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At 9:30 A.M. the Eau Claire County Sheriff’s Office was contacted by a clerk at a local convenience store who reported that a customer in the store appeared to be very intoxicated. The clerk provided the registration plate number of the van the customer had arrived in. The clerk reported that the customer purchased more alcohol, left the store, and drove to another nearby convenience store within sight of the first store. Sheriff’s Deputies and Officers from the Eau Claire

A Manitowoc woman is jailed on a vehicular homicide charge for a crash that killed her granddaughter.  Monica Walker is being held on a ten-thousand-dollar bond following a court hearing today.  Authorities say she was driving under the influence yesterday when she crashed and her car rolled over.  Nine-year-old Tkyia Brewer was a passenger in her grandmother’s car and was thrown from the vehicle and died at the scene.

A local philanthropist is donating millions of dollars to University Hospital in Madison.  Dr. Kaufman says the gift will allow all of transplant services to be in one central location.  Pleasant Rowland started the Middleton-based Pleasant Company, now American Girl.  Rowland had a kidney transplant in 2012. UW Health announced today they are the recipient of a ten-million-dollar donation from Pleasant Rowland for a new transplant clinic at University Hospital.  Rowland received a kidney transplant in 2012 after battling kidney

The Eau Claire Countywide Snowmobile Trails will be fully open tomorrow, Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at 8:00 a.m. Eau Claire County urges all snowmobilers to abide by State and County regulations. Snowmobile travel is allowed only on designated trails and routes. You are reminded to please respect landowners property because without the landowner’s permission, the countywide trailsystem would not be possible.

Eau Claire police say someone could be out stealing catalytic converters. Police say two were reported stolen early Sunday morning. Police say video surveillance footage showed someone stealing them from two vehicles in the lot. An investigation is ongoing. 

39 year old Jason Wade Newman, from Burknurnett, Texas has been arrested in Dunn County for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 5th offense.It was on Monday, February 8th at approximately 8:05pm, when the Wisconsin State Patrol took a report of a vehicle traveling eastbound on I-94 near Baldwin, that was swerving all over the road and had no tail lights on.Troopers were able to locate and stop the vehicle west of Menomonie, near CTH Q. A subsequent investigation

State health officials are reporting that the state has administered at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to one-third of Wisconsinites 65 and older. That’s about 300-thousand people from that age group and as of yesterday morning, Wisconsin is ranked 10th nationally in the percentage of people who have received at least one dose of the vaccine. Governor Tony Evers hopes to ramp up vaccinations even more as he announced the state’s first community-based COVID vaccine clinic yesterday, which will start in

A Greenwood man is accused in a child pornography case. Twenty-eight-year-old Justin Dunlap is charged with seven counts of possession of child pornography in Clark County. Investigators say law enforcement received a cyber tip from the Internet Crimes Against Children Taskforce back in October. Police searched a dropbox where they found 28 images and a video of child pornography. Dunlap is scheduled to make his first court appearance on March 23rd.

Coronavirus cases continue to fall in the state.  Health officials say for the third straight day and for the fourth time this month, there have been fewer that one-thousand new cases in a 24-hour period. On Monday, the state reported 543 cases. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS. Chippewa County has seven new coronavirus cases.  That’s the latest information from health officials. This brings the total number of cases to just over 69-hundred since the pandemic began. CLICK HERE

Dangerous cold remains in the forecast for the next several days in Eau Claire and surrounding areas. The National Weather Service is calling for temperatures to continue in the single digits. For today, a wind chill advisory remains in effect until ten this morning, with wind chill values expected to drop as low as 35 degrees below zero. Health officials warn the public to avoid being outdoors for extended periods of time. Pet owners are also urged to bring their