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Menomonie is once again allowing people to pay their fines with food. The city’s Food for Fines program allows people to pay parking tickets with canned goods or non-perishable food items. Each can or box earns you a two-dollar discount. Police say some people bring-in carts full of food. All of the food is donated to the Stepping Stones food pantry. Last year the program brought in 14 thousand pounds of food.

The Governor of Wisconsin is calling on residents to shop local this holiday season.  In a video message this morning Governor Tony Evers  announced Shop Small Wisconsin will take place November 26th through December 31st.  Evers says Wisconsinites will be asked to focus on shopping local during that time.

A New Jersey telemarketing company is promising not to make any more calls to Wisconsin.  The Wisconsin Department of Justice accuses the company of selling extended vehicle service plans without being registered as a telemarketer and calling people on the “do not call” list.  Today the DOJ announced the company has agreed not to make calls to Wisconsin and try to stop third-party partners from making calls to Wisconsin, as well as pay up to 350-thousand dollars in fines.

A University of Wisconsin-Madison student that was reported missing a week ago is found safe.  Police say the 19-year-old international student hadn’t been heard from in over a month and was reported missing last Tuesday.  However they announced this morning he was found after getting a tip from someone in the community.

The public is notified about an audit being conducted. An election voting equipment audit will be conducted beginning on Tuesday, November 29, 2022 at 8:30 a.m. and continuing Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at 8:30 a.m. in the County Board Room 1277 of the Eau Claire County Courthouse located at 721 Oxford Avenue, Eau Claire, WI 54703. The Eau Claire County reporting units to be audited are the Town of Bridge Creek, Town of Brunswick, Town of Wilson, and City of

Officials in Barron Co. are notifying the public of a sex offender set to be released. Name: Ray MayerAge: 28Sex: MaleHeight: 5’8”Weight: 190 lbsHair: BrownEyes: BlueRelease date: 11/25/2022 Ray will be living at 1065 1 ¾ Ave-1 ½ Ave Prairie Farm Conviction InformationConviction date: 10/13/2022Conviction: Child Pornography (Illinois)Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse (14yr old) (Illinois)Conditions of Supervision, not limited to: No unsupervised contact with individuals under the age of 18 Comply with Electronic Monitoring-Lifetime GPS

A popular event will not be flying high this winter. Flying Eagles Marketing Chair Tami Jastrow recently announced that they will not be hosting a tournament at Silver Mine in 2023.  The Scaffold has been inspected & it was determined that they are unable to safely hold a competition on the aging wood structure (which is on top of the steel).  The hope to raise enough money in the future to fix what is needed, improve the facilities and to

It’s the latest snapshot of just how big UW-Madison is getting. The school says 276 students this year accepted either five thousand-dollars or a free year’s worth of meals to live off campus. University housing leaders say this year’s record-breaking freshman class led to a housing crunch. UW-Madison offered either the five thousand-dollars, a free spot at the Eagle Heights community, and in some cases a free dining plan for one year. The university said there are over 86-hundred people

There is a search for a missing UW-Madison student. University police and city police are looking for 19-year-old Enzhe Xun. He’s an international student from China. Police say he was officially reported missing last week, but officers say his family hasn’t heard from him in over a month. Police say he was staying at a Super 8 off the Beltline, but workers there say he hasn’t been seen since mid-September.

The sheriff in Outagamie County is blaming a drunk driver for starting a series of crashes that left two people dead and sent nine others to the hospital. It started Sunday afternoon on I-41 near Highway 441. Deputies say a drunk driver rolled their car, and had to be cut out by firefighters. That crash caused a back-up on I-41. That back-up led to six other crashes, including one that killed an unborn baby and another that killed a second