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A man is dead after a rollover crash near the Township of Northfield.  Police say they believe Donald Ames was northbound on County Road G early Wednesday morning when he left the road and hit a power pole.  Both Ames and passenger Tyler Pientok were ejected from the truck and Pientok was pronounced dead at the scene.  Police believe alcohol and speed played a factor in the crash. 

A Chippewa Falls man will do one year in prison after being convicted of his sixth OWI charged.  The Leader-Telegram says 45-year-old David Giwojna was arrested on the charge nearly three years ago and pleaded guilty just yesterday.  In addition to his prison sentence, Giwojna must pay an over two-thousand-dollar fine and have an ignition interlock device on his car for one year. 

Two La Crosse men are facing drug charges after police say they found more than 12-hundred grams of marijuana in their house.  Police searched a house on Denton Street earlier this week and say the marijuana, guns and ammunition, a meth pipe, and cash were all found inside.  A criminal complaint says 37-year-old Shoua Lee and 20-year-old Anthony Lee were both arrested and charged with multiple drug-related counts after the search. 

This is not good news for dairy farmers:  The nation’s cheese stockpile is almost a-billion-and-a-half pounds.  The Wall Street Journal had the story this week.  The cheese is what hasn’t been sold in China and Mexico because of this year’s tariff tensions.  There’s also fear that the stockpile will grow.  If that happens, many dairy farmers in Wisconsin and other states worry that prices for cheese and milk could fall even lower. 

The State of Wisconsin is urging residents to burn their wreaths and other evergreen Christmas decorations because of an invasive bug that’s been popping up.  The Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection says the microscopic elongate hemlock scale feeds on the underside of the needles and can infect multiple plant species and has been found on similar decorations at department stores across the state.  Stores across the state have also been advised to destroy any infected products for fear of the

The City of La Crosse is beginning its curbside Christmas tree pickup on January 7th.  Residents are being asked to take all decorations off of their live Christmas trees and have them on the curb by 7:00 a.m. any day that week.  The tree pick up times will not coincide with normal garbage pickup times. 

Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls are two of many cities in the path of a winter storm.  Snow is expected to taper off some this morning with light freezing drizzle possible.  Accumulations through tomorrow morning should be between two and four inches.  Slippery road conditions and limited visibility are expected. 

The Wisconsin Badgers are meeting the Miami Hurricanes today in the Pinstripe Bowl.  The game is being held at Yankee Stadium, where the Hurricanes are favored to win by three.  UW defeated Miami in their last meeting at the 2017 Orange Bowl. 

State utility regulators are being asked to weigh possible penalties against the drilling company involved in the deadly Sun Prairie natural gas explosion.  A complaint was filed by USIC Locating Services, the company hired to mark the locations of underground pipes before last summer’s explosion.  USIC claims the drilling company violated state law by not notifying the state utility call center before starting work.  The blast killed one firefighter and injured others.  The drilling company could face up to 500-thousand

The City of Eau Claire and Boxx Sanitation are sponsoring a Christmas tree recycling program.  Residents can drop off trees until January 31st at the Jeffers Road brush site for free.  The effort is part of the Merry Mulch program that turns old Christmas trees into mulch for people in the spring.