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The Eau Claire Health Department is looking for two dogs accused of biting and injuring a woman.  The department says the woman was bit on a sidewalk on Lever Street between Brian and McElroy last Friday afternoon.  One dog is described as a dark yellow lab or retriever and the other is described as a smaller black and white dog.  Both were on leashes and were being walked by two women.

Residents of Durand, southwest of Eau Claire, may soon be able to drive golf carts on city streets.  Yesterday the city’s safety commission held a special meeting to get public input and start a discussion on the topic.  The council president says people are already driving golf carts that aren’t permitted so he wants to make it legal.  He says the council has no intention of not allowing it.

The American Red Cross has a center open in Trempealeau County for people displaced be flooding.  The Red Cross says the center is located at Holy Family Church on Maple Street in Arcadia and it has free food and cots to sleep on.  Anyone in Trempealeau County who’s displaced by flooding is welcome.

Xcel Energy in Eau Claire is raising hundreds of dollars for the United Way.  Last night Xcel held its eleventh annual chili cook-off where nine different employees made their best chili recipe for judges to taste and others to enjoy.  Employees could pay five dollars to enjoy a bowl of each chili and the group raised 545 dollars by the end of the night. 

The man accused of killing a woman and abducting her daughter is in custody.  Dariaz Higgins was arrested yesterday afternoon in Milwaukee.  Authorities are still searching for two-year-old Noelani Robinson. 

A barn fire left thousands of swine dead. It happened yesterday and a call came in a little bit after 5:30 Wednesday morning of a large hog barn on fire at Holden Farms. The farm is located on Gonty road in the Town of Naples east of Mondovi.  Fire crews battled the blaze for hours and it is estimated that most of the 4,000 swine in the barn did perish as a result of the fire.

A Chippewa County garage is destroyed after a fire.  Multiple crews battled the blaze in the Town of Anson yesterday on Highway O near the Lake Wissota State Park.  Officials say there were no injuries and the cause of the fire is being investigated.

More than 100 Eau Claire families are without child care after a daycare flooded.  The Lil Dudes-N-Divas new building has water seeping through the walls and began flowing through the floors earlier this week.  The owner says the staff is working to help provide families with contacts for emergency care.

Officials say concerns about the roof at the Eau Claire Post Office Annex will not impact service.  Structural engineers are being brought in to assess the risk of possible damage.  The office is re-arranging some of its operations, because no employees will be allowed in the lding until it is assessed.