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Wisconsin school districts are focusing more on mental health.  Staff are reportedly being trained to recognize signs of trauma.  Districts are also connecting families with mental health professionals and are allowing those mental health professionals to meet with kids on school grounds.  Another main effort that’s widespread is breaking down financial barriers for families who worry how they will pay for mental health services. 

Mayo Clinic Health System has cancelled the Half Moon Dragon Boat Festival, scheduled for August 3, 2019 at Half Moon Beach in Eau Claire. Due to the declining number of participants, it was determined this event would not have achieved the intended impact this year. Mayo Clinic Health System will be contacting all Dragon Boat team captains, sponsors, vendors and special guests with more details related to the 2019 Half Moon Dragon Boat Festival. 

The accused killer of a Racine police officer is identified as Dalquavis Ward. The Kenosha County Sheriff’s Office says today Ward was taken into custody yesterday for the shooting death of Officer John Hetland in Racine earlier this month.  Hetland was killed trying to stop a robbery at Tweezers Bar and Grill while off-duty ten days ago.  Authorities say information developed by the crime lab led them to the suspect. PHOTO CREDIT: WEAU 13 NEWS

The average price for a gallon of regular gas in Wisconsin is up four-cents-a-gallon from a week ago.  Triple-A says the average price statewide is two-dollars-and-69-cents today, a penny below the national average.  Drivers in Kenosha County are paying the highest price at the pump at two-82-a-gallon.  The lowest average price is posted in Green Bay at two-59 for regular gas. 

A Spooner man is accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl at a resort in Oneida County.  Police say Daniel Scribner inappropriately touched the girl in a hot tub at Waters of Minocqua Resort earlier this month.  They also say there’s video evidence to back up the claim.  Scribner’s charged with second-degree sexual assault of a child. 

A man is in custody after police say he caused a brief standoff in Tomah.  Police say Dalton Hintz sent text messages making death threats earlier this week, causing officers to respond to his house on Wednesday.  Hintz asked police to leave and that lead to two people being arrested.  One of them was identified as the victim. 

Chippewa Falls’ new Erickson Park is officially open to the public.  A ribbon cutting ceremony was held yesterday for the 15-acre, two-point-three-million dollar park near Glen Loch Lake.  The park includes picnic, pavilion, and play areas, trails, a bridge connecting it to Irvine Park, and multiple fishing areas. 

The Eau Claire Children’s Museum has a new exhibit teaching kids how to be safe in the kitchen.  The Let’s Get Cooking Lab allows kids to cook their own healthy snacks and shows them how to be safe with dangerous kitchen elements such as hot surfaces and knives.  Getting a spot in the lab will be difficult though.  Summer cooking programs are already full.  

Kenosha County’s sheriff says the suspect in Racine Police Officer John Hetland’s murder went to jail in Hetland’s handcuffs.  The sheriff announced an arrest in the case yesterday.  No one is naming the suspect yet, and the sheriff wouldn’t say where and how officers arrested them.  Hetland died last week when a masked man tried to rob the bar where he was eating dinner.  Hetland was laid to rest Wednesday.