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The state of Wisconsin says 27-thousand people in the state could lose their food stamps if the rules for automatic enrollment are changed.  President Trump wants to limit the flexibility that states have in offering benefits to people who make more than 130-percent of the federal poverty level.  The White House says state’s have abused that flexibility.  DHS’s Jim Jones says the loss estimate is about nine-percent of the nearly 310-thousand people in Wisconsin who are on food stamps. 

An Eau Claire man who shot his friend in the leg after a night of drinking is heading to jail.  A judge yesterday sentenced 35-year-old Anthony Bedard to two months in jail.  Police say he shot his friend in the thigh back in April, though they’ve never said why.  Bedard originally said he never had a gun and never shot anyone.  But security camera footage from the hospital proved that was a lie. 

La Crosse’s acting police chief is once again asking why a repeat offender is out of jail after his latest arrest.  Chief Rob Abraham asked La Crosse County’s new Criminal Justice Management Council to explain why a drug dealing suspect got a signature bond after police found him with nearly a quarter pound of meth on Wednesday.  Abraham has been critical of La Crosse County’s judges in the past, but says this is an issue where Wisconsin lawmakers may need to get

Police in Marshfield are not saying why 25-year-old A.J. Reuth didn’t have any pants on.  Officers arrested Reuth about 3 a.m. Saturday morning after he ran from a house in Marshfield.  It wasn’t his house, the woman who lived there found him inside and called police.  Reuth is facing a laundry list of charges and is being held in the Wood County Jail.

Republicans at the state Capitol in Madison are reminding Governor Tony Evers of his campaign promise to ‘fix the damn roads.’  State Rep. Tyler August is using this week’s Republican Radio Address to tell the governor not to spend any transportation money on Milwaukee’s streetcar, or anything other than roads.  The state’s Department of Transportation floated the idea of using road money for the streetcar earlier this month.  Governor Evers shot down the idea earlier this week. 

There will be a new face in the halls at a local school. Dr. Joe Eisenhuth will be the next principal of Sam Davey Elementary School. Dr. Eisenhuth will transition from his work at North High School to Sam Davey Elementary School over the next month. Formal approval of his appointment will take place in August. Prior to joining ECASD, Dr. Eisenhuth served as president and chief advancement officer for Regis Catholic Schools from 2008 to 2012. He also was

Wisconsin Congressmen Ron Kind and Glenn Grothman are signed on as sponsors to a House bill designed to reduce excessive robocalls.  The Stopping Bad Robocalls Act was passed by the House yesterday and now moves on to the Senate.  It will implement a free nationwide caller authentication system to help crack down on annoying calls and scams.  Americans received over 26 million robocalls last year which is a 46-percent increase from 2017.  

Wisconsin Department of Health Services is investigating whether there is a link between vaping and teenage lung damage.  Several teenagers have been hospitalized at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin with serious lung issues.  The cases were reported to the health department this month.  All the kids reported they were vaping in the weeks and months before becoming sick.  

A Baldwin man is going to prison after being convicted of child sex crimes.  Prosecutors claimed Jay Hoppe communicated with a Rice Lake police officer last March thinking it was a 15-year-old girl.  The two planned to meet for sex but Hoppe was arrested.  Hoppe was found guilty of three charges relating to the case in June and was sentenced yesterday to five years in prison. 

There’s no information on injuries after a crash involving a semi truck and a car on U.S. 53 in Eau Claire.  Reports say the crash happened around 2:45 this morning and carried both cars off the highway.  Authorities are investigating what caused the crash.  The highway was briefly closed but it’s since re-opened.