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An Eau Claire man is being held on 75-thousand dollars bond after a drug bust at his home.  A criminal complaint says two informants bought suspected heroin from Joshua Hawkins at his home on Eddy Lane last month.  Police say they found heroin, fentanyl, and other drug paraphernalia in Hawkins’ home during a search last Friday.  Hawkins is facing 24 charges in connection with the case.  A woman who was also living in the home is also facing drug charges.

The Chippewa Valley Free Clinic is officially open at its new location.  The clinic held an open house Wednesday night to celebrate its opening on Oak Ridge Drive in Eau Claire.  The clinic provides free health services and medication to anyone who can’t afford it.  Hours of operation and information on how to qualify for free health care are available on the clinic’s website.

No one is hurt after a truck carrying acid and chlorine caught on fire on County Highway S in Buffalo County.  The county sheriff’s office says the fire started around 1:40 yesterday afternoon.  Firefighters were able to douse the flames before the chemicals caught on fire.  Reports say the fire started in the engine compartment.

Viterbo University in La Crosse is offering a new four-year graduation guarantee program.  The school announced yesterday all freshman starting in 2020 will work with their advisors to develop a plan to graduate in four years and get into the workforce as soon as possible.  If the student follows the plan and doesn’t graduate in four years the school will pay for an additional semester.

More than a quarter-million voters in Wisconsin could have to re-register. The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty yesterday asked a judge to cancel the registrations of 234-thousand voters. WILL says the state’s Election Commission gave them two years to fix their registrations after moving, rather than the 30 days as required by law. The commission voted in June to extend the deadline for voters who have moved. Liberal groups say the move by WILL is an attempt to bully the state into trimming

All of Wisconsin’s congressmen are finally agreeing on something. The state’s seven congressmen yesterday all voted to condemn President Trump’s order to remove U.S. troops from northern Syria. A resolution on the question passed with an overwhelming majority. Both Republicans and Democrats voted 354-60 in favor of the plan that calls the president’s order a mistake.

There will not be an interim police chief in Eau Claire. The city’s police and fire commission yesterday decided they want to try and find a permanent replacement for Chief Gerald Staniszewski before he retires at the end of the year. The chief announced his retirement on Monday. This will be the first time since 2013 that Eau Claire has had to look for a new chief.

An Eau Claire woman is heading to prison for her sixth and seventh OWI. A judge yesterday sentenced 51-year-old Julie Wilson to three years behind bars. Police found her passed out behind the wheel of her car last month. She pleaded guilty to that and another case. After her prison term, Wilson will spend five years on probation.

People in Wisconsin drink too much, and it is costing the state an awful lot of money. A new study from the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute says Wisconsin’s problem with binge drinking has a four billion-dollar a year price tag. That includes healthcare costs, criminal justice costs, and lost costs for people who are too drunk or hungover to work. The study says anyone who drinks more than five drinks in one sitting is considered a binge drinker.

Allowing Wisconsin’s local election managers to handle their own voter rolls is actually a security strength. The state’s Election Commission yesterday said Wisconsin’s de-centralized election management model helps keep the state’s voter information safe. Wisconsin has over 19-hundred local election managers. The Election Commission’s Meagan Wolfe said there are on-going election concerns, which is one reason why the commission is offering local clerks part of a million-dollars for computer and security upgrades.