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You may have to park on just one side of the street this winter in Eau Claire. The city is considering going back to its old winter parking rules. Until 2014, divers had to park on one side of the street. Since the change, leaders say it’s tough for snow plows to keep the streets clear enough for fire trucks or ambulances when there’s a lot of snow on the streets. The council is set to vote on the idea

Double check your cash, especially the bigger bills. Eau Claire police are once again warning about counterfeit cash being passed around town. Detective Mark Pieper says police have gotten reports of some funny money being spent around town. Pieper says it’s often the case that people will come into Eau Claire, pass around counterfeit money and then leave.

Eau Claire police are looking for whoever tore a sculpture off its base downtown. Police found the sculpture, Seahorse, not far from where it was taken on Water Street. They are now looking for the person who stole it. Police hope businesses on Water Street have security cameras that they can watch, to try and find their suspect.

The rescheduled 5th annual Barron County Cops & Robbers Donut Dash is going to start at 8:30 am on September 28th at the Barron County Fairgrounds. For the 4th year in a row they will be honoring Law Enforcement Officers that died in the line of duty. New to this years event, all registered participants can run/walk in honor of a fallen officer by affixing a sticker to them self that contains the name and photo of a fallen officer.

One Wisconsin lawmaker wants drivers in the state to put down their phones. State Rep. John Spiros is pushing a plan to have all drivers in the state go hands free with their phone. Right now, Wisconsin only requires people to put down their phones while driving through a construction zone. Spiros hopes to finalize his plan by the end of the month.

A La Crosse woman is accused of stealing items from a much older man she was seeing to sell to pay off drug debt.  A criminal complaint says Cassie George broke into the man’s house earlier this month and took his shotgun, two handguns, a thermal imaging scope, a wallet, two watches, and clothes.  The complaint says George was later seen on surveillance at multiple stores using the man’s credit cards.  George was arrested last Thursday after reportedly being found

Some neighbors in Eau Claire are trying to stop the state from buying a home and turning it into a rehab center for sex offenders. Robert Simet says police knocked on his door last week to talk to him about the potential sale. Simet says he’s worried about who may end-up in the home at the corner of North Lane and Jupiter Avenue. Four hundred people have signed a petition to keep sex offenders out of the home. Simet says

Folks in the Town of Seymour don’t want the smell or the mess that comes with a larger landfill. Several people spoke-up at Friday’s public meeting about expanding the landfill. Neighbors say there’s already enough trouble from the trash that’s currently being stored in their town. Advanced Disposal, the company that owns the landfill, says they will take everyone’s worries into account as they move forward with their plans.

There are some Republicans on-board with the latest plan to legalize medical marijuana in Wisconsin. A group of lawmakers introduced their plan on Friday. It would allow people suffering from a number of conditions including cancer, PTSD, and opioid addiction to use marijuana as medicine. There are few people who expect the idea to become law. The top Republican in the Wisconsin Senate, Scott Fitzgerald, on Friday said he is still opposed to changing the laws for marijuana in Wisconsin.

Two women who worked at the Packers Pro Shop for years are looking at charges after police say they stole thousands of dollars. Prosecutors say both 57-year-old Patty Meyer and 67-year-old Susan Adelbush used a return scam to steal from the store. Meyer is accused of stealing about two-thousand-dollars by placing things on hold, then returning them for cash. Prosecutors say Adelbush did something similar, but stole close to 18-thousand-dollars from the store over the past six years. Investigators do