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The Chippewa Falls Police Department is considering upping its budget and adding another police officer.  The Leader-Telegram reports the city finance committee met yesterday to discuss the budget, which would be increased by about 420-thousand dollars.  The city finance manager says about 92-thousand of that would go to adding the new officer while the rest would go to increasing staff wages.  A public hearing on the increased budget is scheduled for December 4th. 

It’s closer to the famed “TURDY POINTER” than most people will ever get! A 19-point buck will be on display at Scheels in Eau Claire soon thanks to a local hunter.  Thirty-two-year-old Joshua Gawrysiak says he spent two weeks tracking the deer and shot it near the E-O-G Resources sand plant in Chippewa Falls.  Gawrysiak says it’s a buck of a lifetime and he’s even set up a GoFundMe page to pay for the mounting that will likely cost thousands

Barron native Chris Kroeze is going to the next round of NBC’s The Voice.  Kroez was voted past the round of 24 last night as the second contestant to advance on Blake Shelton’s team.  Kroeze will perform in the round of 12 next.  It airs on NBC next Monday and Tuesday. 

IT’S BAAACK! We are coming up on the Most Wonderful Time of the Year…and, the downtown morphs into a real life Christmas Village. The Clearwater Parade is set to usher it all in.  Starting at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, November 30, near the Eau Claire County Courthouse on Grand Avenue and proceeding down First Avenue to Owen Park.This year’s theme is “How Sweet It Is,” as parade entries are encouraged to capture the spirit of Wisconsin’s winter wonderland with illuminated

Chickens in the city? “Omelet” you decide how you feel about that, but it could be legal soon in Eau Claire. I don’t wanna ruffle any feathers, but it could be coming our way! A proposed ordinance was laid on the table at the City Council meeting that would allow urban poultry raising.  The ordinance would allow those who apply to keep five hens inside certain Eau Claire residential zones.  Roosters would be prohibited under the proposal mainly because of

The fall out continues from a now-viral photo of a group of Baraboo high school boys giving what appears to be a Nazi salute.  More than five thousand people have signed an online petition requesting the Baraboo School District suspend the students involved.  A university administrator says the photo could impact the boys’ ability to get into college.  The District Administrator says she is investigating the photo and will take appropriate action.   A Baraboo student who appeared in a controversial

Jayme Closs’ family is still hoping to see the missing 13-year-old again.  Closs’ aunts and uncle yesterday said they are still looking for her, and trying to run down any tips that may bring her home.  It’s been a month since friends and family members last saw Closs.  Investigators in Barron say someone shot and killed her parents last month in their home. 

The capital budget for the city of Madison is finalized.  The nearly 350-million dollar 2019 budget was approved by a unanimous voice vote by the Madison City Council yesterday.  The biggest change to the capital budget was adding nearly six million dollars for flood mitigation projects after flash flooding and high-water levels that threatened parts of the city in late summer. 

A support group is being offered in Eau Claire for male victims of abuse.  Bolton Refuge House is behind Men Finding Peace, an anonymous men’s support group for survivors of sexual, domestic, and emotional trauma.  The victim advocate in charge of the group is hoping to give victimized men a place to share their pain. 

Chippewa Valley Technical College and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation are honoring Eau Claire first responders.  An event was held yesterday at the college in honor of traffic incident response week and included a discussion and demonstrations of traffic crash response and vehicle extraction.  Governor Walker proclaimed November 11th through 17th traffic incident response week in Wisconsin.