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On This Day…

By Morgan McCarthy | September 30, 2023

Hello. Welcome to your weekend. We’re glad you are here. As we somehow find ourselves landing on the last day of September 2023 (what?!) it’s a reminder of how fast the weeks can slip by when we are busy with “life.” That’s why we like to take a little time on Saturday morning to slow down with a “scroll down memory lane.” This is just a simple look back at events that happened on this day in history before you

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Drive By Shooting Suspect Held on $1 Million Bond

By Morgan McCarthy | September 29, 2023

A fourth suspect is now facing charges in a drive-by shooting in Eau Claire. Jamon Sullivan of Altoona is being held in jail on a million dollars cash bond, charged with first degree intentional homicide. Three other people are already charged in the death of Christopher Conner last year. Police say they have video of a group of men, including the victim arguing at a bar just before the shooting.

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Mayo to Offer Mobile Mammography

By Morgan McCarthy | September 29, 2023

 Mayo Clinic Health System — Oakridge, 700 Buffalo Street in Mondovi, will offer mammography screening at the Mayo Mobile Mammography Unit on Thursday, Oct. 19, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Early detection saves lives. The earlier breast cancer is detected, the easier it is to treat. A mammogram is a screening tool that detects cancer before symptoms start.  Screening will be available to women who are age 40 and over. A mammogram screening usually takes approximately 30 minutes. Participants

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Friday Feel Good: The Zest is Yet to Come

By Morgan McCarthy | September 29, 2023

As we turn the calendar page to October, our temps are bouncing back to Summer territory! For that reason, we are pouring out a glass of lemonade and for this week’s Friday Feel Good a sweet trip to Florida….  Two young girls in Florida set up a lemonade stand to raise money for a dog’s recovery after she was hit by a motorcyclist and needed to be hospitalized. The dog’s owner, Marisol Serrano, along with neighborhood girls Jules and Rylee,  talk about

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Packers Drop the Ball, Lions Win

By Morgan McCarthy | September 29, 2023

It was not the prime time performance that Packer fans were hoping for. Green Bay was overwhelmed by the Detroit Lions last night, losing 34-20 at Lambeau Field. Detroit jumped out to a dominating 27-to-3 halftime lead, and the Packers’ second half rally fell short. Jordan Love did not have his best night, finishing with 246 yards, one touchdown, and two interceptions. He was also sacked five times. The loss drops the Packers to two-and-two on the season, and leaves

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Gavel Drops: WI Man Acquitted

By Morgan McCarthy | September 29, 2023

A western Wisconsin man has been found not guilty in the death of his seven-week-old child. A jury yesterday acquitted Paul Marshall on all charges. He was charged in February of last year with reckless homicide after police found his seven-week-old child badly bruised, and not breathing. The baby died a few days later in the hospital. Doctors say the baby died from a brain bleed. Marshall’s lawyers say he wasn’t the only suspect in the case, saying the baby’s

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Solider Returns to US

By Morgan McCarthy | September 29, 2023

Travis King is back in the United States. King, a Army soldier who ran across the border into North Korea back in July, landed in San Antonio yesterday. He stepped off the plane, shook hands with people on the tarmac, and then was led to a building at an Air Force Base there. The Racine native made international headlines after the Pentagon said he darted across the Demilitarized Zone on July 8th. He spent the next two months in North

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EC Program Has New Location to Dish Up Meals

By Morgan McCarthy | September 29, 2023

The Eau Claire County Meals on Wheels program is working out of the county highway facility.  Aging and Disability Resource Center Director Linda Struck yesterday said the Meals on Wheels program is doing well in its new home in the highway building. Meals on Wheels used to rent a kitchen in Fall Creek, but they moved to the highway building over the summer. Struck says the move gives them a new commercial kitchen with plenty of room to cook and

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WI DNR Urges CWD Testing

By Morgan McCarthy | September 29, 2023

The state of Wisconsin is asking hunters to test their deer for CWD before eating them. The state yesterday encouraged hunters to either drop off deer heads at remote sites, have their butcher or taxidermist save parts of the deer, or make an appointment with the DNR to have the deer tested. There have been no confirmed cases of CWD in people, but there are plenty of cases of CWD and deer in Wisconsin. Bow hunting season is open in

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Hearing Scheduled For Bench Banter

By Morgan McCarthy | September 29, 2023

A judge in Madison will hear arguments today about whether Wisconsin’s Assembly Speaker needs to share the names of the former supreme court justices who he’s speaking with about impeachment. The liberal group American Oversight sued Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, claiming his decision to look for advice from former supreme court justices on the possible impeachment of Justice Janet Protasiewicz violates the state’s open meetings laws. Vos said he’s looking for advice from the former justices on how to possibly

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