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There won’t be any changes to absentee voting in Wisconsin. A Door County judge yesterday dismissed a lawsuit that claimed the current absentee voting process breaks Wisconsin’s election laws. The suit alleged that voters have to include a physical copy of their absentee ballot request in their absentee ballot envelope. Wisconsin’s Elections Commission said the ballot itself is proof of a request, and urged the judge to reject the lawsuit because there is not enough time to change the entire

The largest pickleball court in Wisconsin is now open in western Wisconsin. Leaders in Lake Hallie cut the ribbon on the new 12-court pickleball complex at Gower Park. The new court is also the second largest in the Midwest, coming-in behind a complex in the Minneapolis suburbs. The courts cost about 300-thousand dollars, and the Chippewa Valley Pickleball Club will now maintain them. There are plans to add bleachers and restrooms in the future. CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS.

You now have a chance to eat like Wisconsin’s own JJ Watt. Culver’s this week announced the JJ Watt Meal. It includes a deluxe double cheeseburger, curds, a root beer, and a chocolate turtle sundae. The meal will be available from August 5th til September 29th, and Culver’s is donating some of the sales to Watt’s foundation that helps kids play sports. Watt, is of course from Pewaukee, Wisconsin, and played his college football at Wisconsin before heading to a

A pilot on his way back from EAA had to make an emergency landing in Dodge County. The plane landed in a farm field in Hubbard. No one was hurt when the plane touched down. The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office said the pilot reported a problem with the engine, then had to set the plane down. Logs show the plane was headed back to Georgia after spending part of last week at the EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh.

The group looking for solutions to Wisconsin’s sandhill crane population is heading into the wild this week. The Legislative Study Committee on Sandhill Cranes will tour the Horicon Marsh on Thursday. The group is trying to come-up with recommendations about what to do with the birds. Farmers and some homeowners complain that the birds are a nuisance, but environmentalists don’t want to see Wisconsin add a hunting season. The tour is one of the group’s first acts. They’re not expected

The deadline to apply for bobcat and fisher hunting and trapper permits is this week. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says the trapping and hunting permit applications are due on Thursday the first. People who are interested can apply through the Wisconsin Go Wild license portal or in person at any license sales location. A random drawing will decide who gets the permits in mid-August. More information is on the Wisconsin DNR website WITH AN EASY CLICK HERE.

The Chippewa Valley Technical College wishes to announce that it will host a site visit for continuing accreditation of its Associate Degree Nursing program by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN). The public is invited to meet with the site visit team and share comments about the program in person at a meeting scheduled at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, September 10, 2024, in room 117 of the Health Education Center, 615 W. Clairemont Avenue, Eau Claire, WI 54701.

Eau Claire County Treasurer, Glenda Lyons, would like to remind all Eau Claire County property owners that the final installment (commonly known as the second half or postponed amount) of the 2023 real estate taxes are due to the Eau Claire County Treasurer by July 31, 2024.  Please include your payment stub(s) or indicate the parcel number(s) you are paying on your check, or in a separate memo, so we can apply your payment(s) correctly.       TAXES MAY BE PAID IN

ABOVE PHOTO: An aerial view of the Grand View Scenic Overlook and Park reveals the treetops of the forested land (center and left of the ponds) now under Land Trust protection . Photo by Dan Eggert The majestic, panoramic view from atop the hill of Grand View Scenic Overlook and Park in Ellison Bay takes in Washington Island, two county parks, and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. “We wanted to honor the original owner’s wishes to protect the land from development,” What

A Minnesota man is custody after a Trempealeau County Sheriff’s deputy found 30 pounds of marijuana in his car.  The sheriff’s office says a deputy stopped and arrested Danny Reynold of New Hope, Minnesota.  The traffic stop occurred at around 2 a.m. Saturday on I-94 in the Town of Sumner.   Officers also found a pound of meth and some other drug-related items. Reynold is now in jail, and looking at several felony drug charges.