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One person is dead after a rollover crash involving two vehicles in Bruce.  Police say two vehicles collided head-on on Saturday afternoon on U.S. 8 causing one to roll and eject the driver.  That driver was pronounced dead in the hospital.  The other driver has been released but is in custody on suspicion of drunk driving. 

Animal rescuers in Washington County are asking for help after pulling nearly 150 animals out of a local woman’s home.  Most of the animals were guinea pigs and rabbits, but rescuers also found 13 quail as well as mice, rats, and dogs.  The woman is facing a series of tickets for having too many animals and not having the proper permits.  Washington County’s Humane Society is asking for donations to care for the animals until they can offer them for

An Eau Claire man is facing multiple criminal charges after being accused of driving off without paying for his gas several times.  Police say 18-year-old Ethan McEvoy was charged with six counts of misdemeanor retail theft yesterday after officers investigated a slew of gas drive-offs in Eau Claire County and found the cars involved belonged to him.  McEvoy is scheduled to make his initial appearance on Thursday.

The Eau Claire School Board is expanding its listening sessions on rezoning Roosevelt Elementary to other schools in the district.  The board was initially considering turning Roosevelt into a 4K school but is now looking at other options after a meeting yesterday.  Parents in the district expressed concern that their kids would be forced out of  the schools that they grew up in, so the board is scheduling more listening sessions to discuss other possibilities.

Dunn County is holding an open house to get feedback on its bike and pedestrian route plan.  County staff is expected to give a presentation on how the routes will connect to routes in other counties.  After that, planning commission staff will answer questions and give feedback.  The open house is next Monday at 5:00 p.m. at the community services building in Menomonie.

If you are wondering how you can help…CCF Bank and Helpful Hearts Foundation are working together to open a benefit account for the victims and families of the Chippewa Falls Girl Scout Troop 3055.  Two GoFundMe pages have also been set up for the victims.  Three girls and a mother were killed in a hit-and-run crash in Lake Hallie while working with their Girl Scout troop to pick up litter in the ditch on a rural highway. CLICK HERE TO

Funeral arrangements are being set for the victims of a Lake Hallie hit-and-run crash.  Ten-year-old Haylee Hickle’s funeral will be held Thursday at the Chippewa Valley Bible Church in Chippewa Falls.  Hickle’s mother, 32-year-old Sara Schneider’s funeral will be held in concert with Haylee’s.  The funeral for nine-year-old Jayna Kelley will be held Friday at Chippewa Valley Bible Church Ten-year-old Autumn Helgeson’s funeral will be held Thursday at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Chippewa Falls. 

A man accused of killing three Girl Scouts and a mother in Lake Hallie was allegedly huffing before the crash.  Huffing is the inhaling of chemicals like freon or aerosols.  Colton Treu is being held on 250-thousand-dollars in Chippewa County after a crash over the weekend.  He faces four counts of vehicular homicide after hitting the group, which was picking up trash along County Highway P near Weber Field.  The national leader of the Girl Scouts says officials’ “hearts are

Four types of cake mix are being recalled after a salmonella outbreak.  The Food and Drug Administration announced yesterday that Conagra Brands is recalling four of its Duncan Hines cake mixes because of possible salmonella contamination.  The company says a CDC investigation has found salmonella in a retail sample of Duncan Hines Classic White cake mix that might be linked to five cases of salmonella illness.   CLICK HERE FOR FDA LISTING AND MORE INFORMATION ON THE RECALL

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