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Eau Claire jailers say an inmate stabbed another man in the neck with a pencil. It happened back in August. The inmate, 41-year-old Gregg Shiver, was sentenced last week. Prosecutors say Shiver got into a fight with another inmate in the jail’s common room, and during their scuffle stabbed him in the neck several times. Shiver pleaded no contest to one count of aggravated battery. A judge sentenced him to four years of probation.

Firefighters in Eau Claire say 2022 was a record year for calls. The fire department yesterday said they responded to 10 thousand 641 calls for help over the past year. That’s nearly a thousand more calls than in 2021. Most of those calls were medical calls, as opposed to fires. Eau Claire’s growing population is getting the credit or blame for the jump in calls.

One of the first budget proposals for the new year would make retirement tax free in Wisconsin. Republican state Rep David Steffen has a proposal that would exempt the first 100 thousand-dollars in income for single folks, and 200 thousand-dollars for married folks from state taxes. Steffen says allowing people to keep more of their own money in retirement may keep more people in Wisconsin.

Wisconsin is standing-out in the Midwest for what it didn’t do on New Year’s Day.  Wisconsin did not raise the minimum wage. Illinois, Minnesota, and Michigan all raised their starting wages. Wisconsin’s minimum wage is officially seven-dollars and 25-cents, but most jobs are offering far more than that. Iowa is the only other neighbor in the Midwest that didn’t raise the minimum wage to start the year. In all, 23 states across the country hiked their minimum wage to begin 2023.

It’s going to cost about 200 dollars per-person to see the Packers and Lions in-person this weekend. Tickets for the final home game of the season are available, but they are expensive. Resale sites like Stub Hub have plenty of seats, but they’re averaging at least 180 dollars per-ticket, plus fees. The Packers and Lions are playing for the final NFC playoff spot. If Green Bay wins, they’re in.

  Wisconsin holds steady at 15th in this week’s college basketball coaches poll.  The Badgers secured a 76-to-66 win over Western Michigan last Friday to extend their winning streak to five games.  The full Big Ten schedule gets underway tomorrow night as the Badgers host Minnesota.

On 1/1/2023 at 836pm, Clear Lake PD was dispatched to a burglary alarm at the Clear Lake True Value. Upon arrival, Officers found the front door open. The building was cleared with a key holder and nothing was found to be missing. On 1/2/2023, the store management discovered US Currency cash and change missing. Upon reviewing their security video, it was discovered that two subject entered the store and removed two containers with US Currency Cash and Change. The lost

There will be another change in the second Evers Administration. The governor on Friday announced that Mary Kolar is stepping down as V-A secretary. Kolar has been with the governor since he first took office back in 2019. She is leaving as the Veterans Affairs administration is facing questions about poor care and poor conditions at the Veterans Home in Union Grove. Neither Governor Evers nor Kolar talked about those problems in her resignation announcement. There’s no word yet who

It’s a new year and that means a host of new laws in states and cities across the country are now in effect.  Twenty-seven states will see minimum wage increases in 2023.  The minimum wage in Washington state will increase to 15-dollars and 74-cents, the highest rate in the U.S.  Meanwhile, California and Washington will now require employers to share information about their salaries to prospective employees beginning January 1st.  And Maryland and Missouri will be the latest states to offer legalized recreational marijuana.

 The family of one of the men killed in an early New Year’s Day shooting at a Racine bar says there was a fight, then gunshots. Police say two men died in a shooting about 2:30 yesterday morning at Rerun’s Lounge in Racine. One of the men was the owner, Avery ‘Rerun’ Stewart. Investigators say there was a fight, then someone left to get a gun, but no one is saying what happened after that. Racine Police are asking anyone