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A Columbus Contractor was charged with withholding tax theft. 59 year old Norman D. Vick, Jr. of Columbus, Wisconsin, owner of Norm Vick Construction, was recently charged with one count of felony theft of Wisconsin withholding taxes. According to the criminal complaint, between 2005 and 2014, Vick employed 57 employees who were subject to Wisconsin withholding tax.  During that time, more than $103,520 of Wisconsin income taxes were withheld from the paychecks of these employees.  Vick did not remit these withheld

For the first time ever, a University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire faculty member from the College of Business has received the top national award for teaching from the prestigious Association for Business Communication (ABC). Dr. Paula Lentz, professor of business communication, became the 31st instructor recognized by the ABC for outstanding contributions to the academic discipline of business communication. A member of the Blugold faculty since 1999, Lentz serves as the academic program director for the department of business communication, director

Mayo Clinic Eau Claire is moving some COVID-19 patients into an ambulance garage as cases surge across the Midwest. The hospital filled four-beds in the garage in mid-November when they were first installed, but they haven’t been used since. A spokesperson for the hospital says the environment isn’t ideal, but it’s a comfortable and clean temporary solution, until more beds become available.

Eau Claire police say a person is arrested after punching several people in a bar on the West side, including the bartender. Police say it happened last night around midnight, and the person also stabbed the bartender in the stomach with a pocket knife. Police say the person was arrested for disorderly conduct, resisting, battery and threats to police, endangering safety, felony carrying a concealed knife, and a warrant.

Eau Claire County’s sheriff is not saying who died in Sunday’s officer-involved shooting in the Town of Washington, who pulled the trigger, or why any of it happened., but we do know there will be further investigation. Sheriff Ron Cramer yesterday said the St. Croix County sheriff’s office will handle the specifics of the investigation. One man died when police shot him about 4 p.m. on Sunday. The sheriff originally said officers and deputies were called to the home where

President-elect Joe Biden is announcing picks for his cabinet, including the first Latino and immigrant to head Homeland Security. Biden’s camp says the President-elect will nominate Alejandro Mayorkas as Homeland Security Secretary. Biden is also picking former Deputy CIA Director Avril Haines as Director of National Intelligence and wants former Secretary of State John Kerry to be the Climate Change Czar. A peek around the country shows us that President-elect Joe Biden is now officially the winner in Michigan as

It is the latest sign that Wisconsin’s coronavirus numbers are falling. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday reported that there are 19-hundred-99 people in the hospital with the virus. It is the first time in weeks that Wisconsin’s hospitalization numbers have dipped below two-thousand. There are still 438 people in the ICU, and another 13 people at Wisconsin’s overflow hospital at the state fairgrounds in West Allis. Wisconsin has now shipped one million N95 masks to hospitals, care centers, and other frontline workers

Wisconsin’s governor and attorney general are once again trying to get around the 2018 laws that limit their ability to settle lawsuits. Governor Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul yesterday filed a lawsuit to strike down the state’s lame duck law that requires the attorney general to get permission from the legislature before settling cases. Republicans passed the law to stop Kaul from withdrawing the state from cases, or ending legal fights on his own. The court has upheld

The city of Eau Claire is looking to spend more on homelessness. The city council is looking to send 26 thousand-dollars more to Catholic Charities to help with the costs of the temporary shelter at the old Hansen’s IGA on Clairemont Avenue. The new money would be used to build an area for isolation or quarantine. Audrey Boerner with the city-county health department says a quarantine area could help slow the spread of the coronavirus among Eau Claire’s homeless.

There will be some fans in the stands at Lambeau Field this weekend, just not any members of the public. The Packers yesterday said they will allow a small number of employees and their families to attend Sunday’s game against the Bears. The Packers say the idea is to test their coronavirus protocols. About 500 people are expected to be in Lambeau. The Packers have not allowed fans at any home games this year because of the coronavirus numbers in