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A Cadott man is accused of sexually assaulting a woman while she slept.  A criminal complaint says the victim told police she recently woke up and found Devyn McCormick assaulting her.  McCormick claims the sex was consensual.  He was charged Tuesday with second-degree sexual assault.

Over a million dollars in state budget money is going to nine Wisconsin counties and a tribe to create drug court programs.  Attorney General Josh Haul was in Eau Claire Tuesday where he announced Buffalo, Pepin, and Polk Counties would get a share of one-and-a-half-million dollars for treatment programs.  The courts allow non-violent drug offenders to enter a treatment program rather than spending time in jail.  Eau Claire, Chippewa, and Dunn Counties already have treatment courts.

Wisconsin State Representative Rob Stafsholt is running against Patty Schachtner for her state Senate seat.  On Tuesday the Republican from New Richmond became the second person to announce they’re running against Schachtner in 2020.  Somerset business owner Cherie Link will run against Stafsholt in the Republican primary.  Election Day is next November 3rd.

An Eau Claire restaurant is teaming with the Eau Claire Firefighter’s Community Charity to help kids stay warm this winter.  Ten percent of all sales at Northern Tap House Tuesday were donated to Operation Warm Coats For Kids, a program that donates coats to Eau Claire kids who don’t have one.  The organizer of the event says they plan to donate over 500 coats to kids at 12 elementary schools this year.

Students and parents at Eau Claire’s Regis High School will see more police officers at the school today. It comes after police say a student made a threat yesterday. Officers removed the student from campus, but are not saying if that means they arrested the student. There are no details about the threat or the student, other than police say it was a specific threat from a high schooler.

The sheriff in Dunn County is turning to cadaver dogs to help search for a missing woman near Menomonie. Robynn Bridges’ family says she’s been missing for about a week. The sheriff’s office has been searching for her after finding her car parked along the Chippewa River, but so far crews haven’t found a thing. Searchers are going to head back to her car today with the dogs. Investigators say they are talking with several people about Bridges’ disappearance, but

Eau Claire could be a key to figuring out what is making people in Wisconsin sick from E.coli. Public health managers say three people in Eau Claire have come down with the bug. In all, 20 people across the state are sick with E.coli. No one knows just what made them sick.

The rules in Wisconsin could be changing for when schools can lock disruptive kids away in tiny rooms, and forcibly hold them down until they become calm. A state Senate panel yesterday heard from parents and disability activists who want the rules for student isolation and restraint to be updated. State Senator Luther Olsen is pushing a plan that would ban some isolation and restraint techniques, and require schools to report how and when they use them. But the law would not

Dairy farmers in Wisconsin are producing more milk with fewer cows. The latest numbers from the USDA show milk production in Wisconsin, and across the country, is up just over one-and-a-half-percent from this time last year. The new report says farmers are doing it with slightly fewer cows. Wisconsin is still the second largest milk producer in the country. California remains the largest.

Chris and Wendy Attoe, and all of their children, are going to get the VIP treatment at the Wisconsin Capitol. The couple from Chippewa Falls is being honored today as the Governor’s Outstanding Adoptive Parent Award winners. The Attoes have adopted six children over the years, and they also have one of their own. They say they’ve always wanted a big family and found that adoption can give that to them while making the lives of kids in the foster system better