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Natural resources officials in Wisconsin say safety is essential when hunting.  There are reports every year about injuries from tree stand accidents and most times the hunter failed to wear a safety harness.  Hunters are advised to carry a cell phone or two-way radio and wear a full body harness when using tree stands.  Nearly 550-thousand hunters purchased licenses last year in Wisconsin.

Road conditions may have been a factor in a deadly accident that happened just before 8 on Tuesday morning. A Wisconsin State Trooper responded to a two-vehicle crash on US HWY 8 west of Cranberry Lake Road in Rusk County. A Chevrolet Tahoe driven by 28 year old Richard Smith from Bruce was traveling westbound on US HWY 8 when the driver lost control and eventually collided head-on into a Dodge Ram pick-up truck which was traveling eastbound. The driver

On Monday at 8:30 p.m., the Barron County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a one vehicle accident at the intersection of Hwy 25 and Hwy A south of Barron. When deputies arrived the lone occupant of the vehicle was treated and released for minor injuries and was taken into custody on suspicion of Operating a Motor Vehicle while under the Influence of Alcohol 15th offense.66 year old Mark Johnson of Rice Lake is being held in the Barron County

There’s a reward being offered for information on a California man missing in northern Wisconsin.  The Wisconsin Department of Justice Silver Alert Facebook page says the family of 89-year-old Norbert Dantzman is offering five-thousand dollars for information that leads to him being found.  The family says Dantzman was in Wisconsin to celebrate the anniversary of his family buying a farm in Sawyer County.  He was last seen leaving his hotel in August.

The Water Street development in Eau Claire is voted down.  The plan was to build a two story apartment and commercial building at the former BMO Harris bank on Water Street, though some people in the neighborhood wanted a drive-through restaurant as well.  Both plans were voted down by the Plan Commission Monday night.  The city council will have the final say at a later meeting.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is reminding hunters it’s illegal to bait deer in some counties.  The DNR says baiting is illegal this year in Eau Claire, Chippewa, Dunn, Barron, Buffalo, Polk, Trempealeau, Washburn, Burnett, and Pepin Counties.  People caught baiting could face hundreds of dollars in fines.

There is an E Coli outbreak in Wisconsin, but no one knows what is making people sick. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday said 20 people have been reported sick with E Coli since last week. The cases are spread across the state, so there is no one source for the outbreak. Public health managers say they are trying to find a tie that binds the cases together.

The case of the missing Diemel brothers is stretching into a third state. The sheriff in Lincoln County, Nebraska yesterday said a rancher found remains believed to be one of the brothers in a trailer he bought in Missouri. Investigators say Nick and Justin Diemel were last seen on a Missouri farm back in July. Prosecutors in Missouri have charged that farmer, Joey Nelson, with their murder. There’s no word on just what kind of remains were found in the

School leaders in Eau Claire are trying to figure out when they will ask voters to raise taxes. The city’s school board last night talked about the timeline for one or two referendum votes. Both would look to raise taxes to pay for school renovations, and perhaps more. The conversation is whether to put the tax hike questions on the fall ballot next year, or the spring ballot in 2021.

The University of Wisconsin needs about four-thousand smokers. The school is using a 14-million-dollar grant to study how people quit smoking. The idea is to give people options and see which is the most successful. The study will start next year and focus on people who are patients at UW Health and Aurora Health Care clinics.