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Business Owner Found Guilty of Child Enticement

By Morgan McCarthy | September 28, 2020

An Eau Claire dance studio owner is being found guilty of child enticement.  Forty-year-old Todd Paulus the Fourth was found not guilty of sexual assault of a child under 16 but guilty of child enticement.  Paulus owns T4 Dance Company and was accused of picking up a 13-year-old girl and bringing her to his home in 2018.  The victim told police that Paulus touched her inappropriately while she was at his house.

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Calling all Night Owls

By Morgan McCarthy | September 28, 2020

Tonight, you could see the northern lights throughout Wisconsin.  Sightings are possible due to a geomagnetic storm which helps enhance the odds of viewing the lights.  On a scale of zero to nine, nine being the best chance of seeing the northern lights Madison is ranked as a six.  The best viewing time is after sunset from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.  Tonight is expected to be partly cloudy for most of the region but it is still possible the clouds

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Fitness Goes Virtual

By Morgan McCarthy | September 28, 2020

Wisconsin residents have the opportunity to learn more about health and nutrition starting in October.  The annual Kimbentley Fitness Expo is coming to Eau Claire this year online amid the coronavirus pandemic.  Once registered, participants will have unlimited access to all videos on October 3rd through the 18th.  Classes will teach people how to make healthy meals and shakes, how to calculate macronutrients, yoga based breathing and more-CLICK HERE TO GET THE DETAILS.

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Time for a Stanley Landmark to be Renovated

By Morgan McCarthy | September 28, 2020

The historic 120-year-old city hall is sold in Stanley. A representative says it was originally built for 17-thousand dollars and is known for it’s clock tower which can be viewed in all four directions. The nine-hundred pound weight used to operate the clock became loose and fell through each floor and landing in the basement. The police and a fire truck was located in the building but moved out for more space as technology advanced. The building will be renovated

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Contest “ROCKS” Chippewa Valley

By Morgan McCarthy | September 28, 2020

A treasure hunt worth a thousand dollars is getting residents in the outdoors in Chippewa Valley. Etrayu Fitzgerald who is the organizer says he started this hobby as a kid because he was bored. He says he hid a rock that can be turned in to cash out on the prize. CLICK HERE TO SEE clues posted on the Chippewa Valley Treasure Hunt Facebook page.

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Federal Appeals Court Extends Stay on Absentee Ballot Extension

By Morgan McCarthy | September 28, 2020

A federal appeals court is extending a stay on absentee ballot extensions in the state.  That ruling came down Sunday from the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.  Just last week, a district court judge granted six extra days to county mail-in ballots that were postmarked by election day, November 3rd. At last check, more than one-point-one million absentee ballots have been requested in battleground Wisconsin, and more than 213-thousand have already been returned.  A final decision on the extended time

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Officer Sheskey’s Lawyer Speaks Out

By Morgan McCarthy | September 28, 2020

A lawyer for the police officer who shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back, leaving him paralyzed, on August 23rd says that the officer thought Blake was kidnapping a child.  Kenosha Police Officer Rusten Sheskey’s lawyer Brendan Matthews tells CNN that once officers arrived on the scene that day, Sheskey heard a woman say, “He’s got my kid.”  That’s when Sheskey contends that he saw Jacob Blake turn toward him with a knife.  An investigation into officer Sheskey has

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WI COVID-19 Cases Spike

By Morgan McCarthy | September 28, 2020

The Wisconsin Department of Health is reporting more than 22-hundred new COVID-19 cases as of Sunday’s update from Milwaukee.  That makes four straight days of more than two-thousand new cases being reported.  Saturday, the state reported a single-day record number of cases, with 28-hundred-17.  To date, 12-hundred-81 patients in Wisconsin have died coronavirus-related deaths since early March.       Here closer to our area, Eau Claire County has 47 new COVID-19 cases.  That’s according to the latest information from health officials. This brings the

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Jill Biden in Buckyland

By Morgan McCarthy | September 28, 2020

Jill Biden is scheduled to campaign for her husband in Wisconsin today.  The wife of the Democratic presidential nominee will participate in a “Get out and Vote” event in Madison. She will then head to Waukesha for a speaking engagement.  Dr. Jill Biden insists the coronavirus pandemic is giving America the opportunity to re-examine education. On CNN’s State of the Union, the wife of Democratic nominee Joe Biden mentioned many issues including a lack of broadband access and some school districts getting less money than others.  Biden herself

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Wood Co. Crash Sends One to Hospital

By Morgan McCarthy | September 28, 2020

A Wisconsin Rapids woman is recovering after a crash in Wood County over the weekend. Police say the 19-year-old victim was driving southbound on Highway 186, when she swerved to avoid hitting an animal. This caused her to lose control and hit an embankment just north of Grant Road. She was airlifted to an area hospital, where she is in stable condition.

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