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The Water Street development in Eau Claire is voted down.  The plan was to build a two story apartment and commercial building at the former BMO Harris bank on Water Street, though some people in the neighborhood wanted a drive-through restaurant as well.  Both plans were voted down by the Plan Commission Monday night.  The city council will have the final say at a later meeting.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is reminding hunters it’s illegal to bait deer in some counties.  The DNR says baiting is illegal this year in Eau Claire, Chippewa, Dunn, Barron, Buffalo, Polk, Trempealeau, Washburn, Burnett, and Pepin Counties.  People caught baiting could face hundreds of dollars in fines.

There is an E Coli outbreak in Wisconsin, but no one knows what is making people sick. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday said 20 people have been reported sick with E Coli since last week. The cases are spread across the state, so there is no one source for the outbreak. Public health managers say they are trying to find a tie that binds the cases together.

The case of the missing Diemel brothers is stretching into a third state. The sheriff in Lincoln County, Nebraska yesterday said a rancher found remains believed to be one of the brothers in a trailer he bought in Missouri. Investigators say Nick and Justin Diemel were last seen on a Missouri farm back in July. Prosecutors in Missouri have charged that farmer, Joey Nelson, with their murder. There’s no word on just what kind of remains were found in the

School leaders in Eau Claire are trying to figure out when they will ask voters to raise taxes. The city’s school board last night talked about the timeline for one or two referendum votes. Both would look to raise taxes to pay for school renovations, and perhaps more. The conversation is whether to put the tax hike questions on the fall ballot next year, or the spring ballot in 2021.

The University of Wisconsin needs about four-thousand smokers. The school is using a 14-million-dollar grant to study how people quit smoking. The idea is to give people options and see which is the most successful. The study will start next year and focus on people who are patients at UW Health and Aurora Health Care clinics.

Young, single, able-bodied people on Wisconsin’s healthcare rolls are getting a break from having to find a job or go back to school. The state says it is waiting till early next year to enforce a Medicaid work requirement. Lawmakers want to limit Medicaid coverage for people who can work but don’t, but those changes are being challenged in court in other states. Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services said earlier this month it is delaying the work requirement until the end of

Firefighters across Wisconsin say it’s never too early to think about holiday safety.  Officials say Christmas tree sales will be starting up soon and it’s important to water natural trees daily and keep them hydrated.  It’s also critical to make sure the tree is not blocking an exit and is at least three feet away from any heat source like fireplaces, radiators, candles, heat vents or lights.  Fire officials warn not to overload extension cords with strings of holiday lights.

2019 marked an unprecedented milestone for the Bill’s Distributing Pumpkin Program as October 2019 donations topped $9,500!  100% of the proceeds go to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital where families never receive a bill for treatment, travel, housing and food. More about the program: Every October, Coors Light and Bill’s Distributing in Menomonie, Wisconsin, encourages local retailers to sell paper pumpkin pinups to their customers as a donation to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.  Coors Light launched this program in