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Elijah Vue’s mother wants her bond changed so she can get out of jail. Katrina Baur’s lawyers yesterday asked the judge to reduce her 15 thousand-dollar cash bond to a signature bond. She’s being held on child neglect charges along with her boyfriend. Baur says she sent her three-year-old son to stay with her boyfriend so he could make a man out of him. Elijah Vue has been missing since last Tuesday. Baur has not told investigators where he is.

Eau Claire Parks, Recreation, & Forestry has announced the release of the 2024 Spring-Summer Prime Times. The activity guide is available to view online AND YOU CAN SEE IT WITH A CLICK HERE. 2024 Summer Class Registration will begin on Tuesday, May 7th at 8am. 2024 Youth Spring Classes &Spring/Summer Adult League Registration will begin on Wednesday, March 13th at 8am.

The report into Chippewa County’s sheriff is now available to the public. The county yesterday released the 600-plus page report into Sheriff Travis Hakes and his past behavior. The report looked into complaints about Hakes as sheriff, and into his time as a police officer in Chetek. Hakes refused to be a part of the investigation that led to the report. In fact, the report notes several times when Hakes either declined or ignored interview requests. The report concludes that

The Northwoods’ congressman wants a new federal law to spell-out who gets told about refugee resettlement in the states. Congressman Tom Tiffany this week introduced a plan on Capitol Hill inspired by the refugee resettlement effort in Eau Claire. A non-profit, World Relief, is working to resettle 75 refugees in the Chippewa Valley sometime this year. Only a handful of local officials knew about the plan ahead of time while some concerned citizens came forward to push for transparency. Tiffany

Daniel David Oconnell, 34 years of age, from Freeport, IL has been arrested by the Wisconsin State Patrol Eau Claire Post for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 1st offense, with fivechildren in the vehicle under the age of 16. On Thursday, February 29, 2024, at approximately 3:20 PM a Wisconsin State Patrol Trooper stopped a vehicle on I-94 westbound at mile marker 55 after observing the driver not wearing his seat belt and speeding. The Trooper observed signs

Hunters from outside of Wisconsin are going to have to pay more to hunt deer with a bow starting later this year. Governor Evers yesterday signed a law that increases the price for bow and crossbow deer licenses for out-of-state hunters. The new law bumps the price for an out-of-state license by 35 dollars, which makes the license an even 200 dollars. The DNR says the increase should bring-in over a half million-dollars more this hunting season. But leaders say

Wisconsin’s attorney general is once again asking for more money for his Office of School Safety. AG Josh Kaul yesterday pushed state senators to approve the plan that would send more money to the school safety 24/7 tip line. The State Assembly has already passed the plan. The proposal would take some of the money that Wisconsin gets from concealed carry permits and shift that toward the Office of School Safety. Last year Kaul said if he didn’t find more

Wisconsin lawmakers are sending the University of Wisconsin the 32 million-dollars they once held-up over DEI. The legislature’s Joint Finance Committee yesterday approved the money, which is now earmarked for workforce development programs. Republican lawmakers held the money, which the university wanted to spend on diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and administrators. Democrats yesterday accused Republicans of holding the money hostage. State Representative Mark Born said Republicans decided the money was being wasted, and ‘challenged’ the university to spend that

Wisconsin building projects will get 370-million dollars. Governor Tony Evers approved the funding yesterday. Projects getting part of the money include replacing the Camp Randall Sports Center and building the Regional Forensics Science Center in Wausau. Evers says the projects will modernize and rebuild or renovate buildings for state agencies, universities, and technical colleges.

Vice President Kamala Harris will be in Madison next week. Harris will be on the state capital next Wednesday to discuss apprenticeship programs and union jobs with fair pay. The white House says the trip is part of the Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment. For her sixth trip to Wisconsin since her term as vice president began, she’ll be joined by U-S Secretary of Labor Julie Su.