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The city of Eau Claire says it is in desperate need of poll workers. Election managers say they barely had enough people to cover the polls on Election Day last week. Eau Claire’s City Clerk Carrie Riepl says she needs as many as 200 people to sign-up to cover a shift for the next election. Without new workers, Riepl says voters will face long waits at the polls.

Mowing the grass at some of Eau Claire’s parks is about to get a lot more green. The city says a state grant is helping Eau Claire buy two new electric lawnmowers. The state is picking-up about half the tab. Parks managers in Eau Claire say the new electric mowers will replace older diesel mowers and will help the city inch toward its Renewable Energy Action Plan goals.

A new report says most families in Wisconsin could not afford the Green New Deal. The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty and the Competitive Enterprise Institute released a study yesterday that says the cost to change to sustainable energy, retrofit homes and offices, and phase-out the internal combustion engine over the next ten years would be 40-thousand-dollars a year. That doesn’t include the massive costs for farmers in the state. WILL says it will cost farmers hundreds of millions or billions of dollars

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is looking for the person who shot and killed two bald eagles.  The eagles were shot sometime over the last two weeks near Antigo in Northern Wisconsin.  It is illegal to shoot bald or golden eagles.  The penalty is a year in prison and a 100-thousand-dollar fine. 

A western Wisconsin teacher is charged with sending inappropriate photos to a student.  Thirty-four-year-old Heather Treague, who works for the Cochrane-Fountain City School District, was arrested this week.  While she is being charged, police say they do not believe that Treague had any unlawful contact with anyone under the age of 18.  The investigation is ongoing.

Today is Ash Wednesday, the start of the holy period of Lent for Christians.    Scott Pringle reports. CLICK HERE FOR MORE

A Lake Hallie man is accused of running from sheriff’s deputies.  Reports say Jackson County sheriff’s deputies tried to pull over Dennis Decker in Black River Falls early Monday morning.  Decker tried to drive off, but he crashed into some parked cars then ran away.  Decker was found in another parking lot hours later and charged with fleeing and possession of meth.

Eau Claire will sell the former Fire Station Number Ten.  The City Council voted unanimously last night to sell the station to SVEE Metalworks for 225-thousand dollars.  SVEE plans to move Outlaw Auto Sales into the station.  It will also rent out part of the building for office space.

Eau Claire’s renewable energy action plan is passed through the City Council.  This plan will lay the groundwork for the city to become carbon neutral by 2050.  The plan details dozens of steps for the city to take including launching bike and scooter share programs and incentivizing public transportation.