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Eau Claire is now home to the Midwest’s largest self-pour taproom. The Phoenix Taproom has 72 different beers to choose from. People get to pour their own, and pay by the glass. The idea is to let people try as many local, Wisconsin beers as they’d like and maybe land on a new favorite in the process. The Phoenix Taproom has been celebrating a grand opening week and you can CLICK HERE TO POUR OUT THE DETAILS.

There’s a new men’s champion and a new women’s record in the July 4th hot dog eating contest in Coney Island. Patrick Bertoletti has secured the mustard belt, scarfing down 58 dogs and buns in ten minutes. The 39-year-old Illinois native likely wouldn’t have had a chance if 16-time champ Joey Chestnut, with a record of 76 dogs, hadn’t bowed out this year over his deal with a vegan brand. Meanwhile, a familiar name won the women’s side. Mike Sudo

A western Wisconsin woman accused of killing her husband then burning his body will go to trial. A judge in Black River Falls yesterday found Star Myers competent enough to stand trial. Prosecutors in Jackson County say she shot her husband to death in March of last year, then set his body on fire to try and cover-up her crime. She is due back in court in September, but there’s no word when her trial could actually begin.

Some of the folks who live at the Romeis Apartments in Chippewa Falls say they were ordered out of their apartment because the building is not fit for human occupancy. Engineers looked at the building last week, and said there are serious structural concerns. Their report says an entire wing of the apartment building should be emptied-out until the building’s owner can shore-up the foundation, and fix several other areas. The people who live in East Wing say they were

The Coast Guard has closed a couple parts of the Mississippi River in western Wisconsin. The Coast Guard yesterday said it’s closed Pools 5A and 6 running from Whitman, Minnesota down to Trempealeau.  Coast Guard commanders say the recent rains have swollen the Mississippi, which has made it dangerous for people and their boats. Another section of the river in Iowa has also been closed because of high water. The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Warning for the

The future of Wisconsin’s law that recalibrated how local taxpayers paid for public school unions is in limbo. A judge in Dane County yesterday struck down parts of Act 10. The judge said there’s no rational explanation as to why some police officers in the state were exempted from the law that had some public employees pay more for their retirements and healthcare, and some were not. The judge said that putting UW police officers in a different category as

A man wanted out of Wisconsin for three decades is under arrest in Iowa. George Hartleroad was arrested on June 26 in West Des Moines, after he was stopped by police for not having a reflector on his bike. He was homeless at the time and had been wanted by Wisconsin law enforcement since 1994. The Wisconsin Department of Corrections says he served five years in prison and was in a halfway house but escaped. He’s awaiting extradition to Wisconsin.

The man who was injured in a house explosion in Lafayette has died. The Walworth County Sheriff’s Office yesterday said 68-year-old Leland Holden died from his injuries. He was the only person home when his house exploded Tuesday afternoon. He was rescued from the rubble and flown to a hospital in Milwaukee. Investigators say they don’t know what caused the explosion, but local firefighters are working with the State Fire Marshal to find a cause.

Applications are open for the 2025 sturgeon spearing season in Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says 500 people will be chosen to get a license. They’ll be able to spear a sturgeon from Poygan, Winneconne, or Butte des Morts lakes during the season. The application deadline is August 1st. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO.

Chippewa County is going to look at the feasibility of a new hospital. The county last night listened to the pitch to spend 70 thousand-dollars to have the Chippewa Valley Health Cooperative look at what is needed to bring a new hospital to the Chippewa Valley. The 70 thousand-dollars is about half of the cost for the study. County Administrator Randy Scholz says in addition to a new hospital, he said the county needs a new morgue and new space