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La Crosse’s old Post Office could soon be a city market.  City leaders are talking about possibly buying the old Post office on State Street and turning it into a community market or a public safety complex.  Right now, La Crosse is willing to buy the old Post Office for a dollar, though there is some talk about paying more if that’s what’s needed to secure the building. 

Bird hunters in Wisconsin may get a short season this year.  The state’s Department of Natural Resources is considering a plan to close grouse season early.  DNR says there’s been a noticeable drop in the grouse population.  Regulators say they saw a 34-percent drop in grouse activity between 2017 and last year. Grouse season starts in southeast Wisconsin in October, while it begins for the rest of the state next month. 

We don’t have many more answers on the death of an infant in Barron County. It was just before 4:30 on Tuesday morning when the Barron County Sheriff’s Department received a 911 call from a residence outside of Haugen reporting that her 10-month old baby was not breathing. Responders arrived and lifesaving measures were attempted but the 10-month was pronounced deceased at the scene. At this time this remains an active ongoing investigation.

Attorney General Josh Kaul announced that on August 14, 2019, Jerry Wayne True was sentenced by Bayfield County Circuit Judge John P. Anderson to the maximum sentence allowed by law for threats to injure a judge, threats to injure a judge’s family, and one count each of threats to injure a prosecutor, with each count charged as a habitual offender. A jury convicted True in July 2019. “Threats like the ones made in this case are an attack on our

A man has died from injuries sustained during a boating accident in La Crosse.  The La Crosse County Sheriff’s Office says Scott Halvorson hit a boat driven by Keith Matush on the East Channel and French Slough on August 17th.  Halvorson refused medical treatment at the scene but went to the hospital for his injuries the next day.  He passed away on August 19th. 

Construction for the new roundabout on State Street in Eau Claire is ahead of schedule.  That roundabout is one of four planned additions to Eau Claire roadways this year.  The city engineer says asphalt is already laid for a roundabout at Lexington Avenue and they will start laying asphalt for one at MacArthur this week.  Work on a fourth roundabout at Hamilton Avenue will begin once the first three are done in September.  Construction should be done by November. 

Chippewa Falls is another step closer to construction.  Last night the Chippewa Falls city council approved a developer’s agreement for the project.  The project will now go before the county economic development committee A six-million dollar project for the Lake Wissota Business Park in on Thursday.  If the committee approves it more details of the project will then be released. 

The Chippewa Falls High School athletic department is benefiting from a 145-thousand dollar donation from the Chippewa Falls Booster Club.  The booster club presented Chi-Hi with a check for the money at last night’s school board meeting.  Reports say the money will be put towards uniforms, equipment, traveling costs, and other daily needs of the athletic department.  Also because of the donation, students will only have to pay 20 dollars to join a sports team. 

The Dunn County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help from the public in locating a runaway juvenile.  The juvenile is identified as Charli Carlin, 16 years of age from Southern Dunn County, left her residence on Tuesday, August 20, 2019 and she has not returned home at this time. The investigation showed that at this point Charli left on her own free will. It is unknown who she may be traveling with or where she may be going. No one

An Eau Claire man is being held on a 10 thousand-dollar cash bond after police say he threatened to shoot-up the Menards distribution center in the Town of Union.  Prosecutors say Kevin Pinkham made the threats last week.  His coworkers took him seriously enough that some of them didn’t come to work the next day, and a manager who police say Pinkham specifically threatened says he slept with a loaded rifle next to his bed.  Eau Claire police searched Pinkham’s