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The Green Bay Packers say apartments and townhouses will be built as part of the development of the Titletown District.  The team announced today that up to 150 apartments and nearly 100 townhouses will be built along Brookwood Drive beginning early next year.  The 45-acre development is just west of Lambeau Field.  In addition to the residential development, a four-to-five-story office building will also be constructed along with several hundred parking spaces below. 

An Eau Claire man is facing five counts of mistreating animals.  Court documents indicate Bryce Winchell admits to killing two of his dogs.  Police responded to a tip about Winchell beating his animals in September after the alleged abuse happened between July and August of this year.  If convicted, he faces up to 12 years in prison.

Vice President Mike Pence will be in Eau Claire next week.  He’s hosting a fundraiser for Governor Scott Walker’s campaign on Wednesday October 10th.  He’ll be in Green Bay during the day before heading to Eau Claire in the evening.  Pence was last in Wisconsin on August 30th.

The top Republican in the Wisconsin Assembly says there is no way the state will expand BadgerCare to cover everyone.  Assembly Speaker Robin Vos yesterday told a crowd in Madison that Democrat Tony Evers’ plan to expand the program to everyone in the state won’t happen.  Vos says the state can’t cover the costs of BadgerCare as is and adding more people to the system would make the program even more unaffordable. 

Downtown Eau Claire, Inc. (DECI) announced the winners of the fourteenth annual Jump-Start Downtown Business Competition during an Awards Luncheon. There were 5 applicants for the 2018 competition with 3 winners.  The grand prize award was awarded to Matt Pabich for Raggedy Man Goods & Gifts on South Barstow Street. Raggedy Man is a unique gift shop gift stop, The Honorable Mention Award was awarded to Tabatha Voss for The Broom & Crow. Located on East Grand Avenue, The Broom

Eight Wisconsin schools are being recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as top achievers.  The schools will be honored as National Blue Ribbon Schools at a ceremony next month in the nation’s capital.  The awards were announced yesterday by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.  All eight are elementary schools, including closest to us, Bannach Elementary in Stevens Point.

An Extraordinary Session of the state legislature is being called to allow the Senate to vote on a tax credit package for Kimberly-Clark.  Assembly Bill 963 was approved by the Assembly earlier this year, but stalled in the Senate.  Legislators will return to Madison on November 12th to begin their session.  Governor Walker says it’s a major step forward to achieving the goal of keeping Kimberly-Clark operating in Wisconsin. 

The brainstorming has begun! And, new city laws are in the works to address excessive drinking and reduce noise in Eau Claire.  A public session of a task force created earlier this year was held last night to inform the public on possible new ordinances.  Some of the ideas on the white board include and ordinance that would not allow visible accumulation of cans and bottles in yards.  Another, would provide law enforcement with a way to engage people who

A couple of fires in our area are under investigation: Officials are investigating the cause of a garage fire in Eau Claire.  Crews responded last night to a fully engulfed garage fire on Hillview Road in the Town of Pleasant Valley.  There were no reports of injuries.  Fire officials are investigating after a vacant house caught fire in Chippewa Falls.  Crews responded yesterday afternoon to a home on the 700 block of High Street where there was heavy smoke and

An Eau Claire church is out 25-thousand dollars after falling victim to an online scam.  Police say they received a report over the weekend from Saving Grace Lutheran Church about the theft.  Investigators say an online scammer got access to the church’s banking information by tricking one of the church’s treasurers into believing he was getting tech support assistance.