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The results are in for the recent Eau Claire School Board election.  Aaron Harder and Eric Torres were both reelected and Tim Nordin was elected as a first time member.  Nordin got the most votes out of the four candidates who ran with over 84-hundred.  Erica Zerr was the only candidate not elected getting just 73-hundred-and-eleven votes.

A man is in custody after a standoff in Rice Lake.  Police say they were called to an apartment building just before ten o’clock yesterday morning on a report that a drunk man who was armed was causing a disturbance.  Two victims in the apartment were able to escape but the suspect, Matthew Culpepper, refused to come out.  Culpepper eventually gave himself up after backup arrived and he was arrested and taken to the Barron County Jail.

An official celebration is being held in Barron next month to celebrate the safe return of 13-year-old Jayme Closs.  The celebration will be a benefit for Closs’ relatives and will take place on May 4th at the Barron High School Commons Gym.  Food will be served followed by a short program and a silent auction.  All of the proceeds will go to the Closs family and to accommodate Jayme. 

A federal court is letting Wisconsin walk away from two Obamacare challenges.  Governor Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul yesterday both said the decision is a ‘win’ for the people of the state.  Republicans have been fighting the federal healthcare law for years, and refused to expand Medicaid in the state to join Obamacare.  Evers hopes to be able to move on that expansion now that the state is free from the legal challenge to the underlying law. 

WELL, ARE YA?? …On Monday, April 8, and Tuesday, April 9, the University of Wisconsin–Madison will launch its inaugural Day of the Badger. It is a day (and then some) for all alumni, students, and friends throughout Badger nation to give to their passion, show their pride, and stay connected to the university. The goal is to unite Badgers in an effort to advance the mission of the university by bringing awareness to its achievements and raising critical funds to

Eau Claire has a new council president, again.  Terry Weld won last night’s election.  He beat current council president Andrew Werthmann by about 700 votes.  Werthmann took over the job last June.  Weld says it’s nice to see so many people in Eau Claire stepping up to support him.  The cardinals get a green light. Spring Valley is going to get a new school.  Voters yesterday approved a nearly 23 million-dollar referendum to build a new elementary school.  Just 723

Prosecutors in Chippewa County say a man charged with murder is once again fit enough to face the charges.  Preston Kraft has been at a state mental institution since a judge found him unfit for trial last year.  Yesterday, prosecutors said Kraft is now well enough to go to trial.  He’s charged in Chippewa County with shooting at Robert Petit last April.  Kraft is charged in Rusk County for allegedly killing Petit last May.

Leaders in Eau Claire County are at a loss for words over a proposed halfway house for sex offenders near the Town of Fairchild.  Folks from Fairchild turned out last night to once again say they don’t want the county to use some county-owned land to build a facility for violent offenders.  But the county’s lawyer, Rick Eaton says the county has to meet its ‘statutory burden.’  County board members insist that they have not made any decisions yet. 

No one at city hall in Chippewa Falls is saying where they will get the extra 40 thousand-dollars it’s going to cost to fix the Glen Loch Dam.   City engineer Rick Rubenzer last night said the project is expected to cost almost 170 thousand-dollars.  Chippewa Falls has a state grant that will cover 92 thousand-dollars of that.  He said the city is on the hook for the rest.  But, Rubenzer, said the work has to be done.  He doesn’t think

The Brewers are just six games into the new season but are starting to show a pattern.  Milwaukee used an Orlando Arcia home run in the sixth inning last night to scratch out a 4-3 win against the Reds in Cincinnati.  It’s the latest late-game, close game win for the Brewers.  Milwaukee is 5-1 to start the season.