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Want to see what they have been up to at City Hall? The City Hall Open House celebrating the completion of the 2018-2019 historic building restoration is set for Thursday, July 25, from 3p.m. to 8p.m. The Open House will be held on the campus of City Hall downtown located at 203 South Farwell Street and on the adjacent Dewey Street which will be closed to through-traffic between Eau Claire Street and East Grand Avenue. A ribbon cutting ceremony will

Crescent Avenue will be closed to traffic between Curvue Road and South Town Hall Road starting at 6:00 A.M. on Wednesday, July 17 th through Sunday morning, July 21st d at approximately 2:00 A.M. Residents who live in the affected area have been contacted by Country Jam staff members and provided With vehicle passes to allow them access to the area. All other traffic will be diverted around the festival area using Town Hall Road and Curvue Road or West

A Menomonie man is pleading guilty in a Dunn County drug and sexual assault case.  Reports say Timothy Carl took a plea deal yesterday and pleaded guilty to fourth-degree sexual assault and two drug charges.  He was accused of pressuring a woman to smoke meth and then sexually assaulting her afterwards.  He’ll serve four months in jail with work release followed by two years of probation. 

An Eau Claire man is going to prison after being convicted of selling meth to an undercover informant.  Police say they found drugs, money, and weapons in Kirk Stassel’s home after he sold meth three different times.  Stassel pleaded no contest to five charges last month.  Yesterday he was sentenced to nine years in prison followed by ten years of supervised release. 

A Bloomer woman is facing more drug charges after being accused of sneaking meth into the Chippewa County Jail.  Bridget Miles was strip searched earlier this week after a jailer learned multiple inmates may have had drugs.  A criminal complaint says the jailer found meth tucked into Miles’ clothing.  She’s facing four charges in connection with this case and her previous case. 

Governor Tony Evers will be in Menomonie this weekend for a ceremony where troops will be sent off to Afghanistan.  The ceremony will be Sunday at noon at the Johnson Fieldhouse on the campus of University of Wisconsin-Stout.  About 400 local National Guard soldiers will be sent off.  The event is not open to the public. 

The U.S. National Kubb Tournament is underway in Eau Claire today.  The lawn game involves players trying to knock down wooden blocks with a baton, similar to bowling or horseshoes.  The tournament is taking place at the Eau Claire Soccer Park.  City officials estimate it will bring over 150-thousand dollars to the local economy. 

The Northern Wisconsin State Fair is about to become immortal, kinda.  The Food Network is coming to the fair tomorrow to film a segment for the show Carnival Eats.  Megan Hagy and her funnel cakes will be featured, but the show will also capture some of the fun of the fair in Chippewa Falls.  The episode is expected to air this fall, then likely in reruns. 

The man who openly complained that judges in La Crosse County don’t send anyone to jail is being tapped to lead La Crosse’s police department.  The city promoted Rob Agaraham to interim police chief yesterday.  He’s filling-in until the city can hire a new chief.  Abraham took to Twitter last month to complain about the lax treatment of a rape suspect in La Crosse.  He apologized to the people of the city for not being able to protect them better.  

It will be more expensive for students at the University of Wisconsin this fall.  Regents yesterday approved room and board and student fee increases for almost every campus in the UW System.  UW Madison will see the highest price spikes.  Only UW Milwaukee and UW River Falls won’t charge students more for dorm rooms.  The university says they want to use the extra money to pay for new recreation centers across the system.