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June is Pride month and local events are planned in our area. There will be family story time and a drag show at Eau Claire’s Pride celebration tomorrow. The events at Phoenix Park start at 11 a.m. tomorrow. Organizers say there will be yoga in the park, a time for kids stories, and an afternoon drag show. Cordelia Corndog, Elizabeth Eau Claire, Vaughn Illa, Benny Nyland, Siren, Tristan Wilde, and Khloe Wold will perform.In this Pride Month, one of Wisconsin’s largest

Tuition for Wisconsin students at the University of Wisconsin is not going-up this year. University regents yesterday voted to continue the school’s tuition freeze for in-state undergrad students for another year. Tuition has been frozen at the UW since 2013. New UW System president Jay Rothman said the goal is to invest in the university while keeping it affordable for Wisconsin families.

Wisconsin’s coronavirus hospitalizations dipped this week The state’s Hospital Association yesterday said 379 people are in the hospital with the virus in the state, that includes 60 people in the ICU. Both of those numbers are down from the beginning of the week, but up from the low of about 140 people back in April.   CLICK FOR MORE FROM DHS. When it comes to cases in the public eye, Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway is now added to the list

Milwaukee’s mayor says riding a bike is good for you and may be good for your pocketbook. Mayor Cavalier Johnson marked Wisconsin Bike Week yesterday by talking up the benefits of riding a bike while on a bike ride with city leaders. The mayor also said he wants to see electric scooters return to Milwaukee, but he doesn’t know when that will happen.

After a series of disorerdly acts and uncooperative behavior a Chippewa Falls woman was arrested. On June 8, 2022, at approximately 6:56 hours, a Lake Hallie Police Officer was approached by residents in the 10600 block of 26th Ave, Lake Hallie that a heavily intoxicated female, identified as Rachel Johnson (31 years old from Chippewa Falls), was walking on the road, and stated that a male was trying to kill her with a gun. The residents stated that the female

A man’s facing his sixth OWI charge after the Dane County Sheriff’s Office says he was caught driving the wrong way down Interstate-94.  The sheriff’s office says Reginald Shaw was pulled over and arrested after being caught driving westbound in the eastbound lanes near New Haven around one o’clock this morning.  The sheriff’s office says he was under the influence and driving a stolen car.

A lawsuit aimed at keeping three Wisconsin Republicans off ballots this year is dismissed.  U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman calls the case procedurally improper.  A group of ten Wisconsin residents claims U.S. Senator Ron Johnson and Representatives Scott Fitzgerald and Tom Tiffany helped cause the January 6th Capitol riot by spreading lies about the 2020 election.

A couple that volunteers at Madison’s Olbrich Botanical Gardens is donating one-point-three-million dollars to a fund to support the arts.  The Bridging Nature and Art: Performance and Visual Art in the Gardens Endowment will pay musicians and artists to perform at the gardens.  This summer there will be ten performances.  They’ll take place each Tuesday from June 14th to August 16th.

With the price of gas, maybe you are planning to stay closer to home for some fun. Lucky for us, we live in an area that invites you to staycation and enjoy the area we call home. How about a great local lunch, enjoyed outdoors or near water? Chippewa is full of moments to discover adventure in your own back yard. CLICK HERE TO PLAN A “HOME TURF GET AWAY”

There won’t be a trial for the man accused of running down a pedestrian in Lake Hallie back in 2020. Court records show that 40-year-old Christopher Peterson pleaded no contest to the charges in the case. Police say he hit and killed 60-year-old Dennis Mohr in May of 2020. Peterson pleaded no contest to homicide by negligent operation of a vehicle, in exchange two other charges were dropped. Peterson will be sentenced in August.