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A Menomonie woman is in custody after being accused of having nearly 100 grams of drugs in her car.  Dunn County sheriff’s deputies say Jordan Roberts recently sold more than 400-dollars worth of methamphetamine to a police informant.  Roberts was arrested on July 10th and deputies say they found 95 grams of meth, heroin, mushrooms, marijuana, and cash in her car.  She’s facing 14 charges and could do 75 years in prison. 

An Eau Claire man is going to prison after being convicted of six charges stemming from a police standoff.  A criminal complaint says Nicholas Burr fired a shotgun in the air after an argument with his girlfriend last August.  This started a standoff, but Burr gave himself up about an hour later.  Burr pleaded guilty in the case back in May and was sentenced yesterday to two years in prison followed by four years of probation. 

Deer hunters in west-central Wisconsin have new recommendations for the 2019 hunting season.  The Chippewa Valley Chronic Wasting Disease Advisory Team met in Rock Falls yesterday to discuss the disease.  To keep it from spreading, the team is recommending hunters have every adult deer that’s killed tested and have every deer harvested on gun opener weekend registered with the Department of Natural Resources.  These regulations are only recommended in southwestern Eau Claire County, southeastern Dunn County, and northeastern Pepin County.   

The man who kidnapped Jayme Closs and killed her parents is no longer in a Wisconsin prison.  The Department of Corrections says they transferred Jake Patterson on Monday, he had been at the prison in Waupun.  DOC officials say they moved Patterson for his own safety, but they are not saying where Patterson is now serving his life sentence. 

One of the women who brought the dragon boat races to Eau Claire is looking at charges after investigators say she spent cancer donations on herself.  Prosecutors yesterday charged Renelle Laffe [[ lay-ff ]] with embezzlement.  Laffe is accused of spending thousands of dollars that were supposed to go to cancer research on herself.  Eau Claire police say a tip started their investigation.  Laffe is due in court today for her first appearance. 

It’s not the heat that’s worrying folks in western Wisconsin, it’s the rain.  The National Weather Service says folks from La Crosse all the way up to Ashland could see bouts of heavy rain today, that could lead to flooding.  Forecasters say they expect a couple of rounds of showers and storms heading into tonight. 

Democrats in Madison say they’re picking-up support in their plan to change how the state draws its political maps.  State Senator Dave Hansen yesterday said Republican Rep. Loren Oldenburg and Republican Rep. Joel Kitchens signed on to their proposal.  Hansen’s plan would take the power to draw Wisconsin’s political map away from elected lawmakers, and hand it over to the Legislative Reference Bureau.  Hansen is one of many Democrats in the state who don’t like how Republican lawmakers drew the state’s

Wisconsin has a Good Samaritan Law for dogs in hot cars, but police across the state say that doesn’t mean you can start smashing windows.   Wisconsin’s law requires people to call the authorities if they see a dog or a baby inside a hot car.  If the police believe there is an emergency, then people can act.  If you break the window without permission, you can face charges for damage to property. 

Two Eau Claire massage parlors are shut down because of suspicion of human trafficking.  Police say multiple law enforcement agencies recently investigated Angel Massage and Lucky Massage on Menomonie Street and North Hastings Way for three months.  The license holder of both businesses was arrested and search warrants were executed at the businesses yesterday.  The investigation continues.

Crews at St. Norbert College are getting ready for the Packers to open training camp.  Longer than average twin-size mattresses are being moved in as are individual air conditioning units.  Green Bay players will report to the De Pere campus on Sunday and will call that home until they break camp in August.  Training camp kicks off Thursday July 25th.