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Two Eau Claire men are facing child sexual assault charges.  William Bye and Richard Hargrove are accused of assaulting a teenage girl over the summer.  Police say they both denied involvement, but DNA from the victim shows they both were.  Bye is facing seven charges and Hargrove is facing two.

A new report says Wisconsin leads the country in cuts to environmental protection since 2008.  According to the Environmental Integrity Project, the Department of Natural Resources cut environmental protection projects by about 36 percent between 2008 and 2018.  The report also claims state spending went up by 14 percent during that time.

The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Regents Committee is approving a new field house.  Reports say the field house would cost about 49-million dollars and be built east of the football field.  The school says no state dollars will be involved in the cost.  The project must now get approval from the full Board of Regents tonight.

Eau Claire Area School District’s homeless students have warm blankets thanks to an annual event.  Thursday night volunteers gathered at the Pine Meadow Golf Club to make more than 100 blankets.  This was the fourth annual blanket making event.

Students from Black River Falls are being honored in Washington D.C.  Red Creek Elementary students had the honor of making ornaments to represent Wisconsin on this year’s national Christmas tree at the White House.  The tree was lit for the first time Thursday night.

Police in Eau Claire are looking for whoever pulled the trigger in a shooting on the city’s west side. It happened last night at a home in the two-thousand-block of Golden Drive. Police say the house was hit by bullets, but no one inside was hurt. Eau Claire Police say neighbors spotted a car speeding away from the home. Officers are now looking for that car.

Deputies in Dunn County say a Menomonie man is dead after an accident along a snowmobile trail. The sheriff’s office says the man was hanging trail signs yesterday when he fell out of the bucket of a tractor. Deputies aren’t saying if the fall or the tractor killed him.

Three members of the Minnesota Army National Guard have died in a helicopter crash.  The Black Hawk helicopter crashed Thursday about 60 miles northwest of Minneapolis.  The crew members are not being identified at this time. 

Eau Claire is going to have to wait another week to find out who the city’s next police chief will be. Eau Claire’s Police and Fire Commission met with the three finalists yesterday, but didn’t make a decision. Two Eau Claire officers and the chief in Altoona are among the finalists. The commission says it will choose a new chief by the end of next week.

Add the Chippewa Valley Technical College to the list of people looking to raise taxes. CVTC leaders last night took the first step toward asking taxpayers for almost 49-million-dollars more. The college says the money will pay to ‘address workforce needs in the region.’ There’s no word on just what the money would go towards. CVTC leaders may explain more at a public hearing on December 19th.