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It’s another too-warm winter for the Ice Castles at Lake Geneva. Managers with the castles yesterday said they are postponing their opening. The castles were supposed to open next week, but managers now say opening day won’t be until February 3rd, at the earliest. Southeast Wisconsin’s string of above-freezing and rainy days are not helping the ice at the ice castles.

The FBI is now offering a 25-thousand dollar reward for information that leads to an arrest in last year’s arson at a Madison pro-life organization.  The Wisconsin Family Action building caught on fire and was vandalized last May, and the FBI determined Molotov cocktails were thrown into the building.  The FBI says a person that brings forward information that leads to the identification, arrest, and conviction of the suspects will qualify for the reward.  Anyone with information is asked to call the

After crunching numbers, it seems the community will save millions. Below is the information as provided by Eau Claire Area School District: The ECASD would like to thank the community once again for its support of the November facilities referendum. We are pleased to announce significant savings to taxpayers from the recent bond sale to fund the facilities referendum approved by taxpayers in November 2022. At the time of the approved referendum, the proposed bond rate was 4.75% and the

Three professors from University of Wisconsin-Stout recently have been recognized for their expertise by national and state organizations. Associate Professor Saleh Alnaeli, mathematics, statistics and computer science department, has been named a senior member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. IEEE is the world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology. Alnaeli has a Ph.D. in computer science from Kent State University. In 2019, he received a UW System grant to research computer software security. UW-Stout has a bachelor’s

With recommendation from the Eau Claire County Snowmobile Association, the Eau Claire Countywide snowmobile trails are open, effective immediately, Thursday, January 19, 2023. Any questions can be directed to the Parks & Forest Department.

The search for a missing woman in Monroe County may be over. The sheriff’s office says they found a woman’s body near the Township of La Grange yesterday morning. Investigators believe the body is Felicia Wanna, she’s been missing since the beginning of the month. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office and Medical Examiner, the Ho-Chunk Police Department, and the state are all now part of a death investigation. No one is saying when a formal ID could come in the

One group of government watchdogs says about half the people in Wisconsin want to end the state’s personal income tax. The Institute for Reforming Government yesterday released a study that says 45 percent of people in the state want to go to a zero-income tax. The survey also shows that 40 percent of people in the state want to keep the tax. IRG says 97 percent of people in Wisconsin think the income tax is too high. The survey comes as lawmakers at the

Eau Claire is starting the day under a Winter Storm Warning. The National Weather Service says heavy, wet snow will blanket the area. Forecasters expect up to seven inches of snow by the time the storm is done. The Weather Service is leaving the Winter Storm Warning in place til 3 p.m. this afternoon. Wis-DOT and local road crews are asking people to stay home if they can today. On that note, you can get updates on school delays, closings,

It’s two months in prison for a western Wisconsin man who tried to have sex with a 13-year-old in Eau Claire. A judge yesterday sentenced 25-year-old Jay Lee to two months in jail and five years probation. Lee answered an online message from someone he thought was a 13-year-old girl, but was actually a state investigator. He was arrested after he went to an Eau Claire park to meet up for sex. Lee will have to register as a sex offender

Somebody gave Altoona’s public library 10 thousand-dollars. The library announced the anonymous donation yesterday. Library director Arin Wilken says the money will most likely be spent on new self-checkout machines. She says adding a self-checkout option will free-up overwhelmed clerks at the library.