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The Menomonie Police Department will be participating in the Annual National Night Out campaign on Tuesday, August 6, 2019. The event will be from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the Cedar Corporation parking lot, located at 604 Wilson Ave.The event will feature vehicle displays from area law enforcement and public safety agencies including the Menomonie Police Department, Dunn County Sheriff’s Office, UW-Stout Police Department, Menomonie Fire/EMS, Eau Claire Regional SWAT, Wisconsin DNR, Union Pacific, and Wisconsin State Patrol. Throughout

A man accused of killing a motorcyclist during a crash in Saint Croix County is now charged with homicide.  The sheriff’s office says Brandon Lieffring was running from deputies in a stolen Jeep last weekend when he hit a motorcycle driven by Dustin Kalland near New Richmond, killing him.  Yesterday Lieffring was charged with ten counts in the crash and chase including first-degree reckless homicide.  He’s being held on 100-thousand-dollars bond. 

An Eau Claire man already in jail for armed robbery is getting more years tacked onto his sentence.  Yesterday, Davy Cole pleaded no contest to one count of burglary in connection to a recent cell phone store break-in in Lake Hallie.  Cole was sentenced to two more years in jail on top of his current four-year sentence for other cell phone store burglaries in Eau Claire County.  He’s also facing another 50 years after pleading no contest to two counts

A plan is set for the construction project at Roosevelt Avenue and State Street in Eau Claire.  City council passed two amendments that would increase signage for when bike lanes begin and end and add pedestrian safety islands at the crosswalk.  City officials say construction will begin as soon as possible and could be complete by the end of Fall. 

A local business will soon move into the old Gordy’s Market on Hamilton Avenue in Eau Claire.  Furnish 1-2-3 will move across the street and into the building sometime in November.  The store’s owner says moving into a bigger building is the right move because they’re consolidating their Menomonie and Eau Claire stores. 

The Eau Claire Area School District is getting money to help kids with mental health.  The district was recently awarded with 150-thousand-dollars for the next two year from the Wisconsin Department of Instruction to improve mental health resources.  Reports say the district plans to use the money to hire a mental health coordinator and expand mental health programs and services to students and families. 

Governor Tony Evers’ office says Republican lawmakers are just mad they didn’t get everything they wanted from the new state budget.  A spokeswoman for the governor yesterday called the plan from Republicans in Madison to limit the governor’s veto powers a ‘temper tantrum.’  Wisconsin governors have one of the most powerful veto pens in the country.  Evers made almost 80 vetoes to the latest state budget.  Republican state Senator Dave Craig says that is an abuse of power and steps on the

It was about 7 on Tuesday evening when an Eau Claire County Sheriff’s Deputy was patrolling North Buena Vista Road/1010th Street on the Eau Claire/Dunn County line. The Deputy observed a car speeding and when at attempt was made to stop the car, the car accelerated and sped away. The Deputy pursued the vehicle for a short distance, then reported that the vehicle had gone into the ditch and overturned several times before coming to rest on its roof. The

There’s still no new name for the park along Forest Street in Eau Claire, and there may not be for a little while.  Eau Claire’s city council last night delayed any decision about the name for another two weeks.  The planners of the nearby Veterans Tribute Trail and some neighbors have been arguing for weeks over what to call the park.  The vets say they’re going to take the two weeks and decide what they want to do.  

There will be a few extra bucks in the money clip for some residents in Chippewa. County leaders this week said they do not plan to renew the county’s wheel tax.  Drivers started paying the 10 dollar-a-year tax back in 2015 to give the county more money for county highways.  The tax expires at the end of this year, and the county board says they will not renew it.