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Shoppers have a new option in Menomonie! Hope Gospel Mission has a new Thrift Store in Menomonie located at 1230 North Broadway. A Grand Opening Celebration is scheduled for Monday. The Menomonie Chamber of Commerce will be conducting the official ribbon cutting ceremony at 11:00am. Everyone is welcome there are several opportunities for volunteers to help regularly which makes up about 40% of the workforce. Profits from this new store will be used to help support Hope Gospel Mission’s New Hope Renewal

The victim of a deadly ATV crash is being identified as Chad Dibble of Milltown.  Dibble was killed over the weekend when his ATV crashed on a trail in the Township of Fifield.  Police say Dibble was thrown from the ATV after hitting a tree.  The crash remains under Investigation. 

This is National Suicide Prevention Week.  There are workshops, resources and crisis information available across the state and health officials urge people to help others get the assistance they need.  The Wisconsin Department of Health Services says more than 700 Wiconsinites die by suicide each year.  The department has resource information posted on its website, and the National Alliance on Mental Illness [[ NAMI ]] has crisis numbers posted.  

CHECK THE “MORE PLEASE” BOX! The Eau Claire County Clerk is asking for ten thousand dollars more for bucks for more ballots for the November election.  County Clerk Janet Loomis says historical turnouts in the previous three elections this year mean extra ballots are needed.  The office had budgeted 20-thousand dollars for the entire year, but will fall short of the funding needed to purchase the required number of ballots.

The Eau Claire police department says one of its K9’s helped track down a suspect on the run from an attempted traffic stop that turned into a chase, and eventually a crash. The passenger took off on foot and K9 Jake and his handler Officer O’Connell were able to track down Paige Young.  Young was arrested on several charges.  The case is still being investigated.

 A married couple is charged with sexually assaulting at least two children for more than a decade.  Linda and Richard Getter both face multiple charges in Trempealeau County.  Authorities say the abuse began when the children were seven and nine.  The victims are now adults and came forward to investigators last month.  Richard and Linda are set to appear in court next week. 

A Buffalo County man is facing an attempted murder charge.  36-year-old Kenneth Teel was charged yesterday with attempted first degree intentional homicide in connection with the stabbing of a 65-year-old man in his home.  That happened September 6th, when the victim told investigators that Teel knocked on the door and immediately started stabbing him.  Teel told investigators he also slashed the victim’s vehicle tires and ran over a mailbox. 

Oshkosh Police believe three physical assaults near the University campus are related.  Three assaults were reported over the weekend within a one-block radius in the area of West Lincoln Avenue and Street.  In all three cases, the victims were punched, including a woman who was knocked unconscious.  UW-Oshkosh police are advising students to make sure they are visible to other people when walking and be aware of the surroundings. 

Attorney General Brad Schimel says a backlog of sexual assault kits have all been tested.  Schimel said the results from over 41-hundred kits will be used to identify suspects who may be in the law enforcement criminal database.  Police agencies will be informed of any hits and survivors will be notified.  More information is available on the attorney general’s website.

Alcohol does appear to be a factor in a crash that happened in Barron County over the weekend. It was about 2:00 a.m. on Saturday morning when the Barron County Sheriff’s Department received a call of a one vehicle crash on County Road A and 18 1⁄2 Street, east of Dallas. Preliminary investigation shows the operator of vehicle, 28 year old Phillip Kurtz, of Dallas, was westbound on County Road A when his vehicle went onto the shoulder. He then