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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wants to spend almost 37-million dollars on flood protection in Arcadia.  The Corps recently proposed new levees, flood walls, and other structures be built to protect Arcadia.  The Corps says the city would pay for about 14-million dollars worth of the plan.  An open house for residents is being held on January 22nd.

No one is saying why the sheriff in Dunn County is calling a death there suspicious. Sheriff Kevin Bygd last night said his office is handling a death investigation in Colfax. The sheriff would only say that the death is outside Colfax’s village limits. He says there may be more answers available today.

Investigators are blaming a broken rail for Sunday’s train derailment in Dunn County. The Union Pacific Railroad yesterday said they are working on a formal report for the Federal Railroad Administration. That derailment near Knapp sent about 35 cars off the rails, 18 of them smashed together in a pile-up. No one was hurt, and the railroad says nothing hazardous spilled. PHOTO CREDIT: WEAU 13 NEWS

The city of Eau Claire is going to start its lead pipe replacement project at Chippewa Street and Second Avenue, and then spread-out to the rest of the city. The city council last night approved the proposal to steadily replace nearly 800 lead pipe lines throughout the city. Eau Claire’s Community Services director figures it will take 15 years to replace the pipes. But those 800 are just city-owned. There are hundreds more lead pipes leading to homes across the

A pint of blood will be enough to send someone to the Super Bowl. The Northwest Wisconsin chapter of the American Red Cross is offering blood donors a chance to get to the big game. From now through Sunday, anyone who donates blood will be entered for a chance to win two Super Bowl tickets plus airfare to Miami, a hotel room, and 500 dollars in spending money. The Red Cross hopes the offer is enough to end its blood shortage.

Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and Pete Buttigieg all tie President Trump in head-to-head match-ups in Wisconsin. The latest Marquette Law School Poll shows Wisconsin is too close to call. Biden leads the president 49-45, and Sanders has a 47-45 lead. But both contests are within the poll’s margin of error. President Trump has similar small leads over Warren and Buttigieg. The Marquette Poll does say that President Trump’s disapproval rating in the state is under 50 percent for the first time.

Wisconsin isn’t changing the training requirements for nursing assistants in the state. The State Assembly yesterday didn’t have enough votes to overturn Governor Evers’ veto of a plan to chop 45 hours of training off the state’s requirements. State Rep. Jim Steineke said going from 120 hours of training to the 75 hours that the federal government requires could help solve the state’s nursing shortage. Democrats, however, said the solution is higher pay for nurses and not less training.

There are some statistics raising concern for Sauk County Health Department officials.  The department said today it’s seeing a spike in opioid overdoses since early last month.  The overdoses could be caused by prescription painkillers, but there is an increasing problem of heroin cut with fentanyl which is causing deaths across the country.  Health officials urge people to get trained to recognize suspected overdoses and learn what to do in that situation.

The push to make winter fun is ON! The Cities of Altoona and Eau Claire have been working collaboratively on the Wintermission Initiative to implement pilot projectsbased off of community feedback that aim to shift public perception towards winter and get more people of all ages actively embracing social opportunities and public spaces during the winter. The Altoona Frosty Fun Series is possible due to a Cultural Arts Grant the City of Altoona received from Visit Eau Claire and the

The City of Altoona and Eau Claire County Veterans Tribute Foundation are holding an Open House event for the Veterans Tribute Trail. At this event, members of the Veterans Tribute Foundation will provide an update on their plans for the Veterans Tribute Trail. This event will take place on Wednesday, February 5, 2020 from 6–8PM at the River Prairie Center. The River Prairie Center is located at 1445 Front Porch Place, in Altoona.