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Milwaukee Bucks co-owner Marcus Lasry is selling his stake in the team to Cleveland Browns owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam.  The deal is reportedly worth three-and-a-half-billion dollars and is still pending league approval.  If the deal goes through the Bucks would be the second-most valuable NBA team behind the Phoenix Suns.

ABOVE PHOTO: Jessica McCabe’s work and interviews have frequently been featured by ADDitude Magazine, Today.com, Upworthy and more. (uwec.com) Jessica McCabe, a national spokesperson for CHADD (Children and Adults with ADD/ADHD), whose lived experiences helped launch the successful YouTube channel “How to ADHD” and her national recognition as a disability advocate, will speak for The Forum at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 14, in Schofield Auditorium. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A with audience

If you are interested in being a part of discussions about drug us, see the information below about upcoming town hall meetings. These Local meetings plan to address drug use in our communities. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO.

Marshfield planners are letting you know what happens if the pick up schedule gets bumped off due to weather events. Waste Management alerts city residents to still place their garbage and recycling collection carts out on their regular collection day. They will collect the next day if “missed” due to inclement weather conditions.  The inclement weather may cause Waste Management to play “catch up” all week, so even if the weather conditions are nice this week, they may not arrive

Sturgeon season ended yesterday in Wisconsin. The state’s Department of Natural Resources says fishermen on Lake Winnebago grabbed over 11 hundred sturgeon this year. The biggest issue wasn’t the fish, it was the weather. The DNR says a warm start to the season, followed by a snowstorm last week made for tricky conditions on and off the ice.

 The plan to require judges in Wisconsin to send felons with guns to prison gets its first hearing at the Wisconsin Capitol this week. An Assembly committee will hear from law enforcement and maybe advocates on the plan that would create a five-year mandatory minimum sentence for felons who are caught illegally possessing guns. Felons are not allowed to have any guns, but many still do. Wisconsin currently doesn’t have a mandatory sentence for felony weapons possession, this plan would change that.

Mother Nature starts of off with winter weather hiccups again this week.  There’s another Winter Storm Warning for Eau Claire and the Chippewa Valley today. FOR A FULL LISTING OF CLOSING AND DELAYS CLICK HERE AND SEE THE LATEST WITH OUR PARTNERS AT WEAU 13 NEWS. The National Weather Service is leaving the warning in place til 10 o’clock this morning. Forecasters expect as much as two-tenths-of-an-inch of ice to fall across the area. The freezing rain that fell overnight

Authorities in Kenosha say a drug bust last Friday looks to have broken up an illegal dog breeding business as well. Kenosha County’s sheriff, along with local police, and the local drug unit raided a home in Kenosha Friday to make the bust. They found a suspect with cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and thousands of dollars in cash. They also found 23 dogs at the man’s home, many of them are puppies. Prosecutors are moving ahead with drug charges against the

The restaurant at Eau Claire’s airport wants to sell drinks in the terminal. The folks who own the Hangar 54 Grill are asking for a new liquor license to sell drinks and maybe sandwiches from a mobile bar in the terminal. Co-owner Ryan Anderson says the new Sun Country flights mean a lot more people are flying, particularly on the weekend trips to Fort Myers. He says a lot of people want to grab something before their flight. There’s no

Wisconsin lawmakers are turning their focus to reading in public schools this week. Both the Assembly and Senate Education Committees will hold a hearing Thursday to get expert testimony from the state’s Department of Public Instruction and literacy experts at the University of Wisconsin. The latest test scores show most kids in Wisconsin cannot read or write at grade level, and several studies show more and more kids cannot read properly by the fourth grade. Lawmakers have been working for years to find an