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The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is asking people to report several kinds of species if they’re seen on roadways. The DNR says it wants reports of frogs, salamanders, lizards, or snakes that are crossing Wisconsin roads during the late summer and early fall. The species, collectively known as herptiles, are more likely to migrate between breeding areas and hibernation areas this time of year. Reports of these sightings will help researchers and conservationists understand where populations are living.

Wisconsinites with a lot of pine cones on their land may be in luck. The DNR says it wants help collecting red and white pine cones for its reforestation program. A DNR official says early September is the prime time to collect pine cones. Nurseries will pay 125-dollars per bushel of red pine cones and sixty dollars for white pine cones. A bushel is about eight pounds, and the department says an experienced collector can pick a bushel in about

A winning lottery ticket worth four-million dollars was sold in Eastern Wisconsin. The ticket was sold at a Kwik Trip on Meadow Lane in Manitowoc, and matched five of six Powerball numbers during last Friday’s drawing. Another winning ticket from the drawing was sold at a Kwik Trip in Janesville, and won that buyer ten-thousand dollars.     

The University of Wisconsin Madison – Division of Extension has offices across the state. Family Engagement and Relationships educators have teamed up to bring local communities programs that support relationships, decrease stress and promote positive parenting techniques. Most classes are free and offered online. Raising Wisconsin’s Children is an online state-wide conference for parents, educators and child care professions. After the inaugural conference educators began offering parents a chance to connect with other parents and to get practical, positive, research-based

Eau Claire Police say they are still looking for the suspect in last week’s murder on Gilbert Avenue. Officers found 56-year-old Michelle Jenkins shot to death in a home last Thursday. Police say they went there to check and see if she was okay, but they are not saying exactly who placed the call for a welfare check. Investigators are continuing to seek information from the public and so far have not indicated a motive in the case.

A judge has found the suspect charged with killing two children in Abbotsford unfit for trial. A Clark County judge yesterday said Victor Gomez Acosta is not competent enough for trial. He’s accused of killing his two children, stabbing his wife, and then stabbing himself back on July 5th. Investigators say he stabbed the girls dozens of times. Police originally said Gomez Acosta told them that a crazy person did the stabbing. Gomez Acosta will spend at least the next

There won’t be any charges for a deadly rental house fire in Juneau County that left six people dead. Prosecutors yesterday said they will not be filing charges against the house’s owner. Investigators say the home’s owner never got the proper license to rent the house. A pastor and his family died when the house caught fire back in late June. Fire investigators say faulty wiring may have started the fire, but there’s no official cause yet.

It’s a million-dollars bond for the young man accused of killing a UW-Whitewater student. A Walworth County judge yesterday set Chad Richards’ bond in the death of Kara Welsh. Police say they found her shot to death on Friday night at an off-campus apartment. It’s not clear if the two dated, or how they knew each other. Welsh was a member of Whitewater’s gymnastics team, and Richards was a wrestler at the school for his first two years. Welsh’s friends

There’s a new way to get around downtown Eau Claire. Bird dropped off the first of its electric scooters yesterday. A handful of the new scooters can be found parked in designated zones along Water Street. Eventually Bird hopes to have about 300 scooters in Eau Claire. You need an app to use them, and the city says they cannot be driven on sidewalks, or just left anywhere. The scooters are also available for us at UW-Eau Claire. Bird says

If you don’t live in Green Bay or Milwaukee, you’ll need to stream Friday’s Packer game. The NFL yesterday said The Packers game in Brazil will be available exclusively on Peacock. People who live in the ‘home TV markets’ for the Packers, Green Bay and Milwaukee, will be able to watch the game on their NBC station. But the rest of the state will need to tune-in online. The Packers kick-off from SaoPaulo, Brazil at 7:15 Friday night.