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 An Eau Claire teen will do a year and a half in prison after being convicted of burglary and drug charges.  Police say 18-year-old Gavin Potter stole tens of thousands of dollars in items including guns from houses from area houses from late 2017 through early 2018 and was eventually found with drugs in his possession.  Potter will have to pay over 75-hundred dollars in fines and restitution although the value of the items he stole is estimated to be

Dog’Gon it, it’s a RUFF LIFE! And, now we have a new place toplay!  A dog park was unleashed on the north side of Eau Claire.  There is a place to get a drink and separate areas for the dogs as well. If youare keeping a tails tally, we are up to two dog parks and the city is planningto build a third dog park on the bank of the Chippewa River in thefuture. 

The Chippewa Fallscommunity is mourning as the first of three Girl Scouts and her mother werelaid to rest.  Funerals for Sara Schneider and her daughter Haylee Hickle and Autumn Helegson were held yesterday. Jayna Kelly will be laid to rest today. Our thoughts and prayers are with you. The mother and Girl Scouts were killed when an intoxicated driver crashed into them while the troop was completing a community service project on a rural highway.  A fourth girl was injured

The Eau Claire Police Department is continuing its search for a missing Army veteran and current UW-Stout student.  James Liedtka has been missing since Sunday and was last seen on Water Street in Eau Claire.  He hasn’t been in touch with friends or family and police and fire officials conducted a routine search of the Chippewa River for clues into his disappearance-so far nothing has turned up.  He was last seen wearing a baseball cap, white button up and red

The Sun Prairie fire department is moving forward with new volunteers after an explosion that killed one of their own and injured another.  The explosion happened in July and the Fire Chief says the department has seen unprecedented number of volunteers signing up.  Throughout the fire department buildings are tributes to Captain Cory Barr, who saved lives in his response to the July 10th gas leak and explosion that took his life. 

An Eau ClaireCity Council member is taking the recent support for pot as a sign to reduce the penalties. Andrew Werthmann wants the fine for marijuana possession in the city reduced to one dollar.  Andrew Werthmann is the Acting City Council President and says the county’s response to an advisory referendum sent a clear message that people want to decriminalize small possession of pot.  Eau Claire County was one of 16 counties to vote on the referendum gauging public opinion

A group suing over the fairness of legislative maps says the midterm election results strengthen their case against partisan gerrymandering.  The Fair Elections Project organized and launched a lawsuit challenging Wisconsin’s election map as unconstitutional partisan gerrymandering,saying the maps are rigged to create a Republican majority in the legislature.  Assembly Speaker Robin Vos disagreed, saying that it is a made up issue. 

Beginning on November 10th, all veterans and active duty members of the military will receive complimentary admission to the National Eagle Center in observance of Veterans Day. The National Eagle Center offers live bald and golden eagles on display, daily classroom programs, and two floors of exhibits. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO.

Chippewa Manor isthanking veterans with a special program.  The ceremony yesterday alsoincluded a tribute to the pilots who do missing man flyovers for the annualevent.  Residents watched a short documentary about the five pilots on theflyover squad called Why We Fly as part of the event.  

 A search is underway for a missing Eau Claire man.  Police say James Liedtke was last seen early Sunday after being out with friends Saturday night.  His phone records indicate activity around 8:30 Sunday night, but the nature of that activity, whether a call or text message, is not known as the phone battery is either dead or the phone is turned off.  Police have been searching near the eleven-hundred-block of Menomonie Street near the Chippewa River because GPS coordinates