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The Mayo Clinic is donating more than 100-thousand-dollars for the construction of the All Abilities Trane Park in La Crosse.  Yesterday, Mayo announced the 125-thousand-dollar donation, helping organizers get more than halfway to their six-million-dollar fundraising goal.  The park broke ground in October and is scheduled to open next July. 

Barron native Chris Kroeze is facing elimination on tonight’s episode of NBC’s The Voice.  Last night with his family in the audience, Kroeze performed Can’t You See by the Marshal Tucker Band and a mash up of Jumpin’ Jack Flash and Chain of Fools with the rest of the contestants.  Kroeze had an optimistic take on the situation, saying that no one is going to have a bad outcome at this point.  He will hear his fate at 7:00 tonight

Police are identifying the man whose body was found in a home on Seymour Road in Eau Claire.  Authorities say the missing man, Toby Cleasby, was found last Thursday and an autopsy shows he didn’t suffer any traumatic brain injury. A full toxicology exam is being completed to determine the cause of death. Police say the death is not suspicious, but the circumstances of Cleasby’s death are still being investigated.  

A Chippewa Falls 17-year-old is charged with sexually assaulting a child younger than 16.  Reece Swan was charged yesterday with four counts of sexual assault of a child.  Authorities say Swan raped the victim twice last month in a garage in Chippewa Falls.  He is due back in court next week. 

Plans for a new bus transfer center in Eau Claire are rolling forward.  Officials say they are still working on final federal approval, but the funds for the 23-million dollar project are secure.  The center will be built where the current center is located.  It will be seven stories high and will include parking, housing, and commercial space. 

A new boat launch could make a splash soon. The city council is set to vote today on a proposal to build a new boat launch on the Chippewa River.  A nearly 80-thousand dollar stewardship grant was awarded to the City of Eau Claire Department of Community Service to develop the southwest boat launch on Ferry Street.  Matching funds would be provided by the city. 

Members of a Sun Prairie Girl Scout troop are honoring a Chippewa Falls troop through service.  Three Girl Scouts and a troop mother were hit and killed as they were picking up litter on the side of a rural highway near Chippewa Falls.  The girls in the Sun Prairie troop are working with the Sunshine Place to wrap gifts being collected for 450 families in need.  The troop started a wrapping supplies drive yesterday.

The Eaux Claires music festival website says there will be no event held in 2019. The statement posted yesterday announced that the festival would return in 2020 in downtown Eau Claire.  The founders and organizers indicate they may have public events at the Pablo Center to discuss the new direction on the festival. 

Due to a fire that occurred Saturday, December 8th the U.S. Postal Service has made the decision to immediately emergency suspend the Almena Post Office. In the interim, Post Office Box delivery and retail services have been relocated to the Barron Post Office located at 437 E La Salle Avenue in Barron. The Barron Post Office is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. and Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Almena customers may retrieve their

 The Hollandale community is rallying behind a family of six that escaped with their lives from a house fire.  Fire crews were called to the home Saturday morning and found it engulfed in flames.  A single father and his five children ranging in age from kindergarten to fifth grade all got out okay, but lost all their possession, including Christmas gifts.  The Hollandale Fire Department has posted information for those who may want to donate to the family. CLICK HERE