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 ABOVE PHOTO: John Dickinsen, left, receives the WACTE Preservice Educator Award from UW-Stout Professor Kevin Mason. A University of Wisconsin-Stout alum along with a teacher who collaborates with the university’s School of Education have received awards from a statewide organization. Teachers Kathleen Thorn and John Dickinsen from the Colfax School district were honored by the Wisconsin Association of Colleges of Teacher Education. Thorn recently completed her third year teaching marketing and business at Colfax High School. She received the Early

Several graduates from local high schools were the recipients of scholarship awards through Funds at the Eau Claire Community Foundation. These Funds were established by families and organizations in the Altoona, Eau Claire, and Elk Mound areas. The scholarship recipients are as follows: School District of Altoona:Larry E. Fischer Scholarship ($1,000 and $500): Khalia Mork (Oregon State University) and Alyssa Van Gorkom (Michigan Tech) Talha Aslam Memorial Scholarship ($500): Sydni Yarrington (UW-River Falls) Eau Claire Area School District:Alvin and Marcia

 We are getting a few more details about the man accused of killing a retired judge in New Lisbon on Friday. Investigators say 56-year-old Douglas Uhde was in-and-out of prison and jail between the time Judge John Roemer first sentenced him for armed burglary back in 2005. Uhde was most recently in prison in 2020. The state’s Department of Justice is not giving an official motive about Roemer’s murder, but they are confirmed the link between Uhde and Roemer. Investigators

One of Green Bay’s largest meat packing plants has settled complaints about its coronavirus safety record. JBS last week agreed to a 15 thousand-dollar settlement with OSHA for how it handled the early days of the coronavirus outbreak. Regulators say the company didn’t do enough to contain the virus at its plants, including the one in Green Bay. Hundreds of workers at the JBS plant in Green Bay would eventually get sick with the coronavirus.

There is a new challenge that could keep one of the Republicans running for governor off the ballot. A voter in Madison, with the full support of Democrats in the state, has challenged Tim Michels’ campaign paperwork. State law requires candidates to include their mail address on their paperwork. Michels is accused of listing his address in Chenequa instead of his mailing address in nearby Hartland. Democrats say Michels is making election integrity an issue, and should follow election laws

We are waiting for more information about a deadly crash in Wood County. It happened yesterday afternoon near Auburndale. The State Patrol says a flatbed truck smashed into a van on County Highway M. One person in the van died, several others were injured. Investigators say they are still looking into the wreck.

It was a robbery-gone-bad. Milwaukee Police say they’ve finally arrested a man in connection to the January murders of six people on the city’s northwest side. Prosecutors filed charges against 34-year-old Travis Birkley on Saturday. Court documents say Birkley and at least two other men killed the six during a robbery that turned south. This is not Birkley’s first homicide case. He was adjudicated as a teenager in 2002, but the details of that case are in juvenile court. Birkley

We could get some more clarity this week about the rules for so-called forever chemicals in Wisconsin. A judge in Waukesha has a hearing scheduled this afternoon in a case dealing with PFAS chemicals. The state’s largest business group, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, is challenging orders from the state for businesses to clean-up the chemicals from their land and water because of possible contamination. WMC says the state doesn’t have any defined standards for PFAS pollution, and wants the rules spelled-out before more

Gas in Eau Claire and the Chippewa Valley is a bargain. Triple-A puts the average price for a gallon of regular in Eau Claire at four-dollars and 65-cents. It’s four-67 in Chippewa County, and four-63 in Dunn County. That’s cheaper than the above-five-dollars per-gallon in and around Milwaukee.

Wisconsin is starting the week with a little under 400 people in the hospital with the coronavirus. The state’s Hospital Association on Friday said 397 people are hospitalized with the virus. That includes 65 in the ICU. You have to go back to August of last year to find the last time there were that many people hospitalized with the virus in the state. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO.