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The Humane Society of Jefferson County says one dog had to be euthanized and more than a half-dozen others rescued from a hoarder living near Johnson Creek.  Officials say the dogs and other pets were rescued from poor living conditions in a barn with dead rodents and piles of garbage.  The pet owner had a prior conviction in 2010 for failing to provide for animals and was sentenced to nine months in jail. 

Madison Police Chief MikeKoval says overdose deaths in the capital have increased over 80-percent in2018.  So far 38 people have died from overdosing this year compared to 21 at this time last year. The chief says 251 overdoses have been reported to police through the end of October.  Last year 199 overdose cases were reported over the same time period. 

Local authorities are on the lookout for two people reported missing from the Eau Claire area.  Twenty-eight-year-old James Leidtka has been missing from Eau Claire since last weekend and 53-year-old Tony Cleasby has been missing from Mondovi since Monday.  Leidtka attends University of Wisconsin-Stout and was last seen at a bar with friends and Cleasby was reported missing after he wasn’t at his house for a welfare check.  Cleasby’s vehicle was found on Wednesday but he hasn’t been located. If you

One person is in custody after a police chase in Eau Claire early this morning.  Police say they began pursuing a speeding vehicle on State Street that involved nearly a dozen squad cars.  The chase came to an end around 12:30 outside a hotel on Hastings Way when the driver tried to escape on foot.  The suspect was caught and arrested near Wagner’s Lanes. 

 An Eau Claire teen will do a year and a half in prison after being convicted of burglary and drug charges.  Police say 18-year-old Gavin Potter stole tens of thousands of dollars in items including guns from houses from area houses from late 2017 through early 2018 and was eventually found with drugs in his possession.  Potter will have to pay over 75-hundred dollars in fines and restitution although the value of the items he stole is estimated to be

Dog’Gon it, it’s a RUFF LIFE! And, now we have a new place toplay!  A dog park was unleashed on the north side of Eau Claire.  There is a place to get a drink and separate areas for the dogs as well. If youare keeping a tails tally, we are up to two dog parks and the city is planningto build a third dog park on the bank of the Chippewa River in thefuture. 

The Chippewa Fallscommunity is mourning as the first of three Girl Scouts and her mother werelaid to rest.  Funerals for Sara Schneider and her daughter Haylee Hickle and Autumn Helegson were held yesterday. Jayna Kelly will be laid to rest today. Our thoughts and prayers are with you. The mother and Girl Scouts were killed when an intoxicated driver crashed into them while the troop was completing a community service project on a rural highway.  A fourth girl was injured

The Eau Claire Police Department is continuing its search for a missing Army veteran and current UW-Stout student.  James Liedtka has been missing since Sunday and was last seen on Water Street in Eau Claire.  He hasn’t been in touch with friends or family and police and fire officials conducted a routine search of the Chippewa River for clues into his disappearance-so far nothing has turned up.  He was last seen wearing a baseball cap, white button up and red

The Sun Prairie fire department is moving forward with new volunteers after an explosion that killed one of their own and injured another.  The explosion happened in July and the Fire Chief says the department has seen unprecedented number of volunteers signing up.  Throughout the fire department buildings are tributes to Captain Cory Barr, who saved lives in his response to the July 10th gas leak and explosion that took his life.