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The University of -Madison’s longtime marching band director is stepping down.  Michael Leckrone told the band following rehearsal on Saturday that he’s done after the 2018-2019 academic year.  This is Leckrone’s 50th year leading The Badger Band. 

We now know names of those involved in an officer stabbing over the weekend. It just before 10 on Saturday morning that officers responded to a call of a suspicious person on 90th Street near Highway 29. The caller said his brother, 35 year old Travis A Abbiehl was not taking his proper medication and was acting erratic. Upon deputies’ arrival, they saw a male seated in a vehicle parked on 90th Street holding a knife, being harmful to himself. Deputies

There’s an update to a missing person case in central Wisconsin.  Attorney General Brad Schimel and Plover Police Chief announced the arrest of Jason Sypher, who is accused of killing his wife, Krista Sypher, and hiding her body.  Krista Sypher has been missing since March of 2017.  A hearing to set bond is scheduled for TODAY (Monday August 27th) at the Portage County Courthouse. 

Kroger is announcing plans to phase out single-use plastic bags at its family of stores by 2025.  The country’s largest supermarket chain is the parent company of more than one-hundred stores in OUR STATE including Pick ‘n Save, Copps and Metro Market.  Some estimates suggest that one-hundred-billion single-use plastic bags are thrown away in the United States annually.

A man is facing charges in a homicide investigation in Chippewa County. Jesse Lloyd appeared in court yesterday afternoon in connection with the death of Kenneth Patterson. The 22-year-old is charged with first-degree intentional homicide in Patterson’s death. Investigators found Patterson’s body in March 2016 in a yard in the near Lake Wissota, in Eagle Point, after what they believe was a drug deal gone bad.

A car crashed into the Eau Claire Dollar General yesterday, and we know now that it was an accident that happened when an elderly driver was trying to park yesterday and hit the gas instead of the brake. Authorities say the airbags deployed and the driver was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

We talked about some recent changes to the Syverson Lutheran Home and that will affect The Chippewa Valley Free Clinic. They are continuing to search for a new location after being told in March that they would have to relocate from the Syverson Lutheran Home. The clinic serves uninsured and under-insured patients with the help of donations and volunteers. Local developers are looking to turn the building into nearly 50 units of upscale apartments.

You are warned about a utility scam making the rounds. Scammers are posing as a local utility company in order to demand money for supposed late payments or required upgrades.  We should be on the lookout for threatening calls about their gas or electric accounts and hang up on anyone who demands an immediate payment on behalf of the local utility provider. DATCP Consumer Protection Hotline has received more than two dozen reports in the last day about these phony

First-time unemployment claims are down.  The Labor Department reports that 210-thousand Americans filed initial claims for jobless benefits last week.  That’s two-thousand fewer than the previous week’s report.  The sharpest jumps in unemployment claims were in Georgia, Michigan, Connecticut, South Carolina, and here in Wisconsin.

You can show the ones you love some affection today because it’s National Hug Your Sweetheart Day.  It’s a newer holiday that was first celebrated in 2015.  Full-body hugs can lower stress and feelings of loneliness, and increase self-esteem.  More hugs also can also cause lower blood pressure.  Your sweetheart does not have to be the person you are dating, as it’s defined as someone who is lovable and pleasing to be around.