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Nearly 60 older or disabled people in Chippewa County are going to have to find a new nurse to help them. Chippewa County administrator Randy Scholz yesterday said the county is moving to end its home healthcare program. He says the county is not getting enough back from the state and federal government to cover the cost of the program. In addition to the 60 people who will lose services, Scholz says seven people will lose their jobs.

Fire investigators in Eau Claire say they do not know what started the fire at the Chippewa Valley Eye Clinic. Firefighters finished their investigation yesterday. They are ruling the fire an accident, even though they do not have a specific cause. That fire, back in early November, left a gaping hole in the building’s roof but didn’t hurt anyone.

Two of western Wisconsin’s largest healthcare providers will not be merging. Gundersen Health System and the Marshfield Clinic Health System yesterday said they are no longer in talks to consolidate. Leaders at both Gunderson and Marshfield say a merger wasn’t the right fit for either group. The two had been in talks for months.

There is a new wrinkle on the debate over medical marijuana in Wisconsin. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos yesterday said he thinks it’s just a matter of time before the state legalizes marijuana as medicine. Vos has said in the past that he could support a limited medical marijuana program. The Republican leader of the state Senate, Scott Fitzgerald, however continues to fight the idea. Vos said he has no timeline in mind for when Wisconsin could get a medical marijuana program.

The jobless picture in Wisconsin looks pretty much the same as it did two months ago. The state says the unemployment rate held steady last month at three-point-three percent. The report also says employers have created just under ten thousand jobs in the year since Tony Evers was elected governor.

Prosecutors in Green Lake County are releasing a bit more information into the case against six men accused of sex trafficking a 17-year-old girl. The D.A. yesterday said the six, who are all in this country illegally, threatened and forced the teen to have sex with them. Investigators say all six had sex with her at one point. The teen escaped the men and found a deputy last month. All six men are being held in jail and are awaiting

The United States Curling Association selected the Eau Claire Curling Club as the host of the 2020 Junior Nationals Championships, to be held January 12 through January 18, 2020 at the Eau Claire Curling Club in the Eau Claire County Expo Center building on Lorch Avenue. Eight teams of four men and eight teams of four women will be arriving in Eau Claire on Sunday January 12 to begin the week-long competition, which kicks off with Opening Ceremonies Sunday evening. 

A conservative legal group is threatening to sue the Madison School District.  Reports say the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty told the district Wednesday it has 45 days to change a policy involving gender identity.  The organization claims the current policy doesn’t allow parents to find out from schools if their kids are transitioning genders.  The organization says parents have a right to be involved in their kids’ decision making.

A malnourished dog that was picked up in Dunn County earlier this year has a new home.  The Dunn County Humane Society says Gabriel will spend Christmas in a foster home in the area.  The Humane Society says he’s getting healthy and doing well.

A man is hurt after hitting a horse that was in the road in Tomah.  The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office says Jonathan Schendel was southbound on State Highway 13 late Tuesday night when he hit the horse.  Schendel suffered non-life threatening injuries.  The horse died at the scene.