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Wisconsin has the most confirmed cases of Chronic Wasting Disease in the Midwest.  The CDC last month said that 270 counties in 24 states are battling the disease.  CWD is most prevalent in Wyoming, Nebraska and Colorado.  But researchers say Wisconsin is the hot spot in the Midwest.  The CDC says it fears the disease could jump from deer to people at some point. 

A man was injured after a parachute malfunctioned over the weekend. It was on Sunday afternoon when the Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office responded to an EMS call of a reported sky diving accident at CTH K in Chippewa Falls. 42-year-old Chad R Prichett, from Somerset, is an experienced parachutist and an instructor who was near the Bateman Airport and deployed the main chute. While descending, Pritchett’s secondary chute opened, tangling with the main chute causing him to descended at a

A 42-year-old man was taken to the hospital after a motorcycle accident in the town of Waumandee. It was just before 4:30 on Saturday afternoon when responders were called to a single motorcycle accident on County Road E near Harmonia Park. Driving the Harley was Brian Gonyo-he was awake and able to answer questions. Witnesses reported that the cycle lost control while n a curve, went into the ditch and crashed.

Attorney General Josh Kaul is reminding people to get rid of their unused prescription medications safely.  Drug Take-Back Day is this Saturday and there are a lot of locations available for people to turn in old and unused prescriptions.  Drug take-back locations can be found HERE. JUST CLICK AND GET YOUR INFO!  

Truckers in Wisconsin are training themselves on how to spot signs of human trafficking.  Reports say truckers from all over the state have reported incidents where they’ve witnessed human trafficking and now there’s a program where they can learn how to respond.  Truckers Against Trafficking is a program where truckers are trained by video to spot the signs of trafficking.  There’s currently a bill in the State Assembly that would require truckers to go through some kind of trafficking training. 

Firefighters say the fire broke out just before 4:00 yesterday afternoon and they saw heavy smoke and flames coming from a window when they arrived.  It took crews about 35 minutes to put the fire out, but not before it caused about 75-thousand-dollars worth of damage.  The cause of the fire is unknown, but a pet cat was lost in the blaze.

At least seven students at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater claim they were sexually harassed by a former chancellor’s husband.  According to the University of WisconsinSystem, the husband of Beverly Kopper, Allen Hill, has been accused of the harassment and has been banned from campus, though he claims he’s innocent.  Kopper has stood with her husband in the claims he’s innocent

The wet spring is doing nothing to end the fire worries in western Wisconsin.  The state’s Department of Natural Resources is keeping all of western Wisconsin under a high fire danger warning.  DNR reported four wildfires over the weekend.  One of them in Portage County.  The state is reminding people they need a burn permit for anything other than a backyard fire. And on that note…Investigators in Chippewa Falls want to know how the propane tank at Chippewa Falls High

It’s the Lorax’s favorite holiday! Today is Earth Day.  It’s the anniversary of the birth of the environmental movement.  Earth Day looks to inspire new ideas and bring people to action.  There will be events held all over the world today.  They’re meant to educate the public with new ways to live sustainably  — for instance, recycling, reducing household energy use and saving water.  Some of today’s events will also recognize organizations that work year-round to improve the quality of

No “yolk” about it…this was a beautiful weather weekend in our area, and the crowds were out to crack open a record egg hunt in Carson Park on Saturday morning! The popular event had a great day for it’s 10th year-and was an EGGstra good time for the kids who filled their baskets and tummy’s with some sweet treats for the community celebration. The City of Eau Claire is raising thousands of dollars. Nearly 12-hundred people came out to Carson