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The Department of Natural Resources wants bird hunters’ input about the upcoming hunting season.  The DNR will hold virtual public meetings next week on the 16th, 17th and 18th and they would like feedback posted on their website on March 19th.  Because of COVID-19 restrictions last year the 2021 waterfowl season will be based on 2019 waterfowl population estimates.  Officials say they expect hunters to find good opportunities during the waterfowl season this fall. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE.

The Sauk County Sheriff’s Office says a Michigan man made an emergency landing on a county highway.  Authorities say Joseph Fullerton was piloting the small craft over the weekend when the plane started to have engine problems.  A fuel line issue forced Fullerton to land the plane on State Highway 136 in the town of Baraboo.  Fortunately the sheriff says the highway was closed at the time and there were no injuries.

The District Attorney could consider possible neglect charges after an apartment is found uninhabitable. Police say a maintenance worker reported the conditions after working on a water leak nearby. Police say officers responded to find a parent living with a non-verbal adult in the apartment that was covered in feces. Police say the case was sent to the Department of Human Services, the Health Department, and the District Attorney.

The Eau Claire City-County Health Department is looking for a full-time Epidemiologist or Public Health Specialist. The department posted the position on its Facebook page. They say it’ll be open until it’s filled, and interviews will begin the first week of April. It’s unclear if the job will replace any current positions.

Some Democratic state lawmakers want to acknowledge March 31st as Transgender Day of Visibility in Wisconsin. Members of the L-G-B-T-Q-Caucus Senator Tim Carpenter and Representatives Greta Neubauer, Marisabel Cabrera, Lee Snodgrass and Mark Spreitzer released a joint statement to introduce the resolution to the legislature Monday. It says it seeks so acknowledge and elevate all transgender and non-binary Wisconsinites.

Get out of jail free in Chippewa Falls-opoly. It’s a new board game created by a Cincinnati company in part of a series of Local-opoly games based on Monopoly. The Chippewa Herald reports the game showcases landmarks like Leinenkugel’s Brewery, the Irvine Park Zoo, Falls Bowl and more. CLICK HERE TO UNBOX MORE.

Court is back in session in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.  He’s accused of killing George Floyd.  The prosecution is seeking to delay proceedings until a ruling is made on whether to reinstate a third-degree murder charge against Chauvin.  That charge is currently under review by the Minnesota Court of Appeals.  Chauvin was originally charged with third-degree murder last October, but Judge Peter Cahill dismissed it, saying it didn’t apply to the case.  However, the Minnesota

You have to go back to last summer to see coronavirus numbers this low in Wisconsin. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday reported a seven-day positive rate of just over two-percent. DHS says 256 people are in the hospital with the virus, and just 61 of them are in the ICU. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO FROM WI DHS. The state says more than a million-and-a-half people in the state have gotten at least one dose of the vaccine. When

Prosecutors in Eau Claire are moving ahead with a criminal case against a local bar owner for secretly serving customers last year. The D.A. filed charges last week against Double Day’s owner Kevin Patterson. The charges say he was serving people inside his bar last March, despite the county’s order against inside service. Police say they caught Patterson serving customers after someone tipped them off. Patterson is due in court to answer the charges next month.

The state of Wisconsin is about to add two-million more people to the coronavirus vaccine eligibility list. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday said Phase 1c will include people between 16 and 64 who have pre-existing health conditions. The move follows the CDC’s most recent recommendations. DHS says doctors and nurses in the state have handed-out more than one-and-a-half-million vaccine doses so far. That includes over 600-thousand people who’ve been fully vaccinated.