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A Lake Hallie woman is facing charges after she deposited and withdrew 45-thousand-dollars in fake checks at different banks around the Chippewa Valley.  Police say 30-year-old Jennifer Lanners told them someone she met online encouraged her to deposit the fake checks.  She told police she knew it was a scam.  According to a criminal complaint, the woman is facing charges for fraud, bail jumping, and resisting an officer. 

A Rice Lake man will spend 15-years behind bars for sexually assaulting two young girls in 2017.  A Barron County judge sentenced Raymond Clark yesterday.  He will register as a sex offender for life.  Clark is charged for the assaults in Barron, Rusk, and Washburn counties.

Prosecutors are dismissing sexual assault charges against an Eau Claire man.  Last week, charges were dropped against Alphonso Washington-Davis for allegedly holding a knife to a woman’s throat and raping her in 2018. Eau Claire County prosecutors dropped five charges September 3rd, citing factors that weren’t detailed in court records. Washington-Davis was charged for contempt of court the same day.

The Rusk County Sheriff’s Office could release more information today after a man considered armed and dangerous was taken into custody. The sheriff’s office says 26-year-old Otis Hamilton is suspected of stealing firearms from the Ladysmith area. The sheriff’s office says Hamilton could have been under the influence. He was taken into custody early this morning.

 Wisconsin’s local election managers are getting a reminder from the state’s Election Commission that the deadline to get absentee ballots in the mail is quickly approaching. Election Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe wrote to the state’s clerks yesterday to remind them that the deadline to mail absentee ballots is next Thursday. Wolfe said the deadline to mail ballots is always important, but said the deadline will be closely watched this year. Wolfe said the Election Commission understands that some local clerks

This Halloween season, Michael Jordan is out . . . and a horribly disfigured, child-murdering dream demon is in? Well, sort of. There is a new shoe in town. The new Air Max 95s are a page from the script for “Nightmare on Elm Street” and a fashion cue from villain Freddy Krueger.  The design is based on Freddy’s striped sweater, although they used red and brown, but not any green.  Inside on the heels, there’s a bloody “Swoosh” logo,

Voters in Eau Claire will be able to return their absentee ballots at the grocery store this fall. City Manager Dale Peters last night said the city will have four absentee ballot drop-off boxes, three at Festival Foods stores and one at city hall. Peters says all four boxes will be under video surveillance for safety. Eau Claire’s clerk says the boxes should be installed this week, ballots will be mailed-out next week. The plan is to check the boxes

Wisconsin’s governor is asking the federal government to not stop paying for face masks, and cleaning and testing supplies for local schools, local governments, and the state’s prisons. Governor Tony Evers sent a letter to FEMA yesterday saying that if the feds stop paying, Wisconsin may not be able to deal with the coronavirus. FEMA told states earlier this month that it will only pay for PPE for first responders, health care workers, and patients. The change would mean Wisconsin would have to pay

Ninety nine percent of students and staffers at UW-Eau Claire do not have or have not been exposed to the coronavirus. The university’s head of student affairs, Dr. Warren Anderson, yesterday said while the number of people testing positive for the virus at the school is going-up, the numbers are not out of control. Anderson said there are over ten-thousand students on campus, just 69 have tested positive and nearly 150 have been quarantined. Anderson said it is possible that

Eau Claire’s airport is not alone in seeing far fewer people this year. The latest passenger count from the Chippewa Valley Regional Airport shows just 14 thousand people have flown out of Eau Claire this year. That’s down from 33 thousand last year at this time. Airport managers say the coronavirus is to blame. The Chippewa Valley Regional Airport has just two flights a day to and from Chicago.