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All children deserve a safe, comfortable place to lay their heads. In Wisconsin and across the U.S., too many boys and girls go without a bed – or even a pillow – to sleep on. These children end up sleeping on couches, blankets, and even floors. This can affect their happiness and health. That’s where Sleep in Heavenly Peace comes in. It’s a group of volunteers dedicated to building, assembling and delivering top-notch bunk beds to children and families in

The St. Croix County Sheriff’s office is seeking help from the public. In the early morning hours of Sunday, March 6, 2022 on STH 35, just south of Radio Road, near River Falls, a pedestrian was struck and seriously injured. This occurred sometime between the hours of 2:00 AM and 2:15 AM. Several vehicles had observed the pedestrian in the lane of traffic, and had stopped. Authorities posted on Facebook that they are looking to speak with the female occupants

This could be the day where a 14-year-old finds out if he will face adult charges in a carjacking and sexual assault case. The teenager is due in court on charges that he stole an 87-year-old woman’s car at knife point, then raped her just days after the Waukesha Christmas Parade attack. Today’s hearing will decide if the case will remain in juvenile court. Prosecutors have said they’d like to see the case moved into adult court.

You’re paying more for gas than just a few days ago. You are probably well aware of the rising prices at the pump. Triple-A says the average price for a gallon of regular in Eau Claire is three-86. That’s two cents higher than yesterday. Wisconsin’s statewide average is three dollars and 94 cents. Triple-A says drivers in Eau Claire were paying two-72 one year ago. On the national level, Governor Evers wants to pause the federal gas tax to try and

Wausau is the latest community in Wisconsin to tell people to make the switch to bottled or filtered water. The city council last night approved up to 150 thousand-dollars to buy water filters and bottled water for folks in town because of worries about PFAS contamination. The city said tests last month discovered elevated levels of PFAS chemicals in several city wells. There are no final federal guidelines for PFAS levels, and each state is setting its own. A number of Wisconsin communities have

Tributes are pouring-in for former Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Margaret Farrow. She passed away yesterday at the age of 87. Farrow was a lawmaker before she was tapped to take over as Lieutenant Governor back in 2001 when the-Governor Tommy Thompson left to work in the second Bush Administration. She was the first woman to serve as Lieutenant Governor in the state. Farrow is being remembered as the ‘grand lady’ of Wisconsin politics. Her funeral arrangements are pending.

Mayo Clinic is opening a new sports medicine center in Eau Claire. The Diagnostic Imaging and Sports Medicine Center will be built along Menomonie Street, near Hobbs Ice Arena. The hope is to start work this spring. The new center will work hand-in-hand with UW-Eau Claire to help teach students about sports medicine and imaging.

The first damage-count from Stoughton shows nearly 200 homes were damaged in last weekend’s storms. Dane County Executive Joe Parisi yesterday said crews counted the damage after a tornado clipped the area on Saturday. Parisi said teams from Wisconsin’s Emergency Management office finished their damage assessment yesterday. Parisi says one home and one business were completely destroyed, while 190 other homes suffered at least some damage. There are no reports of any major injuries from the tornado.

The investigation into Wisconsin’s 2020 presidential vote will continue for at least another month-and-a-half. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos yesterday agreed to a new contract with former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Mike Gableman to extend his special investigation until the end of April. Vos says Gableman has faced ‘unwarranted resistance’ up until this point. Gableman is looking into election operations in Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay, Racine, and Kenosha with a focus on the nearly nine million-dollars in grant money from the Mark Zuckerberg-funded Center

According to the National Safety Council’s Injury Facts page on hot car deaths, 25 children died from a hot car death in 2020 and on average, 38 children under the age of 15 die each year from heatstroke after being left in a vehicle. Pop-A-Lock, an Eau Claire County locksmith company, created PAL Saves Kids, a free service that helps save kids who have been locked in a car. In 2021 alone, Pop-A-Lock unlocked and saved almost 8,000 kids that were accidently locked