ALTOONA — The city's brush site will be open extended hours today to accept fallen branches and other lawn debris caused by overnight storms that swept the area.

Usually open from 12:30 to 3 p.m. on Wednesdays, the site at 800 Garfield St. will instead be running from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today.

Available only to Altoona city residents, the brush site accepts tree trunks, limbs, branches, twigs, brush, leaves, grass clippings, garden plants and untreated wood.

EAU CLAIRE — High winds damaged trees and cut power to thousands early Wednesday as storms swept through the Chippewa Valley.

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