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The first woman to make Lieutenant at the Eau Claire Fire Department is making history. The department announced yesterday Natasha Myre was promoted after 12-years with the department. The fire department says she’s the first female officer. 

The investigation continues into the shooting of Jacob Blake. Below is the latest from the WI DOJ: 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 present and was not supposed to

Prosecutors in Kenosha are adding weapons charges to the murder case against 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse.   The 17-year-old accused of a deadly shooting during protests in Wisconsin is officially being charged.  Brian Shook reports. Rittenhouse is the young man accused of killing two people, and wounding a third in Tuesday’s violent night in Kenosha. The D.A. filed reckless homicide charges for the shooting of the night’s first victim, and first-degree homicide charges for the shooting of the second victim. Video shows a

Five days after the officer-involved shooting of Jacob Blake, and after four nights of protests and violence, Governor Tony Evers visited Kenosha. The governor met with local leaders and held a news conference yesterday. He talked about the clean-up in downtown Kenosha and called the art painted on the boarded-up windows amazing. The governor also said he feels he ‘met his obligations’ to Kenosha by sending hundreds of National Guard troops. Local leaders wanted more than a thousand. The attorney

A number of Wisconsin’s top cops are asking the state’s governor and lieutenant governor to stop talking about Kenosha Police and the Jacob Blake shooting until all of the facts come out. The heads of the state’s Sheriff’s Association, Chiefs of Police, Deputies Association, and Police Executives yesterday wrote Governor Evers and Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes a letter asking them not to speak about the shooting, or issue any more statements. The cops say the governor and lieutenant governor are putting

One of Madison’s most well-known Black Lives Matter leaders is in jail after police say he smashed the state’s Police Memorial with a sledge hammer. Officers arrested 25-year-old Jordan King for the damage on Tuesday. Madison Police say King also had a loaded handgun on him at the time, and did not have a permit. Police say video caught King smashing the memorial at the Wisconsin Capitol 23 times on Tuesday. Video also shows King smashing lights and windows at the statehouse.

High school football can be played in Eau Claire this fall. Eau Claire’s city attorney yesterday said the county’s public health order does not stop high schools from offering so-called high risk sports like football, soccer, and volleyball. City-County Health Director Lieske Giese this week said she is recommending that people not play, but she said she is not banning sports. Some parents were worried the county’s health order would mean no season. Eau Claire’s attorney says it’s up to

It’s been a while since kids in the Chippewa Valley have been in school. Police in Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls are reminding drivers that kids will be back in school next week. That means slowing down in school zones, and keeping focus on the road. Local schools are also reminding drivers to never pass a school bus with its stop sign out. Private schools will not get a share of the coronavirus stimulus money ear-marked for education. A judge

On Wednesday August 26, 2020 at approximately 9: 16am, the Buffalo County Sheriff’ s Office took a 911 call reporting a 2 vehicle crash on State Road 35 at Lincoln St. in the Village of Nelson. 21 year old Mary Craner was operating a 2013 Volkswagon Tiguan and 83 year old Richard Burmester was the lone occupant of a 1997 Honda Moped. Initial investigation at the crash scene showed Burmester was northbound on Hwy 35 at Lincoln St. when Mary

A suspect is being held on $10,000 cash bond after an incident involving a gun. It was just before 10:30 on the night of Wednesday, August 26th, when the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center received reports of multiple gunshots on Broadway Street in the Village of Rib Lake, Taylor County. The caller reported that a male suspect had fired multiple shots while inside the residence and again fired more shots while outside on the street. The suspect’s whereabouts were