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The conservative group that is driving a lawsuit to have the Wisconsin Election Commission remove over 200-thousand voters from the state’s voter rolls is once again asking the state Supreme Court to act. The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty yesterday asked the high court to cancel a Madison-based appeals court order that put that case on hold. WILL’s Rick Essenberg says the appeals court didn’t offer a reason for why it ruled the Election Commission doesn’t have to act. The Election Commission has

The U.S. Department of Labor says 40 Fazoli’s and Wendy’s franchises in Wisconsin have violated child labor laws.  The labor department this week said the franchises’ parent company, Manna Inc. of Louisville, Kentucky will pay a civil monetary penalty of over 157-thousand-dollars for violating the child labor requirements.  The investigation found kids 14-and-15-years-old were working more hours than allowed on school mornings and nights and also working more than eight hours on non-school days.

A deadly snowmobile accident is under investigation in Calumet County.  The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says a 65-year-old man was killed on a trail near Highway 151 near Chilton.  Crash happened shortly before 11:00 last night when the rider lost control crossing the highway and was ejected from his snowmobile.

CLICK HERE TO HEAR PRINCE…SOME PURPLE RAIN INSTEAD OF WHITE SNOW! Prince’s estate is dismissing wrongful-death claims against Walgreens pharmacy and a doctor who had prescribed pain medications for the musician before he died of an accidental overdose of fentanyl.  The dismissals likely result from legal settlements, which often are based on confidentiality.  A case remains open against Dr. Howard Kornfeld, who Prince’s staff had reached out to before the musician died in 2016.  Kornfeld runs a drug treatment program

One person is hurt from a crash in Pierce County.  The county sheriff’s office says Nancy Bader was northbound on Highway 63 west of Spring Valley earlier this week when she went into a ditch and hit a sign.  Bader was taken to the hospital with unknown injuries and her passenger wasn’t hurt.

Eau Claire is considering adding underground parking downtown.  Reports say the city plan commission considered a proposal Monday night that would provide about three-million dollars for upgrades near Block Seven.  The city says underground parking is necessary because it wants to create denser urban development.  The city council will consider the idea next week.

A group in Eau Claire wants volunteers to help count homeless people later this week.  Western Dairyland says the purpose is to get a reliable number of homeless people in a given night in Eau Claire.  The count starts at ten o’clock Wednesday night and will last until about three o’clock in the morning.  More information is available on the Eau Claire School District Facebook page-WHICH YOU CAN CLICK HERE TO LINK TO.

Parents in Eau Claire will soon have two new open enrollment options. The city’s school board last night approved adding the Eau Claire Virtual School and the Spanish Immersion program to the open enrollment choices for the next school year. Those are on top of the open enrollment options already available. Parents who want to get their kids into a different school can start the process in February. INTERESTED IN MORE INFO? CLICK HERE!

Horse drawn buggies in Eau Claire County could soon have to have a registration sticker. County Highway Commissioner Jon Johnson says there currently isn’t any way to know which buggy belongs to which person. There is a plan at the statehouse that would allow counties to require horse and buggy registration. Johnson wants county board members to vote in favor of a resolution supporting that idea. That vote could come tonight.

A Chippewa Falls man is looking at 40 days in county jail for a road rage wreck from last year. Police say 33-year-old Aaron Hanson got angry at another driver in a downtown Chippewa Falls roundabout in January of last year. At one point he got out of his truck and started yelling, but then got back into his truck and crashed into the other car. A judge yesterday sentenced Hanson 40 days in jail and another 50 days of