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Soggy Gameday, Packers Slip

By Morgan McCarthy | November 4, 2024

The Packers never really had an answer for the Lions, Detroit swarmed Green Bay in a 24-14 win yesterday. It rained all game, and that didn’t help. But neither did Jordan Love’s pick-six interception. Love was listed as questionable entering the game with a groin injury. The loss drops Green Bay to 6-3, and leaves them in third place in the NFC North.

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Deadly Crash Kills Construction Worker

By Morgan McCarthy | November 3, 2024

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office says a construction worker is dead following a crash in a construction zone on Interstate 90.  It happened Thursday night around 9:30 p.m. near the 46-mile marker in the Village of Oakdale area.  The Sheriff’s Office says an eastbound vehicle rear-ended another vehicle, which collided with a road surface machine.  The construction machine was being operated by 35-year-old Andrew Skupniewitz.  The driver and passenger in the first vehicle were taken to the hospital for undisclosed

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Deadly Crash Remains Under Investigation

By Morgan McCarthy | November 3, 2024

A deadly crash remains under investigation. On Friday, 11/01/2024, at approximately 3:59 PM, the Eau Claire County Sheriff’s Office responded to the S15000 block of County Road D, for a two-vehicle crash. A passerby called 911 after they had located the crash in the roadway. Each vehicle was occupied by a single occupant who was transported to a local hospital. One driver was treated for serious, non-life threating injuries and released. The other driver died at the hospital as a

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On This Day…

By Morgan McCarthy | November 2, 2024

Hello. Welcome to your weekend and to November. Wowsa-how did that happen?! It seems time flies by faster all the time (even when we are set to turn it back…CLICK HERE for a friendly reminder) and as we get to this time of year, it can be a rush of holidays, joy, stress, and emotions. We get it. That’s why we like to take some time on Saturday morning to simply slow things down a bit. It is an intentional

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Don’t Forget: Time to Change the Clocks

By Morgan McCarthy | November 2, 2024

We fall back in time this Sunday with the end of Daylight Saving Time. The time change affects people in different ways — some may experience Seasonal Affective Disorder or SAD. Dr. Don Bucklin with WorkCare says it’s hard to shift to starting our day in the dark and ending it in the dark. Clock changes also disrupt our sleep, metabolism, and stress levels. Changes in sleep can make us feel tired or irritable, and even increase our appetite. Disrupting

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Candidates Rally in the Dairyland, Continue Final Stretch Campaigning

By Morgan McCarthy | November 2, 2024

It’s the final weekend before Election Day and both candidates traveled to Wisconsin. Both Vice President Kamala Harris and Donald Trump held rallies in Milwaukee on Friday. Harris actually hosted two rallies in Wisconsin where she promised to give tax breaks to the middle class and restore reproductive freedom in America. She also said Donald Trump’s recent threatening comments about Liz Cheney should get him disqualified from the presidential race. CLICK FOR MORE. Continuing from that side of the ticket,

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Equipment Violation Leads to OWI

By Morgan McCarthy | November 2, 2024

Kassie Lee Conley, 34 years of age, from South Range, WI has been arrested by the WisconsinState Patrol Spooner Post for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 1st offense, with onechild in the vehicle under the age of 16. On November 1st, 2024, at approximately 6:57 pm, a Wisconsin State Patrol Trooper initiated atraffic stop for an equipment violation on Highway C at Highway A, near Superior Village.The Trooper observed that the driver, Kassie Conley, showed signs of impairment.

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Traffic Stop Leads to 6th OWI for EC Man

By Morgan McCarthy | November 2, 2024

Mark Robert Clark, 63 years of age, from Eau Claire WI has been arrested by the Wisconsin State Patrol Eau Claire Post for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 6th offense.  On November 1st, 2024, at approximately 2:33 pm, a Wisconsin State Patrol Trooper initiated a traffic stop for a traffic violation on US Highway 53 near the River Prairie Drive exit in Altoona.  The Trooper observed that the driver, Mark Clark, showed signs of impairment. A subsequent investigation,

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Firm Hired to Start Planning New Amtrak Route

By Morgan McCarthy | November 1, 2024

An engineering firm has been chosen to start planning the new Eau Claire to Twin Cities Amtrak train route.  The proposed new route would connect to an expanded Hiawatha line from Chicago to the Twin Cities, connecting to Eau Claire, Menomonie, and Hudson on the way.  Other lines on the new Hiawatha route would include Madison and Green Bay.  The Chippewa St. Croix Rail Commission has chosen HDR Engineering to create the scope, schedule, and budget for the new passenger

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Trapping and Hunting Seasons Kick Off

By Morgan McCarthy | November 1, 2024

Five trapping and hunting seasons start tomorrow in Wisconsin. The Department of Natural Resources says people with the correct licenses can start trapping beaver, mink, muskrat and otter, and hunting raccoon.  The DNR asks hunters to check which zones will allow trapping starting tomorrow — some zones won’t allow mink or muskrat trapping until the eleventh.  Crow and deer gun seasons won’t start until late November. CLICK FOR MORE.

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