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Two Rusk County men are facing child pornography charges.  Reports say police were tipped off by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children earlier this summer.  An investigation led to the arrests of Ladysmith resident Dennis Berthold and Hubbard resident David Johnson.  They’re each charged with ten counts of child porn and will return to court next week. 

The Eau Claire Police Department’s Child Abduction Response Team is preparing for a potential child abduction.  The team held a drill at Whispering Pines Campground yesterday where they investigated a missing 15-year-old girl.  Police interviewed friends and family members and a mock suspect and had a search team with K-9’s.  The team says it conducts similar drills once a year. 

An Eau Claire bridge is the winner of a regional competition.  The rebuilt Carson Park causeway was recently named a winner of the Mid-America Association of State Highway and Transportation regional competition along with seven other projects in five other states.  The causeway is featured in the Quality of Life and Community Development section of the competition.  The three best projects from all four regions will be announced Friday. 

The man who once handled the finances for Eau Claire’s firefighter union is looking at prison time for stealing from the union.  William Drath agreed to a plea deal on Wednesday that could send him to prison for 12 years for stealing 18-thousand-dollars from the city’s firefighter union.  Drath was union treasurer from 2006 til 2016, and prosecutors say he stole the money over a six-year span.  Drath will be sentenced in November. 

Eau Claire County leaders aren’t going to stop the plan to move the Veterans’ Tribute Trail to Altoona.  The county board on Tuesday voted to allow organizers to move the two-million-dollar trail and park out of Eau Claire.  The folks behind the trail decided to move earlier this summer after a disagreement with neighbors in Eau Claire over renaming a local park to honor the trail. 

Wisconsin’s new governor wants the state to possibly do something about the rising cost of prescription drugs.  Governor Tony Evers yesterday ordered a new task force on prescription drug prices be created.  The governor says the task force will look and see just how expensive prescriptions have become as well as study what other states are doing.  Evers says it’s all part of his push to make healthcare more affordable in Wisconsin. 

La Crosse’s old Post Office could soon be a city market.  City leaders are talking about possibly buying the old Post office on State Street and turning it into a community market or a public safety complex.  Right now, La Crosse is willing to buy the old Post Office for a dollar, though there is some talk about paying more if that’s what’s needed to secure the building. 

Bird hunters in Wisconsin may get a short season this year.  The state’s Department of Natural Resources is considering a plan to close grouse season early.  DNR says there’s been a noticeable drop in the grouse population.  Regulators say they saw a 34-percent drop in grouse activity between 2017 and last year. Grouse season starts in southeast Wisconsin in October, while it begins for the rest of the state next month. 

We don’t have many more answers on the death of an infant in Barron County. It was just before 4:30 on Tuesday morning when the Barron County Sheriff’s Department received a 911 call from a residence outside of Haugen reporting that her 10-month old baby was not breathing. Responders arrived and lifesaving measures were attempted but the 10-month was pronounced deceased at the scene. At this time this remains an active ongoing investigation.

Attorney General Josh Kaul announced that on August 14, 2019, Jerry Wayne True was sentenced by Bayfield County Circuit Judge John P. Anderson to the maximum sentence allowed by law for threats to injure a judge, threats to injure a judge’s family, and one count each of threats to injure a prosecutor, with each count charged as a habitual offender. A jury convicted True in July 2019. “Threats like the ones made in this case are an attack on our