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The Better Business Bureau is warning about a popular Christmas scam.  The BBB in many states including Wisconsin say agencies are receiving complaints about fake pet and puppy ads.  The Bureau suggests a few tips to try to protect yourself when buying a pet including arranging to meet the prospective seller in person and never sending money or prepaid debit or gift cards to people or a company you don’t know or trust.  You can also do an internet search on PetScams-dot-com

At its Monday meeting, the Eau Claire Area School District Board of Education will discuss a proposed donation of solar panels brought forth by the Eau Claire Public Schools Foundation. If approved, the donation would include the installation of 720 solar panels on the roof of North and Memorial High Schools. The project could be completed as early as summer 2020.

The public is notified of a sex offender being released in our area. 76 year old Daniel G Skellenger will be released from the State of Wisconsin Department of Corrections on December 17th 2019 and will return to Chippewa County where he is required to reside. At this time Skellenger will live in the Bloomer Hotel until a residence is established. Daniel Skellenger has been convicted of 6 counts of possession of child pornography. Skellenger conditions of supervision will prohibit him

The latest Marquette Poll shows governor Tony Evers is sitting at neutral with Wisconsin voters.  The poll released Thursday shows Evers approval rating is right down the middle at 50 percent.  The poll also shows President Trump’s approval rating is at 47 percent, the highest it’s been since October of 2018.  Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and Pete Buttigieg also polled on top in the Wisconsin primary, separated by just eight percent.

Eau Claire’s next police chief is coming from within the department. The city’s Police and Fire Commission yesterday named Matt Rokus to be the city’s next police chief. Rokus has 23 years experience with the Eau Claire Police Department. He will replace out-going chief Gerald Staniszewski, who is retiring at the end of the year.

The town of Stanley needs a new fire chief. The old chief, Ron Zais, is no longer on the job. Town leaders this week confirmed that Zais is no longer employed. Zais had been on leave since May. He was facing discipline because he didn’t have a licensed medical director for the fire department. That’s a state requirement. Town leaders say Stanley’s fire department was without a director since 2013.

There is a new vape warning in Eau Claire. Public health managers and school leaders yesterday said high school students need to stay away from dank vapes or other black market THC vape products. The warning comes after an Eau Claire North High School student went to the hospital after vaping one of the products. North High School Principal Cale Bushman says he’s planning ‘information sessions’ to talk to students about the dangers of vaping.

A UW La Crosse art professor accused of sexual misconduct is blaming cancel culture for his departure from the school. Professor Joel Elgin’s lawyer released an open letter yesterday that also accused UW La Crosse of threatening to take away his sick time if he continued to fight the accusations. Elgin resigned from the school after 20 years. Elgin’s letter says the accusations against him are false, but argues that the university is afraid of cancel culture and ‘caved’ to

A majority of voters in Wisconsin continue to say they do not want to see President Trump impeached. The latest Marquette Law School Poll shows 53 percent of voters in the state oppose impeachment. That number jumps to 94 percent when you ask Republicans. The poll says 40 percent of voters do want to see the president impeached. That includes 80 percent of Democrats in the state. Independent voters are split, but more independents say they do not support impeachment.

Health officials in northwest Wisconsin say there’s an outbreak of chickenpox at an elementary school.  Five cases of chicken pox have been confirmed at Ladysmith Elementary School in Rusk County.  The county health department is calling it an outbreak today and four of the five cases have occurred in people who have been vaccinated for the virus.  The health department says kids with chickenpox should to stay home until the blisters have healed over.