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 The fastest two minutes in sports is near. Get your fancy hat and mint julep ready! It’s Derby day. The horse Zandon is the top draw for the Kentucky Derby. The horse Epicenter is in the number two spot.  Other horses to watch for include Taiba, Mo Donegal, White Abarrio and Messier.  There are expected to be 20 horses in the field for today’s Fastest Two Minutes in Sports.  The Gates are open at Churchill Downs in preparation for the Kentucky Derby today.  

Today is Free Comic Book Day.    A list of comic books available in the giveaway is online at FreeComicBookDay-dot-Com.

Brat Fest organizers say volunteers are needed to help out during this year’s festival.  The volunteers will work the vendor booths, cook and serve food, work cash registers, drive shuttles, keep the grounds clean and much more.  Volunteers with approved non-profit event partners are welcome.  The 40th Annual BratFest comes up Memorial Day weekend May 27, 28 and 29 at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison.  Details on how to volunteer are online WITH A CLICK HERE.

There will be an increased risk for wildfires across Wisconsin this weekend.  The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says the fire risk in southern Wisconsin is currently high and in parts of central and northern Wisconsin it’s very high.  Fire risk updates are available on the Department of Natural Resources’ website.

Four people died during a house fire in western Wisconsin.  The fire broke out at a home on Backtrail Road in Little Falls around nine o’clock last night.  The fire department says the fire was put out quickly once firefighters arrived but four people had become trapped inside and couldn’t escape.  A father and his child did make it out of the house safely.  The cause of the fire is unknown.

Cases of COVID-19 are on the rise in our community and surrounding communities. According to the CDC’s Community Risk Level metrics, several counties in the Western Region have moved to a Medium Risk Level. This includes four of the six counties that share a border with Chippewa County. At this time, Chippewa County does remain in a Low Risk Level. CLICK FOR MORE LOCAL RESOURCES

On April 30, 2022, the Eau Claire County Sheriff’s Office participated in the annual “Drug Take Back” event. This event is held on a yearly basis to take back unused prescription drugs that community members may have in their homes. This prevents medications from being accidentally ingested, stolen, misused, or abused. It also provides a safe alternative for destroying the medication and protecting our water supply. This year’s event took place at Marshfield Clinic. The Eau Claire County Sheriff’s Office

By Alyssa Van Duyse Chippewa Valley Technical College Students loaded an all-terrain vehicle with three different varieties of maple trees and motored them to a parking lot boulevard at the Energy Education Center at Chippewa Valley Technical College. Susan Frame, CVTC horticulture instructor, said teaching students how to properly plant trees isn’t just about class participation. It teaches them a life skill. With Frame’s knowledge and the brainpower of Matt Staudenmaier, adjunct horticulture instructor and forestry supervisor for the city

CO-WORKERS. There are usually mixed feelings about the ones we work with, but for this week’s Friday Feel Good we look beyond the next cubicle and see a bond that extends far beyond the coffee machine.  A Canadian woman who needed a new liver was gifted one from a co-worker that she only really knew as an acquaintance.   Although Karla and Scott work together the pair were “basically strangers” when Watson offered to give her a donation she’d been desperately searching for. For the last six

The search for a missing Milwaukee mom is over, and the investigation into her death has begun. Police found Emily Rogers yesterday in St. Francis. She’d been missing for more than a week and was at the center of a frantic search. Milwaukee Police say several people are in custody in connection to her death, but there are no charges as of yet.  An autopsy for Rogers is scheduled for today.