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DNR URGES HUNTERS TO TAKE FERAL PIGS

By Morgan McCarthy | November 20, 2019

The DNR wants deer hunters to help control the feral pig population.  Officials today are asking hunters to kill the pigs whenever possible and report it on the DNR website.  Feral pigs can be hunted year-round and there is no bag limit.  Gun deer hunting season begins Saturday and ends December 1st.

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WI POLITICAL NOTES: POLL SHOWS TRUMP LEAD; VP PENCE VISITS

By Morgan McCarthy | November 20, 2019

A new Marquette Law School poll shows a shift in favor of President Trump regarding impeachment and the election.  The poll of 801 Wisconsin registered voters released today shows Trump holding a small lead over each of the top four Democratic candidates in head-to-head matchups.  In the previous poll three of the Democrats held small leads over the president.  Last month 44-percent of Wisconsin voters polled favored impeachment and removal from office while that has dropped to 40-percent this month.  VP Pence Talking Manufacturing

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CADOTT MAN ACCUSED OF ASSAULT

By Morgan McCarthy | November 20, 2019

A Cadott man is accused of sexually assaulting a woman while she slept.  A criminal complaint says the victim told police she recently woke up and found Devyn McCormick assaulting her.  McCormick claims the sex was consensual.  He was charged Tuesday with second-degree sexual assault.

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STATE BUDGET TO BOOST LOCAL TREATMENT PROGRAMS

By Morgan McCarthy | November 20, 2019

Over a million dollars in state budget money is going to nine Wisconsin counties and a tribe to create drug court programs.  Attorney General Josh Haul was in Eau Claire Tuesday where he announced Buffalo, Pepin, and Polk Counties would get a share of one-and-a-half-million dollars for treatment programs.  The courts allow non-violent drug offenders to enter a treatment program rather than spending time in jail.  Eau Claire, Chippewa, and Dunn Counties already have treatment courts.

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ANOTHER NAME IN SENATE RACE

By Morgan McCarthy | November 20, 2019

Wisconsin State Representative Rob Stafsholt is running against Patty Schachtner for her state Senate seat.  On Tuesday the Republican from New Richmond became the second person to announce they’re running against Schachtner in 2020.  Somerset business owner Cherie Link will run against Stafsholt in the Republican primary.  Election Day is next November 3rd.

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COMMUNITY CONNECTS FOR COATS AND KIDS

By Morgan McCarthy | November 20, 2019

An Eau Claire restaurant is teaming with the Eau Claire Firefighter’s Community Charity to help kids stay warm this winter.  Ten percent of all sales at Northern Tap House Tuesday were donated to Operation Warm Coats For Kids, a program that donates coats to Eau Claire kids who don’t have one.  The organizer of the event says they plan to donate over 500 coats to kids at 12 elementary schools this year.

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SCHOOL THREAT LEADS TO POLICE PRESENCE AT REGIS

By Morgan McCarthy | November 20, 2019

Students and parents at Eau Claire’s Regis High School will see more police officers at the school today. It comes after police say a student made a threat yesterday. Officers removed the student from campus, but are not saying if that means they arrested the student. There are no details about the threat or the student, other than police say it was a specific threat from a high schooler.

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SEARCH CONTINUES

By Morgan McCarthy | November 20, 2019

The sheriff in Dunn County is turning to cadaver dogs to help search for a missing woman near Menomonie. Robynn Bridges’ family says she’s been missing for about a week. The sheriff’s office has been searching for her after finding her car parked along the Chippewa River, but so far crews haven’t found a thing. Searchers are going to head back to her car today with the dogs. Investigators say they are talking with several people about Bridges’ disappearance, but

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EAU CLAIRE E.COLI CONNECTION

By Morgan McCarthy | November 20, 2019

Eau Claire could be a key to figuring out what is making people in Wisconsin sick from E.coli. Public health managers say three people in Eau Claire have come down with the bug. In all, 20 people across the state are sick with E.coli. No one knows just what made them sick.

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RESTRAINT TECHNIQUES REEXAMINED

By Morgan McCarthy | November 20, 2019

The rules in Wisconsin could be changing for when schools can lock disruptive kids away in tiny rooms, and forcibly hold them down until they become calm. A state Senate panel yesterday heard from parents and disability activists who want the rules for student isolation and restraint to be updated. State Senator Luther Olsen is pushing a plan that would ban some isolation and restraint techniques, and require schools to report how and when they use them. But the law would not

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