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Part of Crescent Avenue in Eau Claire will be restricted on Thursday for the Blue Ox Music Festival.  The county sheriff’s office will restrict traffic on Crescent from Curvue Road to South Town Hall Road from 6:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m.  Traffic will return to normal for the rest of the festival through Saturday at the Whispering Pines Campground. 

At least one Wisconsin lawmaker is questioning the decision to fly the rainbow flag above the Wisconsin Capitol.  Waukesha Republican state Rep. Scott Allen took to Twitter last week and called the flag divisive.  He says not everyone in Wisconsin agrees with celebrating the LGBT lifestyle.  Governor Evers ordered the flag flown this month, to celebrate pride month

About 400 troops from western Wisconsin will head to Afghanistan this summer.  The 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry out of Eau Claire is being mobilized.  Guard commanders say they will provide security for coalition forces in the region.  Soldiers from Menomonie, New Richmond, Rice Lake, Arcadia, Onalaska, River Falls and Abbotsford will all make the trip. 

One of the people on a motorcycle that ran into a deer in Polk County had to be flown to the hospital.  Deputies say two people were hurt yesterday when they crashed into a deer on County Road K, just west of State Highway 65. 

Parents in once west-central Wisconsin city could soon pay the price if their children bully other kids.  City leaders in Wisconsin Rapids are looking at a 50 dollar fine for parents who don’t stop their children from bullying.  The push comes after the mother of a seventh grade student says other kids told her daughter to kill herself.  The plan will come up for a vote next week.  With court fee, that 50 dollar fine would actually cost parents over 300 dollars. 

The real budget battle could begin soon.   Wisconsin lawmakers are looking to finish their state budget this week, but no one is sure what Governor Evers will do to it.  The Republicans who control the legislature have spent weeks stripping out the governor’s proposals, and adding theirs to the state’s spending plan.  Lawmakers are looking to vote this week on a tax cut proposal and a plan to build things around the state. 

That sound you hear is Green Bay Packer fans across the country saying ‘I know.’  The Sporting News ranked all 32 NFL stadiums, and says Lambeau Field is the best.  The Sporting News says Lambeau is ‘cozy’ and a ‘must visit.’  Seattle’s CenturyLink Field is ranked second.   In other news for Packers fans, most of the people who spoke at Bart Starr’s public memorial remembered the man, not the football player.  Hundreds of people turned-out to remember Starr at a

A crash resulted in injuries for multiple people. It was on Sunday at approximately 12:50pm the Eau Claire County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a two-vehicle crash, with injury, at the intersection of USH 12 and Prill Rd. A preliminary investigation revealed that both vehicles were traveling westbound on USH 12 prior to the crash. The lead vehicle, a gray Toyota Camera, was being operated by a lone adult female. She was slowing her Toyota, to turn left, off USH

A Baldwin man will go to prison after being convicted of trying to have sex with a minor.  Prosecutors say Jay Hoppe responded to an ad in May of 2018 from someone he thought was a 15-year-old girl looking for sex.  It was actually a Rice Lake cop.  Hoppe was arrested at the arranged meeting spot.  Hoppe was found guilty of three counts relating to the case yesterday.  He’s facing more than 100 years in prison. 

A Rastafarian Church leader facing drug charges is out on bond.  Jesse Schworck had his bond hearing yesterday where the day took several strange turns.  Reports say Schworck continued to ask for a translator, saying he only understands the Rastafarian language and doesn’t understand “legalese.”  White refused to acknowledge he understood the charges brought against him and wouldn’t enter a plea.  The circuit court commissioner said Schwork was wasting everyone’s time and entered a not guilty plea for him.