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President Trump will hold a campaign rally next week near Wausau.  He will be joined by Governor Walker, who faces a tough re-election battle with Democratic State Superintendent Tony Evers.  The president will also be advocating for Republican Senate challenger Leah Vukmir.  The rally will be at the Central Wisconsin Airport in Mosinee.

Chippewa County is looking at adding a second business park.  The county says it’s working on a strategic plan for the new park.  Officials are doing a feasibility study on the value of another industrial park.  The Lake Wissota Business Park has grown significantly over the past few years. 

A pilot program is looking to put drug-offenders in treatment rather than in jail.  Under the new program, people who commit nonviolent offenses because of an addiction to opiates or meth will be offered a choice between jail or rehab.  The state Department of Justice is making over 260-thousand dollars available for the two-year project.

Several sites in Eau Claire will be drop-off locations collecting shoebox gifts for children overseas.  Operation Christmas Child’s National Collection Week begins November 12th and Eau-Claire area residents hope to collect more than 52-hundred shoeboxes of gifts.  The Samaritan’s Purse sponsors the program.

Attorney General Brad Schimel says over 60 staff members from the DCI, Child Abduction Response Team, the crime lab and victim services are on the ground assisting with the search for a 13-year-old Barron County girl.  Jayme Closs has been missing since Monday when her parents were found dead in their home.  Authorities plan to give an update on the status of the investigation later this afternoon. 

Seven people, including three men from Oshkosh and four juveniles, are under arrest for several burglaries near the UW-Oshkosh campus.  The suspects are accused of stealing from homes, cars and garages after finding many unlocked or with open windows.  Police say locking cars and homes is a first line of defense and people have to make it tougher for thieves to victimize them.

Senator Tammy Baldwin is calling on the Securities and Exchange Commission to consider implementing reforms to promote worker engagement.  Baldwin suggests giving workers a greater voice in public companies by allowing them to be elected as company board members.  Baldwin and a dozen Senate colleagues say research shows that company boards with worker representation make better resource allocation decisions.  The group of Senators wants the SEC to talk about the merits of directly electing workers to company boards.

A fired that damaged a home started in the chimney. Crews were called to the fire at a home on Beaver Lane in the Town of Adams yesterday (Wednesday) just after noon. The fire was spotted by a tree service in the yard cutting down a tree who let the owner know. They were home, but not aware of the fire as it was in the attic. The fire appears to have been caused by the wood stove and heavy

Local police are providing updates on the nationwide search for 13-year-old Jayme Closs who went missing after her parents were found murdered inside their home Monday.  Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald says they’re continuing to get tips around the clock.  Closs’ family members were also at the sheriff’s briefing, visibly shaken, calling Jayme a totally sweet, innocent girl.  An AMBER Alert was issued for Jayme after someone at the Closs house called 9-1-1, leading to the discovery of the bodies. 

An Eau Claire man is being charged after his roommate says he raped her.  Daniel Chase faces charges of second-degree sexual assault and felony intimidation of a victim.  The criminal complaint says that the victim took a sleeping pill in February and woke to find Chase having sex with her. If convicted on all charges, Chance faces more than 50 years in prison.