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The Wisconsin Department of Revenue is looking for people to staff its free Volunteer Income Tax Assistance and Tax Counseling for the Elderly programs.  The Revenue Department is looking specifically for reception greeters, people to help with document intake, and income tax preparers, although everyone is welcome to volunteer.  No prior experience in accounting or finance is needed and volunteers will receive formal training to help people with tax preparation services.  Applications AND MORE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND online WITH

The League of Wisconsin Municipalities welcomes Emily Berge as the newest president of the League Board. Berge is the current City Council President of Eau Claire. She was elected to the City Council in 2018 and re-elected in 2021. She was then elected as the City Council President in 2023 for a three-year term. Berge earned her undergraduate degree from UW-Stout and went on to receive her master’s degree in mental health counseling.

Many steps can lead you to your own version of a Happily Ever After and for this week’s Friday Feel Good we visit a new couple who is celebrating not just these special to a new life, but also the steps forward and down the aisle after tragedy.  TikTok star Brianna Seewald, who was partially paralyzed in a car accident a few years ago, walked down the aisle and danced with her husband Ryan Borkowsky at their wedding in Canada.   Here’s to celebrating

Prosecutors in southwestern Wisconsin are pressing ahead with charges against a 19-year-old from Honduras who they say had sex with a 12-year-old girl. Darlington Police arrested Jorge Lopez-Murillo on Tuesday. The DA in Lafayette County filed felony sexual assault charges in the case yesterday. The judge gave Lopez-Murillo a 10 thousand-dollar signature bond and he was released from jail. He’s due back in court in early December.

There is movement in the push to impeach Wisconsin’s elections chief. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos yesterday assigned the articles of impeachment against Elections Commission administrator Meagan Wolfe to a statehouse committee. Some Republicans want to impeach Wolfe for how she handled the 2020 election, and how she has responded to questions from lawmakers ever since. A handful of state reps. introduced the articles back in September, but that sat untouched. Vos’ decision to move them forward comes just days after

One of Milwaukee’s state senators wants a new warning system for missing children in the state. Senator LaTonya Johnson yesterday said the state needs to create a system that catches cases that fall through the cracks of the AMBER Alert System. She says the disappearance and death of five-year-old Prince McCree is driving the idea. Johnson says police did not issue an AMBER Alert when he went missing because there was no suspect in the case, and there wasn’t a

The City of Eau Claire is seeking proposals for projects that develop or rehabilitate properties for new or expanded affordable housing within the City of Eau Claire and to provide said project(s) with financial assistance through the City of Eau Claire Affordable Housing Fund. Full details related to this request for proposals can be found in the attached document, which is also available on the City of Eau Claire website WITH AN EASY CLICK HERE.

The sheriff in Sauk County is asking hunters to help look for a teenager who’s been missing for months. The sheriff’s office yesterday said as hunters take to the woods and field this month, they should keep an eye out for evidence of James Yoblonski. He went missing after his father said he headed out to Devil’s Lake State Park and hasn’t been heard from since. The sheriff’s office says they don’t have any updates in the case. They’re asking

Investigators say the remains found this week on the Menominee Reservation are not those of two missing men. A hunter found a human skull in the woods on the reservation on Monday. The medical examiner says the skull is at least five to ten years old, but he’s not saying much else. Tribal police say at least four people, two women and two men, are missing on the reservation, but the skull did not match their dental records. Tribal police

The lawyer for the missing murder suspect from Eau Claire is leaving the case. Attorney Michael Cohen yesterday told the judge that he hasn’t heard from Shane Helmbrecht. Helmbrecht has been missing since he left a halfway house in Tomah back in September. He was last seen in New Mexico. A judge in Eau Claire has ordered Helmbrecht to come back to the state, and issued a warrant for his arrest. When, or if he comes back, Helmbrecht will likely