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Police believe a missing teen might be in Wisconsin.  The DuPageCounty Sheriff’s Office says 16-year-old Amanda Perrier of Elmhurst, Illinoiswas last seen leaving York High School the morning of November 14th.  She was wearing a beige sweatshirt, blue jeans with a ripped knee, and white Vansshoes.  She is five-foot-four and 140 pounds with long, red hair. 

The Eau Claire City-County Health Department is engaging the community in a discussion about factors that impact health locally.  A conversation was held yesterday both in-person and online and was open to all community members.  Another conversation will be held online next week starting on Monday. 

The Township Fire Department in Eau Claire County is looking to recruit volunteers.  The department says call volume has tripled while its volunteer numbers are down.  They are hoping to recruit about ten to 15 volunteer fire fightersto raise their numbers from about 130 active members. 

Renew Church in Eau Claire is collecting new sweatshirts to help support local students.  The church says many children in the community go without basics during winter months.  The clothes will be collected until December 9th. 

A teen’s stolen bike is back with its owner, and funds raised to buy him a new bike will be donated to charity.  Police posted a picture of the bike that was stolen on November 5th on social media, which raised the interest of community members to help the teen.  The bike was located over the weekend, so the teen is donating the funds raised to the Eau Claire Drug Endangered Children Initiative.  

The public is being made aware of a sex offender who will be homeless in Barron County.  He has to report to the DOC and Sex Offender Registry nightly on where he will be staying.  Sheriff Fitzgerald states that he is not in favor of this but at this time he has severed his time and has to be released.   37 Anthony Leritz holds two convictions of second degree sexual assault of a child from both 2009 and 2010. Conditions of

The Eau Claire school board is planning to approve listening sessions for plans to redraw elementary school boundaries at its meeting tonight.  The district executive director of administration says she wants to decide on a solid time frame and a more detailed plan after the meeting.  The Leader-Telegram reports the board is currently considering plans to re-purpose Roosevelt Elementary School into a four-K school or a general pre-K and elementary school. 

The Chippewa Valley After Hours Rotary Club is conducting its third annual Thanksgiving Dinner Drive this week to put a traditional Thanksgiving meal on the table of local families in need. After providing a meal to 19 families in its inaugural event in 2016 the club has expanded its efforts to help 34 families in 2018. Club members will gather TONIGHT (Tuesday) night at 6:00 p.m. at the Eagle’s Club in Lake Hallie to assemble the meals for the families.

Volunteers in Rusk County are doing their part to raise money in remembrance of a fallen police officer.  A fundraiser took place at JS Supper Club in Ladysmith yesterday for the Sheriff’s Deputy Dan Glaze scholarship.  More than 20 vendors attended the event and more than 100 items were raffled off.  The scholarship organizers plan to raise five-thousand dollars to give to a Rusk County student planning to go into law enforcement in honor of Deputy Glaze. 

Barron native Chris Kroeze is beginning his top 12 journey on NBC’s The Voice tonight.  Kroeze got enough votes last week to get into the top 12 and make it to the live playoffs.  Fans can vote tonight by either streaming Kroeze’s song on Apple Music or Xfinity or by voting on The Voice app and at nbc-dot-com.  Voting ends at 6:00 o’clock tomorrow morning.