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The cost for regular gas in Wisconsin is 20-cents-a-gallon lower than the national average.  Triple-A says the price statewide is two-dollars-and-39-cents today, while it’s two-59 across the country.  The lowest prices are found in Appleton at two-28-a-gallon and Washington County in southeast Wisconsin at two-29.  The Superior area is posting some of the highest prices at two-61-a-gallon. 

A man accused of threatening to shoot up his work place in New Richmond is avoiding prison.  Nicholas Cherrier pleaded no contest Wednesday to terroristic threat and disorderly conduct and was sentenced to a year of probation.  Cherrier was accused of telling his coworkers he had an AR-15 in his trunk and he was going to shoot kids.  He later claimed he was kidding.

A Clayton man is accused of his tenth OWI in Dunn County.  Gregory Hillman was pulled over last Saturday night and a police officer says he had a blood-alcohol level twice the legal limit.  Court records show Hillman has multiple other OWI’s, the most recent in 2011.  He’s currently out on bond.

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and the Mayo Clinic are starting a partnership.  Chancellor Joe Gow and Mayo Clinic Health System Regional Vice President Paul Miller signed a research partnership Thursday.  Reports say the school and the health center will now be able to share resources that either may not have.  They hope the partnership will attract more students to the area.

Dunn County’s health department says no one should stop using their well. The county yesterday confirmed that it found higher than normal levels of uranium in one local well, but leaders say there’s no need to panic. Uranium occurs naturally, but tests found higher than normal levels.  Dunn County Health Department Director KT Gallagher says the county will run more tests, and see if improvements like a reverse osmosis system can help.

The folks who run the buses in Eau Claire want to know why you ride, or don’t ride the city bus.  Eau Claire Transit is asking people to take their public survey.  The answers will help shape future plans for the bus system.  Eau Claire Transit is hoping for at least 300 people to respond. YOU CAN MAKE A STOP HERE AND GET ON SURVEY!

To say Wisconsin’s Division 6 title game was a defensive battle isn’t doing the game justice.  Eau Claire’s Regis High School managed just 134 yards in the game against St. Mary’s Springs from Fon du Lac.  The game had just one touchdown.  St. Mary’s scored it. St. Regis lost 7-0. It was the team’s only loss of the season. CONGRATS TO THE RAMBLERS ON A GREAT SEASON!

Wisconsin’s attorney general is looking to make sure the state doesn’t fall behind in investigating sexual assault cases ever again.  AG Josh Kaul earlier this week announced a nearly two million-dollar grant to help Wisconsin continue testing DNA kits.  The state had a backlog of old kits that numbered in the thousands.  Kaul said those have all been tested.  The new money will help establish a statewide systems for tracking and testing DNA kits from local police departments and sheriff’s offices.

A Wausau woman is heading to prison for eight years for her involvement in a deadly fentanyl overdose.  Ashley Szarkowitz was sentenced this week for supplying the drug to a 24-year-old man earlier this year leading to his death.  After her eight years behind bars, Szarkowitz with will serve eight years of extended supervision.

Today is the 44th Great American Smokeout sponsored by the American Cancer Society.  Statistics show that 16-percent of adults smoked in Wisconsin in 2017, slightly lower than the national average.  State data reveals a drop of five-percent of smokers between 2011 and 2017.  The spike in popularity of e-cigarettes and vaping products has tailed off lately because of recent reports about lung issues associated with vaping.