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Eau Claire is on the map, literally, as part of the University of Wisconsin’s Badger football scavenger hunt. Thursday marks 100 days til the start of the next season, and to celebrate the university has hidden 100 mini helmets in parks in Eau Claire, Madison, Appleton, Racine, and Kenosha. Each helmet has a code for a prize, the grand prize is a 100 dollar Pick ‘n Save gift card and two tickets to a Badger home game.

Leaders in Eau Claire say a proposed bottled water plant will not sap too much of the city’s water supply. The city council is scheduled to vote on the plan to build a Niagara Bottling facility on the city’s northwest side. The city says the plant will mean at least 100 new jobs, and will improve the city’s economy. On the other side, there are some folks in town who worry about water supplies for the rest of the city.

There’s a recommendation for kids in Wisconsin to get a booster shot. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday said kids between five and 11 should get a booster if it’s been at least five months since they got their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine. The Pfizer shot is the only shot approved for kids under 11 in the U.S.  DHS says nearly 136 thousand kids between five and 11 in Wisconsin have gotten a shot so far.

None of the two million-dollars Governor Tony Evers is sending to Milwaukee to help with the city’s violent crime problem will go towards new police officers. Instead, the governor says the money will allow Milwaukee to hire private contractors to do the ballistic work for shootings in the city. The governor says some of the money will go for gear, and some of the cash could go toward overtime for officers in Milwaukee’s downtown area. Governor Evers is also promising

Two of Wisconsin’s largest dairy groups say a new study shows you cannot blame cows for all of the polluted wells in western Wisconsin. The Venture Dairy Cooperative and the Wisconsin Dairy Alliance yesterday said the latest Southwest Wisconsin Groundwater and Geology report from the University of Wisconsin shows that twice as many wells were contaminated by people than by cows. The report comes as Wisconsin looks to impose new regulations on farmers because of high fecal matter levels in wells in southwestern Wisconsin. The dairy groups say they’re willing to

The search for a missing Menomonie man continues on the Red Cedar River. Originally, a call came in on May 17th at At 3:23 p.m., multiple agencies responded to Riverside Park, 890 Hudson Road in the City of Menomonie. Dunn County 911 had received a report of a 23 year-old-man who went under the water while swimming in the Red Cedar River, but never came up. His friends attempted to save him but they could not get to him in

ABOVE PHOTO CREDIT: Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Amber A. Weingart, Navy Office of Community Outreach As the nation pauses this Memorial Day to remember fallen service members, a native of Osseo, Wisconsin, has special responsibilities honoring fallen comrades in the nation’s capital with the U.S. Navy Ceremonial Guard. “We offer honors for high-ranking officials and ceremonies, such as sporting events.” “I’m in the color guard,” said Seaman Marina Hall, who joined the Navy one year ago. “We offer honors

It’s officially Burger Week in Madison.  All this week dozens of restaurants will be competing to have the best burger in Dane County.  The event runs through Friday and the winner will be announced on June 8th.  You can see a full list of participating restaurants and vote online at cap-times-dot-com.

‘Tis the season for graduation parties! Be sure to include food safety as part of  your plans. Events where food is often left out for long periods of time can leave the door open for uninvited  guests—bacteria that can make people sick.   The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that each year 17,000 residents in Eau Claire  County will become sick from consuming unsafe food. With warmer temperatures, foodborne illness rates  increase in the summer. Warmer temperatures can

A call into ECPD last night resulted in someone being taken to a facility for help. Below is the information from ECPD: Last night, dispatch received a 911 call from a person asking for help, providing little information, and hanging up. Dispatch worked on gathering additional information and trying to get a location of where the call was coming from. Eau Claire Police Officer Derek Jack located the distressed person on a bridge who was quickly climbing over the other