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A dive team, K-9 units and Dane County deputies have all been involved in a search today of a pond near the home of a missing Windsor woman.  Krista Halderson disappeared with her husband earlier this month.  His remains were found in Cottage Grove.  The couple’s son Chandler Halderson is charged with his father’s murder but his mother has not been found.

First-time and continued unemployment claims are on the rise in Wisconsin.  Data released today for last week shows there were 88-hundred-and-23 initial claims filed which is just over a thousand more than the week prior.  There were over 56-thousand continued claims filed statewide last week which is about 55-hundred more then the week ending July 10th.  The total amount of unemployment benefits paid to date during the pandemic is nearly 46-million-dollars.

Elevated levels of E. coli bacteria closes two Wisconsin beaches.  The Department of Natural Resources closed Nicolet Beach in Peninsula State Park yesterday and closed Cox Hollow Beach in Governor Dodge State Park on Tuesday.  Both beaches remain closed today.  Beach closings and advisories are updated daily on the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources website. 

A rare discovery is made in Appleton.  A Lawrence University biology professor says an endangered bee has been seen near a downtown home.  Israel Del Toro says it is a Rusted Patched Bumblebee which he says has never been seen in Northeast Wisconsin.  The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lists the bumblebee as an endangered species, making it federally protected.

A rollover crash turns deadly in Barron County. It was on Wednesday, July 21, 2021, at 2:24 p.m., when the Barron County 911 Center received a call of a one vehicle rollover accident on Hwy 53 near the New Auburn exit. The Barron County Sheriff’s Department responded to the scene with the assistance of the Chetek Ambulance and New Auburn Fire Department. Initial investigation shows a truck travelling southbound on Hwy 53 left the roadway and stuck a tree. T

We now know more about a deadly shooting in Eau Claire. Officers responded to the 2800 block of Terry Lane on the North Side on Wednesday afternoon to find 14-year-old Marwan D. Washington suffering a gunshot wounds. Despite life saving efforts he died at the scene. We have learned that 26-year-old Austin Vang is currently being held at the jail for 1st degree reckless homicide charges. The Eau Claire Police Department stress that there is no threat to the community

 The Red Cedar Film Festival is back in person, ready to explore and expand the art of film with 53 selections from nine countries. The third annual festival runs Thursday through Sunday, July 29-Aug. 1, at the historic Landmark Theater in the Mabel Tainter Center for the Arts, 205 Main St. E. The cost ranges from $10 for a single ticket to $75 for a general pass. Discounts are available for students, seniors and UW-Stout employees. For the schedule and

 First-time claims for unemployment benefits are taking a shocking jump.  The Labor Department reports initial jobless claims shot up to 419-thousand last week, up 51-thousand over the previous week’s revised total.  Analysts expected to see claims fall to 340-thousand.

Wisconsin is looking at hundreds of millions of dollars from the national opioid settlement. Attorney General Josh Kaul yesterday said Wisconsin’s share will be about 400-million-dollars. In all, the states will split 26-billion from the makers of opioid pain pills. Kaul says the state has about a month to finalize the deal. He says Wisconsin will get the maximum if local governments join the settlement as well. But that would mean they would have to drop their lawsuits against the same opioid pill makers.

There’s another Democrat running for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin. Milwaukee Alderwoman Chantia Lewis became the ninth candidate yesterday. Lewis says she brings a new perspective to the race to potentially replace Republican Senator Ron Johnson next year. Her entry comes one day after Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes also jumped into the race. The crowded field will go before voters in August of next year.