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A stabbing incident and fatal accident could be related. Just before 6 on Thursdy morning a a.m., the Barron County Sheriff’s Department received a 911 call of a car vs dump truck crash on Hwy 8 just west of Barron. Initial investigation shows a car driven by 21 year old Eldon Jackson, of Cameron, crossed the center line and struck a dump truck driven by Robert Tourville, 52 of Prairie Farm. Jackson was pronounced deceased at the scene and Tourville

A woman was arrested for looking to have someone killed. It was about 11 on Thursday morning, members of the Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office, the Wisconsin Department of Criminal Investigation, and the Chippewa Falls Police Department, took a 47 year of old Melanie S Schrader of Chippewa Falls into custody regarding a murder for hire investigation. Officers learned that Schrader wanted to have a male acquaintance killed, and, after speaking with Schrader a meeting was arranged. During this meeting, Schrader

Authorties are investigating what could be human remains. It was on Thursday September 12, just after 7:30 in the evening when the Menomonie Police Department responded to the 300 block of 28th Ave. N., in which it was reported that possible human remains were found in a nearby wooded area. The police department responded to the area and are in the process of confirming if the remains are human. Police are in the early stages of the investigation, which is

Recent heavy rain in the upper Chippewa River watershed is causing increased levels on the Chippewa Riverin Eau Claire. At 6 a.m. the Chippewa River gauge at Grand Avenue read 762.8 feet, which is about 10 feet below the flood stage reading of 773 feet.  The current crest projection is 765 feet on Sunday, at this level the river will have entered our Action stage resulting in the closure of the lowest lying areas of the Chippewa River Trail.  For the safety of

We now know the name of the woman killed in Barron County. It was just before 11 on Thursday when the Barron County Sheriff’s Department received a 911 call from 800 South Limits #23, Cameron, WI, reported a female was deceased from a stab wound. Initial investigation shows that inside the trailer Audra Poppe, 22 of Rice Lake, was found deceased. No one else was located inside the trailer.The trailer in this case is where Eldon Jackson lived, who was

A man and woman are facing charges in connection to an incident involving a gun at the North High School parking lot in Eau Claire.  A criminal complaint says Benjamin Weinberger and Tracy Gawlitta confronted a group of teenagers playing loud music late last Friday night.  Witnesses say Weinberger got upset and pulled a gun and police say he was drunk at the time.  He’s been charged with operating a firearm while intoxicated and Gawlitta’s been charged with disorderly conduct.

There’s a new program in Eau Claire aimed at curbing public intoxication.  The program offers people cited for public intoxication for the first time a chance to take a class where they’ll learn about the problems involved.  They’ll also avoid a 295 dollar ticket but still have to pay 200 dollars to take the class.

An Eau Claire software engineer is challenging Democratic Congressman Ron Kind for his U.S. House of Representatives seat.  Justin Bonner recently announced he’s challenging Kind because he thinks Kind’s become too moderate and he wants to push more progressive policies.  Bonner’s campaign website says he advocates for abolishing ICE, providing Medicare for all, and free public education through college.

Construction is officially underway on a new apartment complex in Eau Claire’s Cannery District.  On Thursday crews broke ground on the two phase project which includes over 70 units of market rate housing and 40 to 45 units of mixed income housing.  The first phase is expected to open by next August.

Wisconsin’s largest teachers’ union is blaming a lack of money for test scores that show six in ten kids in Wisconsin cannot read or add at grade level.  Wisconsin Education Association President Ron Martin yesterday said lawmakers should find more money for local schools, he said to possibly shrink class sizes.  Wisconsin is spending more money than ever before on schools as classrooms will get seven-and-a-half-billion-dollars this year.