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A Minnesota man accused of kidnapping a woman and bringing her to Jackson County, Wisconsin is going to jail.  A criminal complaint says Dwayne Doxen picked up the victim from a homeless shelter in Minneapolis and promised her a job.  The woman eventually called police at a travel center in Hixton and they arrested Doxen.  He took a plea deal and was sentenced this week to six months in jail.

The Eau Claire city council is working to put people first.  Reports say the city council is holding a vote tonight to update multiple city ordinances to include what it calls people-first language.  This includes removing terms that are considered politically incorrect.  The city council says there are other ordinances that will also likely need to be changed in the future.

Mark your reminders-you will want to be on the Midway for the action this year. The Northern Wisconsin State Fair is set to take over Chippewa on July 8-12 of 2020 and we now know who will be taking stage. The 2020 Leinenkugel’s Main Stage Line Up has something for everyone. For country lovers, Trace Adkins will kick it Wednesday, July 8. Then, grab the AquaNet hairspray and see Hairball rock your face off on Thursday, July 9th. To kick off the weekend, LANCO will bring

Police in Cadott say a local man was drunk when he accidentally shot himself over the weekend. Police say Richard LuJan died from an apparent accidental, self-inflicted gunshot wound. Cadott’s police chief says LuJan and another man were playing with a gun when LuJan pulled the trigger.

Forecasters say the snow in the Chippewa Valley will start tonight and continue through tomorrow morning. By the time it’s done, the National Weather Service says Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls could see nine inches of snow. There’s a winter storm warning in effect from 9 p.m. tonight through noon tomorrow. SAFETY TIPS AND REMINDERS: Do not head out in the worst of the winter weather. The Wisconsin State Patrol is asking people not to get out on the roads when the

More members of the Wisconsin National Guard’s Red Arrow infantry group are back on American soil. The guard says about 200 troops returned from Afghanistan over the weekend. They join 200 or so other troops from the 2nd Battalion, 127th Infantry that arrived home earlier in the month. All of the troops will spend some time at Fort Bliss, in Texas, until they are sent back home to Wisconsin.

The lawsuit over who will be removed from voter rolls across the state of Wisconsin could be growing. The League of Women voters yesterday asked a judge in Ozaukee County to join the case. The question before the court is when can the state remove someone from the voting system. Current law says the state must remove people within 30 days after a move. But the League says some of the people who were removed from voting lists last year simply hadn’t

Here’s your chance to do a whole lot of good, and get a little something extra for yourself. The American Red Cross in Eau Claire is offering people five-dollar Amazon gift cards for blood donations this holiday season. The Red Cross says there’s always a need for more blood. Though they suggest an appointment at a blood center first.

A crash leads to arrest for an Osseo man. It was just before 5:30 on Monday evening when Wisconsin State Patrol Troopers responded to a minor property damage crash in the parking lot of the Speedway gas station in the City of Osseo. Upon their arrival at the scene, Troopers found that one of the drivers had left the scene and had gone to the parking lot of the nearby McDonalds restaurant. A Trooper made contact with this driver who

Medicaid reimbursement for telehealth services is being expanded in Wisconsin.  Governor Tony Evers signed a bill today in Richland Center which covers reimbursement for provider-to-provider consultations and the transmitting of patients medical data.  Telehealth services have become a critical resource for people throughout rural Wisconsin.