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An Eau Claire woman is looking at charges that she spent over 30 thousand dollars in PTA and Girl Scout money on herself. The D.A. filed formal charges yesterday against Christine Busse. She’s accused of keeping 33 thousand-dollars that was supposed to go to the Sam Davey PTA, the local Boy Scouts, and the local Girl Scouts. Busse was treasurer for all three. Eau Claire Police first started looking into the money back in February. Investigators say Busse said she

President Trump used his visit to Kenosha to talk about law and order. President Trump says violence in major cities across the country is “domestic terror.” Mark Mayfield reports. The president toured parts of the city that were burned in last week’s nights of violence. He then told local leaders that it was the overwhelming show of force that brought the protests under control, and brought the riots to an end. The president yesterday took credit for the swell of

Check your mailbox, your voting-option letter should be in there soon. The Wisconsin Election Commission yesterday sent over two-and-a-half million letters to nearly every registered voter in the state. The letter explains the options for voting in November. The Election Commission says people can vote in-person, with an absentee ballot at the polls, or with an absentee ballot through the mail. The letter explains how to do all three.

People who are out of a job in Wisconsin may get a little extra from the federal government.  Wisconsin’s Department of Workforce Development yesterday said the state has been cleared to offer 300 dollars-per-week in extra benefits. The money is part of a federal package that seeks to replace the 600 dollar-per-week unemployment enhancer that ended at the beginning of August. There is no word when the extra benefits will be available in Wisconsin, how long they will last, or how many people

There’s a warning about a to-be released sex offender in Menomonie next week. The state’s Department of Corrections says Joseph Johnson will be released and is at risk to offend again. He is being placed at Parkside Motel in Menomonie (Formally Skoogs). DOC says Johnson served person time for the sexual assault of a child under 15.

 Eau Claire Schools are among the school districts across the country taking part in the new free lunch for all program. The USDA on Tuesday extended its free lunch program to all schools across the country because of the coronavirus. The change means no one has to pay for school lunches through the end of the year. In Eau Claire, that means students who are in-school and students who are learning from home can all get lunches. Eau Claire Schools

Wisconsin is now on the record in the court case over the U.S. Census. A Attorney General Josh Kaul yesterday joined several other states and mayors in filing a brief to the case that challenges plans to end the Census count early. Kaul says the proposal to stop accepting self-response census forms at the end of September will impair the ability to count everyone in the country. Many Democratic leaders want as many people counted as possible, saying that will ensure

The Green Party is taking its fight to make the Wisconsin ballot to court. The party yesterday said it plans to sue to be added to the November ballot. The Wisconsin Election Commission deadlocked on the Green Party’s application last month, citing a discrepancy with a candidate’s address. Yesterday, Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins said thousands of voters in Wisconsin are being denied their choice. The Green Party got over 30 thousand votes in Wisconsin back in 2016. Democrats say that was enough to give the state to

The investigation into the shooting of Jacob Blake continues. The Wisconsin Department of Justice released another document today and it’s featured below: The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) is continuing to investigate an officer involved shooting (OIS) in Kenosha, Wis. that occurred on the evening of Sunday, August 23, 2020. Kenosha Police Department officers were dispatched to a residence in the 2800 block of 40th Street after a female caller reported that her boyfriend was

President Donald Trump is in Kenosha with a busy afternoon on tap.  The president is touring the area affected by rioting in the aftermath of the shooting of Jacob Blake by a Kenosha police officer.  Trump plans to meet with business owners and law enforcement.  There has been no plan to meet with the family of Jacob Blake. President Trump says it is better if Jacob Blake’s case is “handled locally” after he was shot multiple times in the back