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In 2020 Marshfield Utilities found elevated levels of lead in drinking water in some homes with lead services. This is a bi-annual notice to the public. Those who have a copper service or have had their service updated since 2020, have nothing to be concerned about. Customers can check if their home may be effected by CLICKING HERE FOR MORE INFO.

The search for a missing woman in Dunn County has come to a sad end. The Dunn County Sheriff’s office says they’ve identified Margarite Endres’ body. Deputies say someone found the body while canoeing on the Chippewa River. Endres went missing in early February. There’s no word how she died though officials say they don’t suspect foul play.

Elijah Vue’s mother is once again asking to be let out of jail. Katrina Baur yesterday asked a Manitowoc County judge to change her bond from a 15 thousand-dollar cash bond to a signature bond. She’s being held on neglect charges related to her son’s disappearance. No one has seen Elijah Vue since February 20th. Baur says her boyfriend, Jesse Vang, was supposed to be watching the little boy. Vang is also being held on neglect charges. He too remains

Eau Claire County’s sheriff is asking people not to move any hand grenades they find. Sheriff Dave Riewestahl is making his unusual request after someone found a hand grenade over the weekend, and brought it to the sheriff’s office. Deputies say two people found the grenade near the Chippewa River on Sunday, and brought it to the county courthouse. The sheriff’s office called-in the bomb squad from Marathon County, and they were able to safely destroy it.  The sheriff says

As expected, Vice President Kamala Harris talked about abortion access during her latest trip to Wisconsin. The VP was in La Crosse yesterday to speak to voters ahead of the November election. She told the crowd in downtown La Crosse that this year’s election is about freedom, including the freedom to have an abortion. Harris has now been to Wisconsin three times since the beginning of the year, and is expected to be back several times before voters head to

Governor Evers says if election threats continue, the state’s Department of Justice may get involved. The governor was once again asked about threats to, and extra protection for, Wisconsin’s election administrator. The governor said former President Trump continues to lie and say that he won Wisconsin back in 2020. The governor says so far, President Trump’s words are just political speech. But he said if the former president or anyone else crosses the line, then the authorities may need to

Local leaders from Allouez are meeting at the Capitol today to try to convince lawmakers to close the Green Bay Correctional Center. Village President Jim Rafter says he wants the state to close the prison in order to get the inmates there better conditions. He also wants to be able to redevelop the land where the prison sits. Rafter has a vision of office buildings, apartments, and restaurants on what is now Wisconsin’s oldest prison. Rafter says he’s bringing the

Wisconsin is increasing its tree planting goal to 100-million trees by 2030. Governor Tony Evers signed the executive order today, Earth Day. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says more than 30-million trees have been planted in Wisconsin since the state started its Trillion Trees Pledge three years ago. Those seedlings have been planted in both rural areas and urban areas, helping cities with funding through grant programming. A tree planting map can be found on the Wisconsin DNR’s website.

Three local organizations have been meeting to develop a plan to build a community resource center—a proposed $6 million capital campaign for a $5 million facility they say would be a game changer in providing much-needed services to Eau Claire’s unhoused population.  “It became abundantly clear during Covid that we need to better address the needs of these individuals and their children…” -Anna Cardarella, CEO/President of Western Dairyland Economic Opportunity Council. Western Dairyland Economic Opportunity Council (WDEOC) has taken a

Over the past couple of weeks, with the assistance of the WI Alcohol and Tobacco Enforcement and through a grant with the Barron County Community Coalition to keep kids safe, the Barron County Sheriff’s Department conducted 22 compliance checks across the county on alcohol and tobacco establishments. The purpose of this operation was to check establishments to make sure products are not sold to underage subjects – reducing the accessibility of these products to our youth. WI Alcohol and Tobacco