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An ultralight pilot is unhurt after he had to make an emergency landing on the Wisconsin River in Sauk County.  The Sauk County Sheriff’s Office said the pilot was standing on a sandbar when emergency crews arrived Thursday afternoon.  The pilot said his electric plane lost power as he was flying over the river so he made a controlled landing on the sandbar.  Not only was the pilot unhurt, but there was no damage to the plane.

Wisconsin health officials counted more than a thousand new COVID-19 cases over the past week.  The Department of Health Services reported one-thousand-21 new cases and ten deaths in Friday’s update.  Four-hundred-56 COVID-19 patients were being treated in Wisconsin hospitals, including 63 in intensive care.  DHS reports 65-point-five percent of the state’s population have gotten at least one vaccine dose and just under 62-percent are fully vaccinated.

Erica K Trow, 48 years of age, from Eau Claire has been arrested by the Wisconsin State Patrol DeForest Post for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 7th offense. The Wisconsin State Patrol Communications Center received multiple reports of a GMC Acadia that was unable to maintain lane and nearly crashed on I-90/94 near Lake Delton. The vehicle had exited the interstate on US Highway 12 and entered Lake Delton. It was reported the vehicle had driven down a

The National Foundation for Women Legislators (NFWL) is proud to announce Chippewa County Board Supervisor Kari Ives as a 2022 Elected Women of Excellence Award winner.This award was created to identify women who have worked tirelessly to serve their communities. The 2022 Women of Excellence winners will be presented with an award during NFWL’s 2022 Annual Conference in Charleston, South Carolina. The reception will bring together elected women conference attendees from across the country to recognize the accomplishments of Women

The fall colors are poppin’ during this beautiful Wisconsin Fall. BEyond just the leaves, we often see the combines in the fields and our farmers working hard on harvesting crops.  For this week’s Friday Feel Good we bounce nearby to Minnesota, where a farmer in Minnesota is seeing his fields harvested, but with the help of extra hands.  See, he was in a bad crash back in August when he swerved to avoid a puppy that ran out into the road.  And he’s still

Attorney General Josh Kaul today announced that Terry Lynn Culver, 64, of Oshkosh, has been convicted of eight class H felonies in relation to the theft of over $426,000 from a 92-year-old resident of a nursing home. The charges are the result of a joint elder abuse and tax fraud investigation by the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) and Wisconsin Department of Revenue (DOR). “DOJ’s Medicaid Fraud Control and Elder Abuse Unit works diligently to bring those who cheat seniors

The Eau Claire City-County Health Department is offering free adolescent vaccinations at upcoming clinics at South Middle School, Altoona Fire Station, Northstar Middle School, and DeLong Middle School. Students can get a flu shot (age 6 months+), COVID booster (age 5+), Tdap (age 11+), Meningococcal (age 11+), or HPV (age 9+) vaccines during the school day at no cost. Free COVID boosters will also be available for anyone age 5+ at these clinics. Clinics are open to non-students and adults

A man is under arrest for allegedly punching a suspected drug dealer for trying to sell him soap.  Madison Police say the incident happened at about 1 o’clock yesterday morning.  The buyer told officers he was suspicious so he tasted the drugs and they turned out to be soap.  The dealer who got punched called 9-1-1.  Police arrested the puncher who is now looking at battery charges.

Patients at Advocate Aurora in Wisconsin are getting a warning that their personal information may have been exposed.  The hospital system yesterday said as many as three-and-a-half million people may have had their information shared with other companies.  The information was included in the data collected by Google and Facebook’s parent company Meta that tracked patients’ medical providers, the type of appointment or medical procedure, dates and locations of scheduled appointments.  Advocate says it doesn’t think any of the information that was

The sheriff in Shawano County believes that someone threw a 55 gallon drum of diesel-fuel mix into that bonfire that exploded last weekend.  Investigators yesterday updated their look into the bonfire explosion in Maple Grove that injured as many as 40 young people.  Deputies say someone tossed the drum, which was about a quarter full, into the fire last Friday night. Investigators say they’ve spoken with 20-or-so people who were at the bonfire, and they are looking to speak with