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Eau Claire has once again closed a Phoenix Park bathroom because of vandalism. The city yesterday closed the bathroom near the trailhead for the season. Parks managers say someone destroyed at least two toilets and caused about a thousand-dollars worth of damage. The city closed one of the bathrooms near the farmers market pavilion earlier this summer because of vandalism there. Eau Claire Police aren’t sure who is responsible.

Governor Evers is promising local governments more money if he is re-elected. The governor yesterday said he is going to pour about 100 million-dollars more into city, county, and township governments in his second term. The governor wants to earmark the money for public safety. Republican lawmakers say the governor’s promise is an empty election-year plan that he cannot deliver on. The Republicans say the governor has had almost four years to do more for local governments, but has waited

The University of Wisconsin is paying Paul Chryst 11 million-dollars to not coach the football team. ESPN reported yesterday that the university has agreed to an 11 million-dollar buyout for Chryst. His contract called for a buyout of up to nearly 20 million-dollars. The university says all of the buyout money will come from the University Foundation. Chryst will get all of his money by February of next year. He was fired on Sunday.

Col. Eric Leckel, commander of the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 157th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade (MEB), told approximately 280 deploying Soldiers as well as their families and friends about the historic nature of their upcoming mission at a formal sendoff ceremony Sept. 30 at the Miller High Life Theater in downtown Milwaukee. “This is one of the most unique, diverse and challenging missions a unit will ever have the opportunity to partake in,” Leckel said. “Each and every one of the

As Color Season sweeps across the state this October, Wisconsin Women in Conservation (WiWiC) is offering free “Harvest Your Conservation Potential” Learning Circles at inspiring venues. All women farmers, landowners and conservationists are welcome, as are women who are contemplating purchasing land. “A walk into our lowland woods would be pretty and educational in terms ofthe grants we obtained and the restoration process.” WiWiC is working to build regional networks of women interested in land stewardship, and the majority of

Milwaukee is one of the top cities in the country for foodies.  WalletHub ranks Milwaukee 24th out the country’s 182 largest cities.  WalletHub says Milwaukee has the second-most affordable food.  Madison also makes the list at 67th.  WalletHub says the top city for foodies is Portland, Oregon.

On Friday, September 30, 2022, at 3:06 p.m., the Barron County Sheriff’s Department received a call of a motorcycle crash south of Reeve on County Road K. Deputies from the Barron County Sheriff’s Department along with Clear Lake Ambulance, Clear Lake Police Department, Clear Lake Fire Department and Barron County First Responders all responded to the scene. Initial investigation shows a motorcycle, driven by Raymond Teigen 72 of Glenwood City, was travelling north on County Road K when he struck

On Friday, September 30, 2022, at 8:35 p.m., the Barron County Sheriff’s Department received a call of a truck in the water on Red Cedar Lake just off Hwy 48, north of Mikana. Deputies from the Barron County Sheriff’s Department along with the Birchwood Fire Department, Birchwood Ambulance, Chetek Fire Department Dive Team and WI DNR all responded to the scene. Initial investigation shows a truck driven by Christopher Kemmits, age 30 of Exeland, was travelling east on V, failed

Vibrant red silhouettes were on display on Friday, September 30 at the Polk County Courthouse to raise awareness of crime victims’ rights. Marsy’s Law for Wisconsin, the Polk County District Attorney’s Office and the Community Referral Agency collaborated on the effort. The silhouette’s imagery is meant to remind our community that victims and survivors of crime walk among us relatively unseen.  Each red silhouette highlighted a right included under Wisconsin’s crime victims’ rights constitutional amendment known as Marsy’s Law and

 Milwaukee saw another half-dozen shootings over the weekend.  Milwaukee Police say six people were shot between Friday night and late last night. One of those people, a 46-year-old man, eventually died from his wounds. In addition to the shootings, Milwaukee Police say there was a deadly hit-and-run Friday night. A 55-year-old man who was crossing the street died in that wreck.