreds of Xcel Energy customers in northwestern Wisconsin were left without power after early storms. Storms that came through this morning left about 600 customers without power in Boyceville, Downing, Glenwood and Glenwood City.  Another 200 are without power in Barron, Dallas, Hillsdale, and Prairie Farm.

Drought conditions across Wisconsin are largely unchanged from last week.  The new National Drought Monitor map still shows drought and near-drought conditions across Northwestern and Southern parts of the state. Moderate drought eased a bit in Southern Wisconsin, giving way to more abnormally dry conditions. Walworth, Kenosha, and Racine counties in Southeast Wisconsin, and Douglas, Bayfield, Ashland and Iron counties in the north are still showing severe drought.

The Regency motel in Eau Claire could soon be turned into apartments. The Eau Claire Plan Commission will hold a vote on Monday to possibly convert the motel into an apartment complex. The city says there have been many police calls for drug trafficking, drug us, domestic violence, and human trafficking at the hotel.

UW- Eau Claire has earned a five-star rating on the Campus Pride index for the fourth year in a row. Campus Pride is a resource for LGBTQ leadership within higher education. The score is created by rating student life, gender identity and expression, student support, and institutional commitment.

The young man who was riding with Colten Treu when he ran down the Lake Hallie Girl Scouts back in 2018 is going to prison. A judge in Chippewa Falls yesterday sentenced 24-year-old John Stender Jr. to three years in prison. He pleaded no contest to charges of harboring or aiding a felon back in April. Police say he helped Treu cover-up the wreck that killed three girls and one of their mothers. Stender said they were both high at

One of the men wanted for a quadruple murder in Dunn County is in jail in the Twin Cities. St. Paul Police yesterday said they arrested 56-year-old Darren Osborne for the killings. Dunn County deputies found a black SUV with the four victims inside on Sunday. Investigators in St. Paul say a second suspect, 38-year-old Antoine Suggs, is at large. Police believe he is in the Twin Cities and warn he is likely armed and dangerous.

We’re waiting to see if the pictures and videos of Kyle Rittenhouse talking about shooting someone or hanging-out with the Proud Boys will make it into his trial. Rittenhouse is due in court today for a hearing. Prosecutors want to include those pictures and videos from both before and after the night when Rittenhouse allegedly killed two people during Kenosha’s night of violence last year. Rittenhouse’s lawyers say that evidence has nothing to do with the case and would only

Police will be back at Oshkosh West High School today to try and keep the peace. The school’s principal says a fight yesterday forced the school to keep kids in their classrooms for about a half an hour. Officers rushed to the school to help contain the fight. No one is saying how many students were involved or what the fight was about. Police say they will have a noticeable presence at West High School throughout the day today.

Add UW-Eau Claire to the list of UW schools with 70-percent of students vaccinated. The university made the announcement yesterday. Hitting the 70-percent threshold means students are now eligible for some of the school’s nearly half-million dollars in coronavirus vaccine scholarship money. UW President Tommy Thompson created the 70 for 70 program to incentivize students to get their coronavirus shots. Once one of the state’s smaller campuses hits 70-percent, it qualifies for one of 70, seven-thousand-dollar scholarships.

Wisconsin’s jobless rate is glued in place. The state’s Department of Workforce Development yesterday reported the unemployment rate for August remained at three-point-nine-percent. That’s exactly where it’s been for months. DWD says the state lost over eight-thousand jobs last month. The national unemployment rate is five-point-two-percent.