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Some neighbors in Eau Claire are trying to stop the state from buying a home and turning it into a rehab center for sex offenders. Robert Simet says police knocked on his door last week to talk to him about the potential sale. Simet says he’s worried about who may end-up in the home at the corner of North Lane and Jupiter Avenue. Four hundred people have signed a petition to keep sex offenders out of the home. Simet says

Folks in the Town of Seymour don’t want the smell or the mess that comes with a larger landfill. Several people spoke-up at Friday’s public meeting about expanding the landfill. Neighbors say there’s already enough trouble from the trash that’s currently being stored in their town. Advanced Disposal, the company that owns the landfill, says they will take everyone’s worries into account as they move forward with their plans.

There are some Republicans on-board with the latest plan to legalize medical marijuana in Wisconsin. A group of lawmakers introduced their plan on Friday. It would allow people suffering from a number of conditions including cancer, PTSD, and opioid addiction to use marijuana as medicine. There are few people who expect the idea to become law. The top Republican in the Wisconsin Senate, Scott Fitzgerald, on Friday said he is still opposed to changing the laws for marijuana in Wisconsin.

Two women who worked at the Packers Pro Shop for years are looking at charges after police say they stole thousands of dollars. Prosecutors say both 57-year-old Patty Meyer and 67-year-old Susan Adelbush used a return scam to steal from the store. Meyer is accused of stealing about two-thousand-dollars by placing things on hold, then returning them for cash. Prosecutors say Adelbush did something similar, but stole close to 18-thousand-dollars from the store over the past six years. Investigators do

We now know the name of the man who was found in Lake Tainter on Friday night. It was on Friday about 11:30pm the Dunn County Sheriff’s Office responded to an address in the Town of Tainter for a report of a missing person near the Lake Tainter Channel. When Deputies arrived on scene, they found the boat, partially tied up to the dock, lights still on and the motor running. Deputies located 72 year old as Daniel Buss deceased

Iron the Lederhosen, get the belt one notch looser to make way for the food…and have fun perfecting your polka moves! Oktoberfest is underway and you can raise a stein at the 17th annual Chippewa Falls Oktoberfest at the Northern Wisconsin State Fair Grounds. Oktoberfest is underway and you can raise a stein at the 17th annual Chippewa Falls Oktoberfest at the Northern Wisconsin State Fair Grounds. Congrats to this years royalty. Family Fest faces Steve and Jill Herriges. Oktoberfest

Thousands of protestors demand action on environmental issues as part of the Global Climate Strike at the state capital.  Activists marched yesterday from the capitol building to the Madison Gas and Electric building where they demanded the company convert to using clean energy sources within the next ten years.  They also want the governor to declare a state of climate emergency.  The march in Madison was just one of hundreds of protests around the world as part of the Global

A Wisconsin law firm is suing a vape company on behalf of electronic cigarette users in several states.  Crueger Dickinson LLC announced yesterday that it’s filed suits against vape manufacturer JUUL in Wisconsin, Illinois, Florida, New Jersey and Washington.  The firm issued a statement yesterday, saying JUUL uses deceptive marketing practices to target teenagers, and it’s users are exposed to serious health problems.  This is the first suit of its kind out of Wisconsin.

The average cost for regular gas in Wisconsin is up eight-cents-a-gallon compared to a week ago.  Triple-A says the average price statewide is two-dollars-and-57-cents today, while nationwide it’s two-66.  The highest prices are posted in the northern counties of Price and Douglas at two-80 for regular.  Milwaukee County is posting the lowest average price at two-54-a-gallon today.

We now know more about those involved in an accident that closed Highway B for nearly 3 hours. On Thursday, September 19 just after 6:30 the Barron County Sheriff’s Department received a call of a 2-vehicle crash on County Road B at 18th Street north of Rice Lake. Initial investigation shows a truck driven by 48-year-old Thomas Lamm of Boyceville was travelling south on 18th Street and failed to stop at the stop sign at 18th Street and Highway B