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Winning is the ‘Norm’ for a Port Edwards man! After winning a $121,000 Badger 5 jackpot for the January 25, 2021, drawing, Norman Fuller Jr. headed to the Madison Lottery Office to claim his prize. He later discovered he would have to head back to Madison as he had won a $50,000 prize in the February 6, 2021, Powerball drawing. These two wins equaled $171,000 in lotto prizes in just under two weeks. Fuller, a Veteran who is retired, is a frequent Lottery player who was

Gas prices could be going up in Wisconsin after winter storms in Texas froze oil refineries. Gas-Buddy-dot-com says the average price for a gallon of gas in the state is already up ten-cents from last week. The average price for a gallon of regular, unleaded gas in Eau Claire County is 2.66-cents. Triple-A says Americans can expect prices to be upwards of three-dollars by Memorial Day.

The thousand-dollar hunt for an engraved stone will resume tomorrow morning. The Chippewa Valley Treasure Hunt Group awards one-thousand-dollars to whoever follows the clues and finds the stone hidden somewhere on public property. The stone was found over the weekend and had to be rehidden. The group says Dave and Kayla Proffitt are the first finders and the winners of a one-thousand-dollar prize. 

Eau Claire County Trail is closed this morning. Trail reports from the Associated Snowmobile Clubs of Eau Claire County say the trail closed at 8 a.m. It’s unclear when it will reopen. The Eau Claire County Sheriff’s Office posted to Facebook encouraging trail users to join a trail or snowmobiling club for information about open trails and snowmobiling across county lines.

 Donations for the Special Olympics are still being accepted through the 2021 Polar Plunge in Eau Claire. Saturday people gathered in Pinehurst Park for sledding, snowshoeing, or walking and raised more than nine-thousand-dollars. Events in the past saw participants diving into icy water for donations, but not this year because of the pandemic.

A man picks up a second OWI after a rollover crash. 39 year old Jeffrey A Curtis, from Stillwater, MN has been arrested by the Wisconsin State Patrol Eau Claire Post for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 2nd offense, with one child in the vehicle under the age of 16. It was on Sunday, February 21st at approximately 8:00pm when the Wisconsin State Patrol responded to a single vehicle rollover crash on I-94 westbound just west of Roberts.

The scenes have been cleaned-up, but the search continues. There’s still damage from Friday’s string of break-ins along London Road. Eau Claire Police are asking for help in finding whoever broke into several businesses. Officers say the suspect stole what they could. No one was hurt in any of the break-ins. Investigators hope someone will recognize at least one of the suspects from some security camera video-more info online FOR THE ORIGINAL STORY CLICK HERE.

Investigators are looking for the cause of a house fire in far northwestern Wisconsin that left two children dead. The fire broke-out about 4 a.m. Saturday in the tiny town of Minong. The Washburn County Sheriff’s Office is not identifying the children, specifically their ages. The family has launched a GoFundMe effort. They say they have no insurance, and the fire took everything from them including their clothes.

It will be a triumphant return to school for the Chippewa Falls girls hockey team. The ladies won the WIAA state hockey championship on Saturday, 3-2, on an overtime goal from Joey Schmenauer. The team includes players from Chippewa Falls, McDonell Catholic, and Menomonie schools. This is Chippewa Falls’ first state title in girls hockey.