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An investigation into spending leads to more questions than answers and something still doesn’t add up. Eau Claire County’s Sheriff’s Office released its investigation into DHS yesterday, and the report is full of unanswered questions. The report says DHS employees either lied to investigators or tried to obstruct their investigation.  DHS told investigators it would not provide receipts because accounting for all of the spending would be a HIPPA violation. The sheriff’s office looked into DHS after years of over-spending.

Investigators in Richland County are not saying much about last week’s death at a local campground, but they say it was suspicious. The Richland County Sheriff’s Office got a call last Thursday about a man at the Bunker Hill Campground in Cazenovia. He was later pronounced dead, and investigators say the circumstances surrounding his death are suspicious. The M.E. has not yet just how the man died, and there’s no talk of suspects or a possible motive in the case.

Altoona has new rules for people who want to water their lawns. The city ordered a partial water ban in order to save water for drinking and fighting fires. People are now only allowed to water their lawns before 8 a.m. or after 7 p.m.. Odd-numbered houses can only water their lawns on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and even-numbered houses get Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. No one is allowed to water their lawns on Sundays. Anyone who breaks the rules

Wisconsin’s governor is getting ready to send back some of the state’s unspent coronavirus stimulus money.  Governor Tony Evers told reporters yesterday that his office is preparing for the claw-back included in the new federal debt ceiling deal.  The governor isn’t saying how much the state will have to return to Washington or where it will come from.  As of the last count in March, Wisconsin has just under 450-million dollars in unallocated stimulus money.  The governor says his agencies are working

It could soon be a bit easier for Wisconsin’s airports to keep animals away from the runway. Lawmakers in Madison will hold a hearing on a plan today to make changes to the state’s hunting laws that create exemptions for hunting nuisance animals. The changes include allowing shooters to use a light to find animals, and to shoot across the road. The changes would only apply at airports, and only for designated shooters.

 There’s a warning about wildfires for most of the week for most of the state of Wisconsin. The Department of Natural Resources yesterday issued a warning about high and extremely high dangers for fires. The warning covers everyone except for a small strip of western Wisconsin. The extremely high danger is limited to three counties that border the UP. The rest of the state, DNR says, needs to be careful when around fire, and shouldn’t burn any brush piles until Wisconsin sees a good

Wisconsin is warning about a bad spongy moth summer. The Department of Natural Resources says this looks to be a bad year for the moths that used to be called gypsy moths. The bugs can and will strip trees of their leaves, ultimately killing them. The DNR says oak, birch, crabapple, aspen and willow are the moth’s favorites.

Some pro-life lawmakers in Madison want to clarify what is, and what is not an abortion. State Senator Romaine Quinn and a handful of pro-life state representatives yesterday introduced what they call the Embrace Them Both plans.  The first would clarify Wisconsin’s abortion law, and state that dealing with miscarriages or ectopic pregnancies is not the same as an abortion.  Other plans would expand Wisconsin’s tax credit for children to include unborn children, and would create a funding source for pregnancy centers

Oshkosh could soon add jetways and airport vehicles to its long list of products.  The company yesterday said it is in talks to buy AeroTech, which makes many of the vehicles that support airports across the country.  The deal is not final, but if it becomes final it would be Oshkosh’s second-largest acquisition ever.  Oshkosh CEO John Pfeifer says the two companies will blend well together.

Someone who bought a lotto ticket at a Kwik Trip in Eau Claire is a million dollars richer. The Wisconsin Lottery yesterday said the Kwik Trip on Otter Road in Eau Claire sold a winning Megabucks ticket worth one-point-three million dollars. The ticket was for Saturday’s drawing.  The winner has not come forward, at least not yet.