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A local school district is saving over 350-thousand dollars a year on energy costs.  A newly-released Focus On Energy study shows the La Crosse School District is one of several that has seen a 23-percent drop in energy use.  The district says they’ve avoided over 10-million dollars in energy costs since 2002.  They want to continue energy efficient projects, like continuing to install LED lights and improving the boilers.

Despite the rain out there today, we are still encouraged to get outside and splash in the puddles. Today is the 22nd International Walk and Bike to School Day.  Cities across the US and dozens of other countries will encourage kids to use bikes or foot power instead of buses and carpools.  Officials want kids to learn the benefits of exercise, and they say more than four-thousand schools have registered for today’s activities.  Safety is another vital component of the

Authorities are still looking for a suspect involved in a robbery at People State Bank Tuesday morning in Boyceville. A white male, possibly in his mid-twenties described as about 5’9” and stocky build wearing a tan jacket over a grey hooded sweatshirt pointed a weapon at an employee and left the bank with an undisclosed amount of money. No one was hurt. The suspect appears to have arrived and fled on foot. It is unknown if he used any vehicle

Senator Tammy Baldwin can’t believe the comments by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue during his stop at the World Dairy Expo in Madison.  In a state that has lost nearly 17-hundred dairy farms since President Trump took office the Ag Secretary today said he didn’t know if the family dairy farm can survive the changes in the industry.  Perdue said in America the big get bigger and the small go out.  Senator Baldwin today said with that kind of advice

An Independence man is facing charges for multiple sex crimes.  The Wisconsin Department of Justice is charging James Killian with first degree sexual assault of a child, reported acts of sexual assault on the same child, and other related charges.  The alleged crimes occurred in Trempealeau County.  The 59-year-old was prosecuted for similar charges in 2015 and 2016, but the case ended in a mistrial.

Today, the Wisconsin Department of Revenue (DOR) will begin collecting an excise tax on vapor products in Wisconsin.  A “vapor product” is defined as a noncombustible substance that produces vapor or aerosol meant for inhalation. The tax rate is 5 cents per milliliter of liquid or other substance heated to produce vapor for inhalation, regardless of whether the liquid or other substance contains nicotine. The tax, enacted under state law, applies to businesses that do any of the following: Sell and

An accident injures two in the late night hours of Saturday in Barron County. The 911 Center received a report of a motor vehicle accident involving a semi rollover on northbound Highway 53 at MM133. First arriving units confirmed a minivan vs semi, with the semi on its side, and its load of green beans had spilled on Hwy 53 and the shoulder. The minivan had been towing a small flatbed trailer which disintegrated upon impact, heavily covering both northbound

It’s a lot more than just the pink ribbons, but here locally health care providers remind us to screen for breast cancer. Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women in the United States. Breast cancer will develop in about one in eight women during their lifetime. In Eau Claire County, data shows only 54% of Eau Claire County female Medicare enrollees ages 65-74 received an annual mammography screening in 2016. Breast examinations and mammograms increase the chances

A person is dead following a one-car crash in Polk County.  The county sheriff’s office says the person was on Highway 65 near Amery Monday afternoon when they went onto the shoulder, over-corrected, went into a ditch, and rolled.  The driver was thrown from the car and pronounced dead at the scene.  Deputies say they weren’t wearing a seatbelt.

A New Auburn man will go to prison for a year after being convicted in a home break-in and sexual assault case.  Douglas Lewis was accused of breaking into a home in May of 2017 and sexually assaulting a 29-year-old woman who lived there.  Lewis pleaded no contest in May to three charges in the case and was sentenced this week to six months for sexual assault and six months for taking a car without the owner’s consent.  Lewis will