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An Eau Claire software engineer is challenging Democratic Congressman Ron Kind for his U.S. House of Representatives seat.  Justin Bonner recently announced he’s challenging Kind because he thinks Kind’s become too moderate and he wants to push more progressive policies.  Bonner’s campaign website says he advocates for abolishing ICE, providing Medicare for all, and free public education through college.

Construction is officially underway on a new apartment complex in Eau Claire’s Cannery District.  On Thursday crews broke ground on the two phase project which includes over 70 units of market rate housing and 40 to 45 units of mixed income housing.  The first phase is expected to open by next August.

Wisconsin’s largest teachers’ union is blaming a lack of money for test scores that show six in ten kids in Wisconsin cannot read or add at grade level.  Wisconsin Education Association President Ron Martin yesterday said lawmakers should find more money for local schools, he said to possibly shrink class sizes.  Wisconsin is spending more money than ever before on schools as classrooms will get seven-and-a-half-billion-dollars this year.

A police officer in Clark County is recovering after a shooting that ended an hours-long standoff in the town of Loyal. It all started yesterday when police tried to pull over Robert Domine. He sped away, flashed a gun, then ran away on foot. A little while later the sheriff says they found him in a home. After a few hours of talking, officers went in. That’s when the Loyal police say they heard two shots. Loyal’s police chief says

An Eau Claire man is looking at three-and-a-half years in prison for stabbing his roommate’s dog in the throat. William Geiger pleaded guilty to a mistreatment of animals charge yesterday. Police say he stabbed his roommate’s dog after it bit him. A judge will sentence Geiger in November.

The folks who live near Anson’s public boat launch on Lake Wissota will just have to deal with the traffic. Town leaders last night refused to close the Yellow River Boat Landing. Neighbors said there are just too many cars and trucks. But others in Anson say the landing is the only public boat launch and there would be no other way for first responders to get to the lake without it.

Travel Wisconsin is boasting about the state’s fall color season.  The 2019 Wisconsin Fall Color Report is considered the most comprehensive in the state and it comes with a fall color map and the best locations for viewing peak foliage.  The Wautoma area is expected to peak the first week of October along with  Black River Falls and Land O Lakes in northern Vilas County.  The second week will feature peak fall colors in Shawano, Stevens Point and Waupaca.

The River Prairie project in Altoona, WI won the Economic Development Initiative award at the annual Community and Economic Development Awards (CEDA) ceremony, held September 11, at The Edgewater Hotel in Madison. The CEDA Awards program was established by the Wisconsin Economic Development Association (WEDA) to recognize businesses, projects, and organizations that are making significant contributions to Wisconsin’s economy. The Economic Development Initiative award honors innovative community and economic development efforts that successfully promote growth and prosperity in Wisconsin communities.

Senator Tammy Baldwin wants the CDC to support local partners on the public health threat posed by vaping.  The Wisconsin Democrat wants see the department activate an Emergency Operations Center to address the lung disease connected to vaping.  No deaths have been reported in Wisconsin, but 30 of the 450 possible cases nationwide have been identified in the Badger State.  The exact cause for symptoms like chest pain, shortness of breath, intestinal issues and a cough and fever has not been identified. 

A Trempealeau County man is pleading to guilty to charges relating to a planned kidnapping and murder.  Court records show Ryan Gunderson taped a conversation he had with Chad Anderson last year where they planned to kidnap, rape, and kill a woman.  Gunderson was shot by the Strum police chief last October, ending their plan.  Now Anderson is pleading guilty to amended charges of first-degree recklessly endangering safety, stalking, and false imprisonment.  He faces 22 years in prison and will