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The Eau Claire County Parks & Forest Department announces that water testing results by the City County Health Department indicate that Coon Fork Lake Dayside Beach water is now within acceptable health standards and is therefore now open for swimming. All public beaches on Eau Claire County land are within acceptable standards and are therefore open.

One of the Monfils 6 is now a free man.  Seventy-two-year-old Rey Moore walked out of the John Burke Correctional Center in Waupin this morning.  He served 24 years of a life sentence for the killing of Tom Monfils at the James River paper mill in Green Bay in 1992.  Five others were charged with murder.  Prosecutors say the men conspired to kill Monfils after Monfils heard one of them talk about stealing from the mill. 

Make plans now to protect your pets from fireworks.  Many people enjoy Fourth of July festivities, but for animals, it’s frightening.  Animal care officials in Wisconsin offer some tips to reduce pet anxiety, including turning on the TV or radio to help drown out noise and putting them in their carriers to make them feel more secure.  Some outward symptoms of anxiety in a dog or a cat include pacing, hiding, panting and not leaving your side. 

Four juveniles are facing charges for allegedly vandalizing Eau Claire Memorial High School.  Police say graffiti was found on the building and several little fires were lit.  The exact cost of the damage is not yet known.  The juveniles, ages eight to ten-years-old, were referred to juvenile court and face charges of criminal damage to property, negligent handling of burning materials and trespass to land. 

A woman is recovering from her injuries after the car she was riding in hit a bear over the weekend.  The incident happened around 9:00 Saturday along Highway J, west of 790th Street, in Trimbelle.  The 66-year-old woman was a passenger in the car and was transported to a hospital in Stillwater, Minnesota for treatment.  The driver of the vehicle wasn’t injured. 

The City of Eau Claire is partnering with Festival Foods in their annual Fourth of July Celebration.  Viewing areas for the city’s Fireworks Extravaganza, which starts at 10:00 p.m. on Thursday, include Carson Park, Phoenix Park and Half Moon Lake.  The city said no personal fireworks or sparklers will be allowed at any of those viewing areas to ensure the safety of spectators.  Other activities include free admission at the Paul Bunyan Logging Camp Museum and Chippewa Valley Museum, train

Someone’s chance to be a millionaire is almost up.   Wisconsin Lottery officials say no one has yet claimed the five-point-nine million-dollar prize from a Megabucks ticket sold in Sheboygan back in January.  The winner has till July 15th to come forward.  If they don’t, the money goes back to the state. 

Eau Claire police say a second teen is in custody after a weekend gun scare.  Officers arrested 17-year-old Noah Beckstead yesterday.  They arrested 18-year-old Gabriel Kurschner over the weekend.  Police say the two were driving around Saturday night and pointing what turned out to be an airsoft gun out the window of their car.  Eau Claire police arrested Kurschner on drugs charges, both teens are also facing disorderly conduct charges. 

A Barron County man is heading to prison for drunken police chase in St. Croix County last year.  A judge in Hudson yesterday sentenced Wade Davis to four years in prison.  Police say Davis was drunk when he took off in a car, hit several other cars in New Richmond, and eventually was arrested.  Davis pleaded guilty in the case, he accepted the sentence as part of a deal for his seventh OWI conviction. 

There are not a lot of answers about how a state of Wisconsin worker died in an accident at Volk Field.  The Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs will only say that the worker died ‘while performing their duties’ yesterday.  Local and state authorities are looking into the worker’s death.  More information about the worker’s death may come today.