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A Texas man who thought he was coming to Eau Claire to have sex with a child is, instead heading to prison. A judge on Friday sentenced Robert Hosler to 10 years in prison. Investigators say Hosler thought he was going to meet a 12-year-old girl in Eau Claire, but instead ended-up meeting police. They arrested him last August.

Wisconsin’s governor wants more farmers in the state to stop spreading manure. Governor Evers is looking to order an expansion of the restrictions on manure spreading. The restrictions started in northeastern Wisconsin, the governor wants them take statewide. Farm groups worry the new restrictions could cost farmers five million-dollars a year in extra fertilizer costs.

Three of Wisconsin’s largest school groups say the recent wave of people made sick by vaping shows the need to raise the smoking and vaping age to 21. The Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance, the Wisconsin Association of School Boards, and the Wisconsin Rural Schools Alliance on Friday said lawmakers must act to address what they are calling a crisis with teen vaping.  Wisconsin’s proposed Tobacco 21 law would stop stores from selling tobacco or vape products to anyone under 21. Doctors are not sure what is causing

Today is National Guacamole Day and the price of the main ingredient is coming down.  The average price nationally for a Haas avocado was a dollar-16 Friday.  It was two dollars and ten cents in early July.  Wholesale prices are less than half the price in July.  The falling price is a good reason to celebrate, since Americans eat nearly 60-million pounds of avocados a week. 

A Jim Falls man is sentenced to prison for a drunk driving wreck in which his friend died.  Mavrick Kolpien was sentenced to three years behind bars on Friday.  His friend Zachary Evanson was killed when he was riding in Kolpien’s vehicle that collided with another in the intersection of Highway X and XX near Cadott in May, 2018.  Chippewa County DA Wade Newell told Judge James Issacson that even though Kolpien isn’t a bad person, he should be held

An 18-year-old was arrested for OWI with a baby in her car. Kihley Hope Schreurs from Eau Claire has been arrested by the Wisconsin State Patrol Eau Claire Post for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 1st offense. It was about 4:20 on Sunday morning when a WI State Trooper stopped a vehicle in the City of Eau Claire for expired registration. Upon approach to the vehicle the Trooper detected the odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle. The

A speeding violation in Dunn County lead to the arrest of a Minnesota man. 28-year-old Michael Darrel Adams-Virnig from St. Paul, Minnesota has been arrested by the Wisconsin State Patrol Eau Claire Post for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 1st offense, with one child in the vehicle under the age of 16. It was on September 15, at approximately 12:49 a.m., a WI State Trooper stopped a vehicle for speeding, 93 m.p.h. in a 70-m.p.h. zone. Upon approach

The old Oscar Mayer facility is still cranking out product but not the same as in the past.  The Bodgery community workshop at the site on Oscar Avenue will hold an official grand opening ceremony next Saturday but is already open and revamped for everyone in the community to use to make all kinds of stuff.  The community workshop has tools to make almost anything.  Those who want to show up twice a week get free access with around the

FROM THE DIAMOND TO THE FIELDS The Brewers are getting some good news on injured outfielder Christian Yelich.  GM David Stearns says the reigning NL MVP will not need surgery after fracturing his kneecap fouling a ball of his leg earlier this week.  Yelich will need about eight to 10 weeks to recover. It’s the home opener at Lambeau this weekend.  The Packers play the NFC North rival Vikings Sunday in Green Bay.  Left tackle David Bakhtiari is dealing with

The average cost for a gallon of regular gas in Wisconsin is down two-cents-a-gallon compared to a week ago.  Triple-A says the average price statewide is two-dollars-and-49-cents today, while nationwide it’s two-57.  The highest prices are posted in the northern counties of Oneida, Price, Iron, Ashland and Vilas at nearly two-70-a-gallon.  The southern counties of Rock, Racine and Kenosha have the lowest average prices, around two-40 for regular.