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Eau Claire school leaders are trying to figure out what to do about their pending tax hike request following a new survey. The city’s school board got an update on the numbers last night. A little over half the people surveyed said they support the idea of busting Wisconsin’s revenue caps to raise seven-and-a-half million-dollars for schools. But the survey said just 21 percent of people would vote for it. The survey suggested keeping the property tax increase low, or moving

Wisconsin is ending the week with as many people in the hospital with the coronavirus as it started the week. The state’s Hospital Association yesterday said there are 378 people in the hospital with the virus. That’s the same as it was on Monday. Wisconsin has been just below 400 coronavirus hospitalizations for the past two or three weeks. CLICK FOR MORE FROM WI DHS.

Johnny Davis is now a Washington Wizard. The Wizards picked Davis with the 10th overall pick in last night’s NBA Draft. Davis, who is from La Crosse, is the first Badger to be taken in the first round since Frank Kaminsky and Sam Dekker in the 2015 draft. Davis says he’s excited to play in Washington, and said that it’s always been his dream to play in the NBA.

COVID-19 vaccines are now available in Wisconsin for children 6 months to 5 years old. This means that everyone 6 months and older in Wisconsin is now eligible to get vaccinated against COVID-19 at no cost. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and CDC have authorized the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for children as young as 6 months old. Both the CDC and American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) have recommended children in this new age group get vaccinated against COVID-19.

The State of Wisconsin is giving out more than six-and-a-half-million dollars in grants to support career growth in the state.  Governor Tony Evers  says the money is being awarded to Southwest Wisconsin Technical College, the Wisconsin Heights School District, and the Boys & Girls Club of Dane County.  This is the second time the state has given out Workforce Innovation Grant Program money.

A new report from WalletHub says Wisconsin is one of the least-safe states to be in during the coronavirus pandemic.  WalletHub says Wisconsin is the eighth-least safe state based on five metrics including coronavirus deaths, hospitalizations, community transmission, positive tests, and number of people who are vaccinated.  WalletHub says the safest state is Kansas and the least safe state is Tennessee.

We now know who responders located in Red Cedar Lake. It was on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, when the Barron County Sheriff’s Department and the WI DNR with the help of Bruce’s Legacy located and recovered the body of Mitchell Farrell, 55 of Prescott, WI. Mitchell was the operator and single occupant of the Sea-Doo boat on Red Cedar Lake when, for an unknown reason, went into the water. The Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office and the Barron County Medical Examiner

Chippewa County Crime Stoppers is pleased to announce it has received a donation of $3,000 annually for the next three years from the Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company. These funds will be used to support start-up operations for the newly formed Chippewa County Crime Stoppers. Crime Stoppers is a Nationwide program that provides the efforts of the public, law enforcement and the media in a coordinated effort to fight crime. Crime Stoppers programs provide anonymity to those reporting and rewards for

It’s a fine for an Eau Claire mother who exposed her three-year-old to meth. A judge this week fined 39-year-old Michelle Bowman 300 dollars and ordered her not to commit any new crimes for the next year-and-a-half. If she does that, her guilty plea in the case will be erased. Prosecutors say Bowman and a friend smoked meth in front of her child several times. She tested positive for meth, and the child tested positive for being in the presence

The other girl in the Slender Man attack is asking to be released from a state mental hospital. Morgan Geyser is due in court today to ask for a conditional release. She was just 12-years-old when she and Anissa Weier stabbed a friend 19 times in an attack they said would save them from the fictional Slender Man. Geyser is now 20, and has been in state care since her conviction. She is asking to be allowed to go home.