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Now we’re cooking…literally! Chippewa Valley Technical College’s Culinary Management teaching kitchen is now a certified practical test site.  The American Culinary Federation approved the state of the art kitchen to certify culinarians on over a dozen different levels based on education, experience, and exam scores.  Previously, students had to travel to either Minnesota, Madison, or Fox Valley to get their certification.  The kitchen’s first test date was last weekend.

After a press conference yesterday, we know a little bit more but there are still more questions than answers. The Barron County Sheriff says Jayme Closs was in the home at the time her parents were murdered.  James and Denise Closs’s deaths have been ruled a homicide by gunshot, as authorities continue to search for 13-year-old Jayme. The circumstances of their deaths remain unclear.  Police responded to the home early Monday morning after a 911 call that had no communication. The

Fake cash leads to charges for three people involved in a counterfeit money operation at an Eau Claire hotel.  Police say the suspects were running the operation out of the Quality Inn on Craig Road.  The arrests were made yesterday at the hotel and at the Walgreens on South Hastings Way.  Police say about a half dozen or so businesses were affected by the operation. 

President Trump will hold a campaign rally next week near Wausau.  He will be joined by Governor Walker, who faces a tough re-election battle with Democratic State Superintendent Tony Evers.  The president will also be advocating for Republican Senate challenger Leah Vukmir.  The rally will be at the Central Wisconsin Airport in Mosinee.

Chippewa County is looking at adding a second business park.  The county says it’s working on a strategic plan for the new park.  Officials are doing a feasibility study on the value of another industrial park.  The Lake Wissota Business Park has grown significantly over the past few years. 

A pilot program is looking to put drug-offenders in treatment rather than in jail.  Under the new program, people who commit nonviolent offenses because of an addiction to opiates or meth will be offered a choice between jail or rehab.  The state Department of Justice is making over 260-thousand dollars available for the two-year project.

Several sites in Eau Claire will be drop-off locations collecting shoebox gifts for children overseas.  Operation Christmas Child’s National Collection Week begins November 12th and Eau-Claire area residents hope to collect more than 52-hundred shoeboxes of gifts.  The Samaritan’s Purse sponsors the program.

Attorney General Brad Schimel says over 60 staff members from the DCI, Child Abduction Response Team, the crime lab and victim services are on the ground assisting with the search for a 13-year-old Barron County girl.  Jayme Closs has been missing since Monday when her parents were found dead in their home.  Authorities plan to give an update on the status of the investigation later this afternoon. 

Seven people, including three men from Oshkosh and four juveniles, are under arrest for several burglaries near the UW-Oshkosh campus.  The suspects are accused of stealing from homes, cars and garages after finding many unlocked or with open windows.  Police say locking cars and homes is a first line of defense and people have to make it tougher for thieves to victimize them.

Senator Tammy Baldwin is calling on the Securities and Exchange Commission to consider implementing reforms to promote worker engagement.  Baldwin suggests giving workers a greater voice in public companies by allowing them to be elected as company board members.  Baldwin and a dozen Senate colleagues say research shows that company boards with worker representation make better resource allocation decisions.  The group of Senators wants the SEC to talk about the merits of directly electing workers to company boards.