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 The Baraboo School District is making curriculum changes to address backlash from a controversial photo of students.  The Wisconsin State-Journals says the district sent a letter to parents last night describing how it would improve the way it educates students on the Holocaust after a group of students appeared to give a Nazi salute in a picture taken earlier this year.  Those improvements include trips to the Illinois Holocaust Museum and inviting Holocaust speakers to campuses. 

It might be cold now, but soon we will be sweating on the Midway and The Northern Wisconsin State Fair announced the first two of four 2019 Leinenkugel’s Main Stage Line Up artists. Get ready to spray that hair high with Aqua Net for Hairball on Thursday, and polish the cowboy boots for Big and Rich with Cowboy Troy Friday. The next will be announced soon. The fair will kick off July 10th of next year.

Three people in Winona County are facing felony drug charges after being linked to the sale and distribution of meth.  Court documents say authorities searched three residences in the county on Monday morning that turned up over 30 grams of meth, a small amount of marijuana,nearly one-thousand dollars in drug money, and various drug paraphernalia.  Amanda Bray, Jamie Brown, and James Reed were all arrested as a result of the search.  They had bond set yesterday and are expected to

The Polk County Sheriff’s Department is asking the public for information on a dog that was killed in Balsam Lake.  Deputies say the dog was killed in the 18-hundred block of 120th Street on November 24th and was discovered by its owner the next day.  The department currently believes the dog may have been shot and then cut or sliced.  Anyone with information is being asked to contact the sheriff’s department. 

Barron native Chris Kroeze is one step closer to making it to the finale of NBC’s The Voice.  Last night, Kroeze survived elimination and punched his ticket to the top eight after becoming the most streamed Voice artist on Apple music overnight.  Kroeze performs again next Monday at 7:00 p.m. and only needs to survive one more elimination to make it to the finale. 

Chief Gerald Staniszewski of the Eau Claire Police Department is pleased to announce the promotion of Officer Jake Gullickson to the position of Sergeant. Sergeant Gullickson has been serving as an Officer with the Eau Claire Police Department since July of 2011. Since that time, Sergeant Gullickson has served in the Patrol Division and Investigations Bureau. He is also a Police Training Officer and a member of our Tactical ResponseTeam. Sergeant Gullickson grew up in the Twin Cities area and

A homeless convicted sex offender is set to be released in Chippewa County.  Corrections officials say 24-year-old Austin Wooley will be released December 18th and has no permanent address.  He was convicted of two counts of third-degree sexual assault and will be supervised by the Department of Corrections for the next year. 

Republican legislators are continuing to work on a series of bills limiting the powers of incoming Governor Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul as part of a lame-duck session.  Neither chamber had passed all three of the controversial bills after working late into last night.  The bills would restrict early voting, limit the incoming governor and attorney general’s powers and address pre-existing health conditions.

The Chippewa Valley Free Clinic is now accepting patients.  The facility will serve low-income patients and has six exam rooms and three dental chairs.  The clinic purchased the property, then did extensive renovations.  It is located on Oak Ridge Drive behind Marshfield Clinic. 

Bolton Refuge House on South Farwell Street in Eau Claire is looking at expanding.  The facility is becoming too small to serve the needs of the emergency shelter.  The average length of a person’s stay is about 60 days.