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Police in Rice Lake don’t know how long a missing little girl wandered before she fell into the Red Cedar River. Officers yesterday thanked everyone who searched for the two-year-old girl. Searchers found her in the river late Sunday night. Rice Lake Police say she could have been missing for almost a half-hour before her parents noticed she was gone. Officers say she walked about two blocks, before it appears she slipped and fell into the river

An Eau Claire County deputy is in the clear for last summer’s shooting at a motel in Chippewa Falls. The D.A. yesterday said Deputy Adam Prorok was justified in shooting and wounding 49-year-old Christopher Knyphausen inside the Indianhead Motel on August 1st. The SWAT team rushed to the hotel after Knyphausen said he had a gun. Prorok opened fire when the SWAT team entered Kynphausen’s room. It’s still unclear if Knyphausen had a gun.

Forecasters say a band of bitter cold is going to settle-in and drop temperatures into the teens and single digits over the next couple of days. Today’s high will only be three-above. Tomorrow it will be just two-above. It warms-up again by Friday, but forecasters say it will get colder after that. Eau Claire has set another snow record. Forecasters say this week’s snow pushed the city over 100 inches of snow for all of 2019. The National Weather Service

Wisconsin’s National Guard commander is off the job after Governor Tony Evers demanded he step down because of a failed investigation into complaints of sexual assault. Adjutant General Donald Dunbar resigned yesterday. The governor asked for his resignation after a report stated that Dunbar forced the investigation of sexual assault complaints to go through guard investigators so they could shield the guard from state and federal regulators. The report also says the guard didn’t follow Defense Department guidelines on sexual

The Wisconsin National Guard will implement recommendations made following sexual assault and harassment reports.  The National Guard Bureau Office of Complex Investigations has been looking into the charges that officials dismiss sexual assault complaints and reports of retaliation against victims.  Governor Tony Evers and Senator Tammy Baldwin asked the OCI to conduct an assessment.  Major General Don Dunbar says the guard intends to implement all of the undisclosed recommendations made in the report because sexual misconduct has no place in the Wisconsin National Guard. 

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services is reminding people that the holidays are a great time to spread the flu.  Officials are urging all Wisconsinites to get a flu shot and be protected before their holiday gatherings.  Last year there were over 17-thousand cases of the flu in Wisconsin.  So far this season moderate levels are being seen in the southern and southwestern areas of the state, while the rest of the state has levels below the baseline.

After incidents, action. University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Chancellor James Schmidt announced steps the university is taking in the wake of two incidents involving racist messages that occurred on campus during the fall semester. Schmidt announced the formation of a Rapid Action Task Force for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), and an independent third-party review of the university’s intercollegiate athletics program. The Rapid Action Task Force for EDI is comprised of 16 members that include students, faculty and staff. The task

The Menomonie Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance in a case caught on camera. It was on November 26th when the pictured truck was involved in a gas drive off at the Exit 45 Kwik Trip. The vehicle was displaying personalized plates CEDAR14. In checking this plate was discovered stolen from a truck at Cedar Corp in Menomonie. Anyone having information on the suspect or location of the suspect vehicle displaying these plates is asked to contact the Menomonie

Chippewa County officials want to expand the Lake Wissota Business Park to try to attract more businesses.  Reports say the county expects the current business park to fill up within the next three years so it wants to build another one.  The county is going to conduct a feasibility study that’ll be completed early next year.