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The Little Free Library nonprofit is asking people to remember their founder Todd Bol.  Bol died yesterday from cancer.  He originated the idea of the Little Free Library in 2009 with a dollhouse-sized case in the shape of a one-room school house made from a recycled garage.  He filled it with books and set it up at the end of his driveway, where he noticed it was more popular than the garage sale items that attracted people to his house. 

A former homeless veteran’s mural is revealing the journey of soldiers, including heading into civilian life.  The mural unveiling was held yesterday at Klein Hall in Chippewa Falls.  Klein Hall provides housing and programming for homeless veterans and Veteran and Housing Recovery Program James Heber wanted to give back to the facility.  Heber says the work of art took more than 800 hours.

A fourth former Walker administration official is blasting the governor ahead of the election.  Paul Jadin and two other former Walker officials released a letter recently that urges voters to support Evers for governor because Walker’s administration lacked integrity.  They also accused Walker of being more interested in advancing his own career at the expense of taxpayers.  And in the Senate scene: Assemblywoman Kathy Bernier is squaring off with physician Chris Kapsner for the open 23rd Senate District seat.  Republican

A Wisconsin Rapids man faces sentencing later this year after pleading no contest to killing his ex-wife’s husband.  Gary Bohman entered his plea in the shooting death this spring of Christopher Race at The Higher Ground Bakery Cafe.  Bowman shot Race as he worked at the cafe, where his two young children were also present at the time of the killing.

The nationwide search for a missing Barron teen continues, while comfort dogs and counselors are being sent to the area school district to provide support.  Classmates, friends and staff are being helped to cope with the anxiety surrounding missing 13-year-old Jayme Closs.  Closs disappeared shortly after her parents were murdered early Monday morning in their home in Barron.  She is considered endangered and the Barren County sheriff is asking hunters to check out their cabins and property and report if

The state unemployment rate remains at three-percent or less for the eighth straight month.  The Department of Workforce Development released preliminary estimates for September showing the state added about 36-thousand private-sector jobs from September 2017 to September 2018.  There were about 23-thousand manufacturing jobs added over the same 12-month-period.   The record low for state unemployment was set in April at two-point-eight-percent.  

A bump in funding could send money to mental health. Some Dunn County supervisors are concerned about drug and mental health costs in relation to the 2019 county budget.  The budget was presented at a meeting last night and the Health and Human Services Department is considering a two-million dollar increase over last year’s budget to cover growing expenditures.  The potential two-million increase would raise the budget from ten-point-eight-million dollars to twelve-point-eight-million dollars.

Now we’re cooking…literally! Chippewa Valley Technical College’s Culinary Management teaching kitchen is now a certified practical test site.  The American Culinary Federation approved the state of the art kitchen to certify culinarians on over a dozen different levels based on education, experience, and exam scores.  Previously, students had to travel to either Minnesota, Madison, or Fox Valley to get their certification.  The kitchen’s first test date was last weekend.

After a press conference yesterday, we know a little bit more but there are still more questions than answers. The Barron County Sheriff says Jayme Closs was in the home at the time her parents were murdered.  James and Denise Closs’s deaths have been ruled a homicide by gunshot, as authorities continue to search for 13-year-old Jayme. The circumstances of their deaths remain unclear.  Police responded to the home early Monday morning after a 911 call that had no communication. The

Fake cash leads to charges for three people involved in a counterfeit money operation at an Eau Claire hotel.  Police say the suspects were running the operation out of the Quality Inn on Craig Road.  The arrests were made yesterday at the hotel and at the Walgreens on South Hastings Way.  Police say about a half dozen or so businesses were affected by the operation.