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The Chippewa Falls City Council is losing a member.  Councilman Bob Hoekstra announced earlier this week he’s moving to North Dakota to be a leader at a church.  Hoekstra will officially resign on June 30th.  He’s served three terms on the city council dating back to 1991. 

All beaches is Eau Claire County are back open.  The director of parks and forest for the county announced yesterday all beaches within the county are back to within safe bacteria standards.  Multiple beaches had been closed over the previous weeks because of unsafe bacteria levels. 

Chippewa Valley Technical College’s study abroad program is getting a financial boost.  Reports say CVTC recently got a federal grant from the state department worth 35-thousand dollars to prepare for a trip to Belize and fund other trips.  The program started last May and the trips usually lasts between ten and 14 days. 

A west-central Wisconsin native has been selected in the Major League Baseball Draft.  La Crosse’s Aquinas High School graduate Rudy Rott was selected in the ninth round of the draft yesterday by the Philadelphia Phillies.  Rott batted .382 with ten homeruns and 47 RBIs in his senior season in college at Ohio University.  He’s also won two Mid-American Conference player of the year awards. 

Eau Claire’s former regional arts director is ready to plead guilty in his sexual assault case.  Prosecutors say Ben Richgruber is due in court next week to change his plea.  He originally pleaded not guilty to third-degree sexual assault charges back in August.  He’s accused of having unwanted sex with someone in his office.  The district attorney’s office is not saying what charges Richgruber will plead guilty to. 

A slow story for drivers, as the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says this is the season for turtles in the state to lay eggs.  That means an increase in the number of turtles crossing roads and streets.  DNR says it’s okay to move the turtle across the road, just make sure you place it on the side of the road that the turtle is heading.  And, just as a bonus-a little joke to take into the office with you today: What

You can have your milk, eggs, bread, steak, and cheese delivered to your car in La Crosse, but not your beer or wine.  And it may be awhile before you can.  City leaders are still trying to come to an agreement on rules to allow for curbside alcohol delivery.  The latest plan before the city council would have someone from the store check your ID, and would limit sales to between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. But there would be

The head of the University of Wisconsin is trying to convince lawmakers to start a building boom on campus.  UW System President Ray Cross yesterday told reporters that the university needs better buildings to attract top professors.  Cross says more than half of the buildings at UW Madison are over 40-years-old.  Governor Evers proposed a billion-dollar building program for the UW System, but Republican lawmakers have balked at that price tag. 

The top Republican in Wisconsin’s State Assembly doesn’t have to answer questions about the state’s political map just yet.  A three-judge panel in Chicago yesterday said it won’t decide if Assembly Speaker Robin Vos must testify in a legal challenge to the Wisconsin map until the Supreme Court decides two other cases involving political maps from two other states.  Those rulings are expected later this month.  The case dealing with Wisconsin’s political map is due in court in July.