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Police in Eau Claire are not saying much about their investigation into a two-year-old girl’s death.  The little girl died on Saturday.  Investigators say her family brought her to the hospital, she was pronounced dead a little while later.  Police say they’ve spoken with the girl’s family and are waiting for an autopsy, but they are not saying much else about the case.

Eau Claire County’s embezzlement case could spark a new law.  Eau Claire state Rep.  Warren Petryk [[ peet-rick ]] and Chippewa Falls state Senator  Kathy Bernier yesterday introduced a new law that would allow prosecutors to go after someone’s pension if they are convicted of stealing from taxpayers.  Petryk and Bernier say the case of former Eau Claire County Treasurer Larry Lokken inspired the plan.  Lokken and his deputy treasurer are in jail and facing a 681-thousand-dollar tab for stealing

The campus at UW La Crosse is looking to grow.  School leaders last night asked city leaders in La Crosse to allow them to take over a few more city streets.  All of the streets are near campus and will be turned into walking paths.  La Crosse’s city council is okay with the plan, but are asking UW leaders to make sure the streets are kept-up enough to accommodate fire trucks if there’s ever an emergency. While we are chatting

The ice is gone and the swimmers aren’t too far away.  The  Eau Claire County Parks and Forest Department said it will start to raise the water levels at Lake Altoona over the next few days.  Parks managers say they will close the dam and allow the lake to fill-up to its summer depths. 

About four months into the job, Governor Tony Evers is set to sign his first law.  The governor is expected to sign a law today that removes the words mental retardation from state statute.  Lawmakers unanimously agreed to the change earlier this spring.  It’s one of just three plans that lawmakers have sent to the governor for his signature.

The Milwaukee Brewers are a home run hitting team, with or without Christian Yelich.  The reigning NL MVP sat-out last night’s game against the Colorado Rockies.  But the Brewers didn’t need him.  Jesus Aguilar hit two home runs to help the Crew to a 5-2 victory.  Yelich could be back in the lineup any day, the team says he is day-to-day. 

Senator Tammy Baldwin says President Trump has been all been all talk and tweets while Wisconsin is losing dairy farms.  Baldwin said today that the state has lost nearly 14-hundred dairy farms since Trump took office.  She says farmers need a president fighting for them and Trump hasn’t delivered results.  The president was in Green Bay over the weekend for a rally. 

34 year old Demetrius Allen has been arrested by the Wisconsin State Patrol Eau Claire Post for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 2nd offense, with two children in the vehicle under the age of 16. It was on Monday, at 12:16AM a Wisconsin State Trooper stopped a vehicle for speeding on I-94 west bound at MM 88. Upon approach the Trooper detected the odor of burnt marijuana emanating from within the vehicle. The driver, Demetrius C. Allen age

The steady rise in Wisconsin gas prices may be slowing.  The state-wide average for regular unleaded is up about 14 cents from this time last month but is up only one cent from this time last week.  The average price is about five cents below the national average at two-dollars and 83-cents per gallon.  However, Eau Claire County has some of the most expensive gas in the state at two-dollars and 91-cents per gallon.

The 2019 NFL Draft is in the books and a handful of University of Wisconsin players are heading to play at the next level.  Offensive lineman Michael Deiter was drafted in the third round and linebackers Ryan Connelly and Andrew Van Ginkel and offensive lineman David Edwards went in the fifth round.  Fullback Alec Ingold and linebacker T.J. Edwards both signed undrafted free agent deals after the draft and running back Chris James signed a rookie camp deal.