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The Altoona City Council will vote on preliminary designs for a new condo complex buildout today. A public hearing was held Tuesday where a dozen residents expressed opposition to the project. Many of them said having 36 townhomes built on four acres of land is too dense and will bring traffic problems to the neighborhood. They also worry that there will not be enough room for children to safely play.

Altoona police say they’re still looking for 25-year old Austin Hurst. He got away after leading police on a chase. He jumped out of the moving car then fled on foot Sunday. He has several warrants for his arrest involving drugs, counterfeit money and false identification. Witnesses with any information are encouraged to call Crime Stoppers.

Wisconsin’s latest unemployment snapshot shows a better job picture across the state. The Department of Workforce Development yesterday said unemployment rates fell in all 12 of Wisconsin’s metro areas. DWD says Janesville-Beloit saw the biggest drop. In fact, DWD says unemployment fell in 71 of Wisconsin’s 72 counties. Only Menomonee County saw its unemployment rate tick-up last month.

College students in Wisconsin will continue to need either a valid student ID, or proof of enrollment to vote this November. A federal judge yesterday refused to change the state’s voter ID law. The group Common Cause filed a lawsuit claiming that Wisconsin’s rules for college student voting are unfair. The law says students can only use valid student IDs, or can use an expired student ID with proof of enrollment. The judge in the case says there is no way to change

Vice President Mike Pence announces plans to visit Eau Claire.  The vice president is scheduled to arrive at Chippewa Valley Airport Thursday morning.  Pence will make a stop at Midwest Manufacturing shortly before noon and then head to Minneapolis for a Cops For Trump event.

A grand jury is charging former Louisville police detective Brett Hankison in the death of Breonna Taylor.  He is being charged with shooting into the apartment behind Taylor’s home.  Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron spoke yesterday and called Taylor’s death a tragedy and said Hankison fired ten times.  Police reports say Hankison left his position at the front door of Taylor’s apartment and walked around to the front of her home.  He allegedly opened fire through the window and patio door.  He was fired

The investigation into possibly missing or misspent money at Eau Claire County’s Department of Human Services is now in the hands of the sheriff. Eau Claire County Sheriff Ron Cramer yesterday said he will open a forensic audit into DHS. The sheriff says two people who work in the department are refusing to cooperate with the investigation, so he has no choice. Cramer said there could be some subpoenas coming. The audit comes after a DHS employee was charged with

The woman looking at prison time for embezzling from the Eau Claire County Humane Association is looking at new fraud charges. Prosecutors yesterday filed formal charges against Nicole Wilson. She’s waiting to be sentenced for embezzling 60 thousand-dollars back in 2018. She’s now accused of using old clients’ names to apply for coronavirus stimulus and bank loans. Wilson also has a decades-old conviction for embezzlement in eastern Wisconsin.

Administrators at UW-Eau Claire are promising to be extra vigilant about race and racism going forward. Chancellor Jim Schmidt yesterday said they are looking for restorative justice after a panel of administrators, faculty members, and students cleared five football players accused of sharing a racist Snapchat post last year. The panel found the players didn’t violate university rules. All five had been suspended, all five have now been reinstated. Schmidt says their behavior was unacceptable, and he is pledging to

Wisconsin’s Republican-led state legislature is challenging the ruling that extends the window to count absentee ballots in the state. Lawmakers yesterday asked the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn Madison federal judge William Conley’s ruling from Monday that gave clerks an extra six days to accept and count absentee ballots. Conley said it will take that long for all ballots in the state to come-in through the mail. State law says all ballots have to be to local election