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Add Arcadia to the list of western Wisconsin communities getting a little help with flood recovery.  Congressman Ron Kind yesterday said the federal government approved four million-dollars to help the city recover from the floods.  Local leaders say the money is earmarked to build barriers to keep flood waters out of the city’s business district. Even with the flooding across a large part of western Wisconsin, emergency managers in Eau Claire County are worried about fire.  Eau Claire County Emergency

“Fake it ’till you make it” doesn’t translate to money. Police in Eau Claire and Menomonie ware warning local businesses about a new round of fake 100 dollar bills.  Officers say they’ve seen an uptick in counterfeit cash over the past few weeks.  Police say the feel of the money is the biggest tip-off, though the ink and printing on the fake bills is also a little off. 

Nearly 17 hundred people across Wisconsin will be looking for new jobs soon.  The state says ShopKo will lay off nearly 17 hundred people when it closes its doors this summer.  The company turned-in a report to the Department of Workforce Development this week.  ShopKo had hoped to find a new buyer while in bankruptcy, but announced earlier this month that it would close instead.

We will know who won that 768 million-dollar Powerball jackpot, but maybe not for a little while.   Wisconsin Lottery director Cindy Polzin yesterday said whoever bought the winning ticket in New Berlin has six months to make themselves known, and they cannot stay anonymous.  Polzin says whoever won needs to sign the winning ticket immediately.  After that, she says the winner will need to decide if they want the lump sum cash payment, which will be 477 million, or to

The work has finally begun on Foxconn’s Wisconsin factory.  Crews broke ground yesterday in Mount Pleasant.  The hope is to have the plant up and running before the end of next year.  Foxconn is still promising 15 thousand jobs for southeast Wisconsin.  There were fears earlier this year that Foxconn may not build the plant, or at least scale it down. 

The 2019 baseball season is underway for the Milwaukee Brewers.  A soldout crowd at Miller Park watched the Brewers fall behind early against the St Louis Cardinals when the Redbirds hit two home runs in the second inning to take a 2-0 lead.  But the Brewers pounded out a few homers of their own to take a two-run edge midway through the game.  For many Brewers fans the only thing better than the beer and the brats of Opening Day

A demonstration at Beloit College created enough chaos to force the cancellation of a scheduled speaker.  Former Blackwater head Erik Prince was slated to talk on the campus last night when students piled chairs on the stage and pounded drums in protest.  The talk was cancelled.  In 2007 Blackwater employees were implicated in the death of some civilians in Iraq.  When contacted by the Beloit Daily News, Prince said his free-speech rights were violated.

An Altoona man is accused of watching pornography on a public library computer.  A criminal complaint filed yesterday claims 57-year-old Kevin Towle was recently using a computer near the children’s activity room at L.E. Phillips Library in Eau Claire when someone says he was looking at porn and printing pornographic images.  He was released on 500-dollars bond and is due back in court on May 8th.

A La Crosse man is in custody after police say he was caught with more than two pounds of methamphetamine.  Police say they searched a home on Avon Street earlier this week and found meth, drug packaging material, a large amount of an unknown white substance, and over 14-thousand dollars in cash.  After the search, Andrew Henke was arrested and charged with possession of meth with intent to deliver.

The Eau Claire Waterways and Parks Commission is approving a new construction project and the naming of a new park.  Reports say last night the commission approved rezoning and a site plan for the new visitor center at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.  It also approved naming an area along Forest Street Veterans Tribute Park.  Both plans still need to be approved by the city council.