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If you’ve ever walked through the Pabst Mansion and wanted to take something home, here’s your chance.  The mansion’s managers yesterday announced an estate sale planned for June 8th.  Just some of the mansion’s furnishing and decorations will be up for sale.  All of the money raised will go toward maintaining the mansion and preserving its history. 

Firefighters from Madison and around the state are stepping in to help protect the Appleton community.  Fire crews are covering any calls in Appleton today while first responders and the community mourn the death of firefighter Mitch Lundgaard.  Lundgaard was shot and killed last week while on a medical call.  His funeral was today with a long procession of cars passing by friends and neighbors lining the streets to show their respect. 

The Packers are putting the call out for people who want to work at Lambeau Field.  The team is having a job fair on Thursday from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. in the Johnsonville Tailgate Village.  Meanwhile, the team is opening their organized team activities known as OTAs tomorrow.  Three workouts over the next three weeks will be open to the public. 

A stolen vehcile leads to a drug bust over the weekend. It was on Saturday, May 18 just after 2 in the afternoon when Lake Hallie Police Officers were following up on a stolen vehicle report in the 11500 block of 13th Ave. in Lake Hallie. While in the area, officers observed a vehicle involved in suspicious behavior that left the 11546 12th Ave. address and a traffic stop was conducted. The Lake Hallie Police Department K9 Kita was deployed,

There will be some closure for the family of a missing teenager as his body was recovered. Police have confirmed the body that was found in the Chippewa River last week belongs to missing teenager Will Hessel.  Hessel was last seen cliff jumping at Mount Simon Park on April 23rd.  A body was found in the river on May 17th and police announced yesterday the body is Hessel’s.  He would have graduated high school later this month. 

Recent heavy rains in the upper Chippewa River watershed are resulting in increased runoff passing through the system, and will result in rising river levels on the Chippewa River in Eau Claire. At 5 a.m. the Chippewa River gauge at Grand Avenue read 770.6 feet, which is approximately three (3) feet below the flood state reading of 773. The current crest projection is 771.7 feet for Tuesday, May 21. At this gauge reading, water will have inundated some areas of

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office has identified a man it says led deputies on a high speed chase.  The sheriff’s office says Robert LaVake ran from deputies on Interstate-90 last Thursday, going over 100 miles-per-hour.  Tomah police eventually used spike strips to stop the car.  The car crashed and caught fire and LaVake was pulled from the car and arrested.  The car was reported stolen from Colorado. 

Two Chippewa Falls residents are in custody after being accused of operating a drug house.  A criminal complaint says a K-9 unit detected drugs in a package that was sent from California to a house on Prentice Street back in February.  Police found nearly a kilogram of marijuana in the package before searching the house and finding over ten-thousand dollars and more marijuana.  Lauren Hasenmueller and Shane Doebler were recently arrested in connection with the search.  They’re both facing multiple

Madison police are on the lookout for someone they say threatened a man with a butcher’s knife.  Police say officers responded to a home on the east side of town Saturday night where a 46-year-old man said he’d been threatened with a knife.  The man claimed the suspect whistled at his girlfriend, leading to a fight where the suspect pulled the knife and tried to run the victim over with a car.  The suspect hasn’t been seen since. 

The Dunn County Humane Society is hoping to have raised thousands of dollars during its dog run over the weekend.  The Mutt Strut N’ Tabby Trot five-K was held on Saturday where hundreds of dogs and their owners gathered to run, walk, and compete in contests.  The humane society says it raised almost 15-thousand dollars for animal care last year and hopes to have beat that number this year.