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The Food and Drug Administration is asking people to report any adverse reaction from using Dollar Tree’s Assured Brand of cosmetics and over the counter drugs.  The brand is also sold at Family Dollar stores.  The FDA says this week there were multiple violations at some production facilities in China including filthy conditions and the failure to test finished drugs.  There are over 20 Family Dollar stores and 20 Dollar Tree stores mostly in south-central and eastern Wisconsin.

The Eau Claire County Sheriff’s Office recently received three calls in the matter of an hour from citizens who have been contacted by a person claiming to be a representative of the Eau Claire County Sheriff’s Office. This person, who is identifying himself as “Officer Malone, Badge #777, is telling citizens that they have outstanding warrants and is directing them to go to Walmart to post bond on their warrants. The Eau Claire County Sheriff’s Office does not have an

There is a new addition to a local school. McDonnell President Molly Bushman announced the hiring of Ms. Emily Mallek as the new MACS Athletic Director. Most recently, Mallek served as Athletic Director for a Catholic high school in Milwaukee. She states, “My goal as the athletic director is to promote education-based athletics and activities through an atmosphere of learning that will help create leaders not only on the field or stage, but also in the classroom and in the

A former Eau Claire firefighter is avoiding jail time in an embezzlement case.  William Drath was accused of stealing more than 18-thousand dollars from the firefighter’s labor union while he was treasurer from 2006 to 2016.  Drath pleaded guilty to two counts of theft and was sentenced Thursday to three years probation.  He’ll avoid jail time if he completes 480 hours of community service.

An Eau Claire woman is accused of stealing nearly 20-thousand dollars from Eau Claire County.  Susan O’Connor is believed to have written a 15-thousand dollar check to herself and a five-thousand dollar check to her landlord while working as a temporary county employee.  Investigators say O’Connor used the money to pay bills and take a trip.  She pleaded guilty on Thursday and faces over 13 years in prison.

Two people from Wood County are accused of neglecting several animals.  Nekoosa police say they found two abandoned dogs at a home on 2nd Street earlier this month.  Police say they later found multiple dead animals and poor living conditions inside the house.  Dallas McKinney and Jessica Ramos were arrested in connection with the case.  They’re facing over 30 charges.

A man convicted of killing a wolf in Burnett County is being fined.  Spooner resident Alfred Paulson was ordered Thursday to pay nearly 42-hundred dollars in fines and get his hunting and fishing privileges revoked for a year.  Game wardens say he shot a wolf he caught in a fox trap in 2017.

Eau Claire police are cracking down on the alternate side parking rules this winter season.  Alternate side rules started on November 1st.  Police say they’ve issued around two-thousand warnings since then, though no tickets have been given.  Citations will be given at the discretion of police.  Alternate side rules will be in effect until May 1st.

Police suspect an animal rights group is behind a recent string of deer stand vandalism cases as local Dunn County hunters are fed up.  Law enforcement calls the Animal Liberation Front a “terroristic organization” that operates in 40 different countries, and says that they are behind at least three vandalism cases in the county this year.  Investigators are offering a seventeen-hundred dollar reward for information leading to an arrest in these cases.

Eau Claire residents are urged to attend Friday night’s first citywide summit organized by local council members.  It starts at five o’clock at the Grace Lutheran Church on West Grand Avenue where council members and other city officials will be on-hand to answer questions from residents.  No registration is necessary, but officials are encouraging residents to arrive early.