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We are RACKING up numbers this hunting season. Wildlife officials say the 2018 gun deer season is off to a successful start.  More than 118-thousand deer were harvested over opening weekend across the state, up from last year.  The Department of Natural Resources sold nearly 600-thousand gun-deer licenses this season. 

Baraboo is talking…leaders are initiating a public discussion to address a controversial photo of Baraboo students with a series of meetings.  The first meeting was held yesterday high school commons with more than 300 people attending.  The event was organized by school and civic leaders and people from the community as well as area clergy with a focus on healing and providing guidance to students. 

As we come upon the season of red and green, The Red Cross is issuing an urgent call for blood donors.  The organization says they are facing a severe blood shortage that could get worse this winter.  Volunteer blood drive hosts are also in critical need to prevent further shortages. 

A Thanksgiving meal packing event is helping to feed over 30 Eau Claire families.  The Chippewa Valley After Hours Rotary Club gathered last night at the Eagle’s Club in Lake Hallie to put together meals including turkey,stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, sweet potatoes, cranberries, rolls, and pie.  The meals will feed over 180 people.  The Boys and Girls Clubs of the Greater Chippewa Valley are gathering together fora sit-down meal.  The organization hosted a traditional Thanksgiving Dinner last night for

A 71 year old man, formerly from Winter, was charged in Sawyer County for 1st Degree Sexual Assault of a child, 2nd Degree Sexual Assault against a Child and 2nd Degree Sexual Assault of an Unconscious Victim. Warrants were issued for his arrest and along with efforts by the Sawyer County Sheriff’s Office and the Minneapolis Police Department, Thomas E. Erickson was found at his home in Minneapolis and taken into custody. He is currently awaiting extradition proceedings to be transported

The Department of Natural Resources says harvest numbers are up in the first week of gun, deer hunting season.  The DNR said today 13-thousand deer were bagged opening weekend this year over last.  Barron, Dunn, Polk, Shawano, Grant, Vernon,Sauk and Waupaca counties posted the highest numbers in the state.  

A local Girl Scout troop leader, who organized a vigil and fundraiser to remember victims of a fatal crash, is now out of a job.  Elizabeth Steffel has been the leader of a scout troop in Green Bay for three years.  She helped organize a vigil to honor three Chippewa Falls area scouts and a parent who were killed whilecollecting trash along the highway.  The Girl Scouts of Northwestern Grea tLakes isn’t commenting, but Steffel believes she was ousted because

Triple-A is estimating a big increase in road travel this Thanksgiving.  Nationwide an increase of about five-percent is expected over last year.  About 48 million people are projected to drive at least 50 miles or more from home for the holiday.  In Wisconsin about a million drivers will take road trip this week, with the worst of the traffic is expected to be tomorrow from about noon until 8 p.m. Gas prices in northwest Wisconsin are dropping ahead of Thanksgiving this week. WEAU reports gas is

Just a day after conceding his attorney general’s race to his Democratic challenger, Brad Schimel is being named to serve as a Waukesha County Circuit Court judge. Governor Scott Walker announced the appointment today.  Schimel will replace Judge Patrick Haughney, who is retiring.  Republican State Attorney General Brad Schimel is finally conceding his re-election bid to Democratic challenger Josh Kaul.  The A-G position is decided only by about 17-thousand votes but Schimel said yesterday that he’s not pursuing are count.  Schimel

An Oregon woman will be on probation for over two years after being accused of sending marijuana through the mail.  Police say 45-year-old Heidi Ash admitted to sending multiple packages of the drug to a hotel in Eau Claire and that she planned to sell it to a man named Wade Frederick.  Frederick was also charged in the case and was sentenced to probation as well. *photo credit WEAU 13 NEWS