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Wisconsin’s coronavirus hospitalizations continue to inch down. The state’s Hospital Association yesterday said just 152 people are in the hospital with the virus. That includes just 26 in the ICU. You have to go back to July of last year to find hospitalization numbers that low.

There will be a new grocery store in Chippewa Falls next year. Festival Foods yesterday announced plans to open a new store at the corner of Seymour Cray and Chippewa Crossing. The plan is to start work on the new store next spring, and hopefully get it opened before the end of the year.

On Wednesday, April 07, 2022, at approximately 10:57 am, a Marshfield Police Department Detective and Police Officer contacted a 28-year-old Marshfield man while he was sitting in his semi-truck regarding an on-going investigation. When the man was asked to exit his truck, he refused and displayed a knife in his right hand. Mutual aid was requested from nearby agencies which included Marathon and Wood County Sheriff’s Departments, Spencer Police Department and the State Patrol. A perimeter was established and negotiations

Eau Claire Energy Cooperative joins the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association in celebrating its 14 lineworkers as part of National Lineworker Appreciation Day on Monday, April 11. Eau Claire Energy Cooperative lineworkers maintain over 1,700 miles of power lines to our over 12,000 Members. Lineworkers face many challenges and risks in their daily duties to ensure members have reliable power every day. Our lineworkers are heroes. They spend countless hours maintaining and repairing power lines in both the coldest of

Wisconsin gets a mid-pack rating when it comes to overall population health.  The University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute gives the state a C grade based on length and quality of life.  The institute says about 12-point-eight percent of people in Wisconsin report being in fair or poor health, worse than neighboring Minnesota and Iowa but better than Illinois.  The full report is available on the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute website.

 The University of Wisconsin System is delaying its free speech survey until the fall.  The system says the delay is in response to people on campus criticizing the research process, politicization of results, and accusations of political interference.  The survey was set to go out today and ask students about their views on and experiences with the First Amendment.

More than $1.7 million was raised to help address the greatest needs on the UW-Madison campus during the Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association’s third annual Day of the Badger event April 5-6. More than 5,000 gifts were pledged to more than 100 programs including: ·                Chancellor’s Annual Fund: This fund empowers the chancellor to address the UW’s most urgent needs as they arise and evolve.  ·                Emergency Student Support: By lessening the burden of unexpected expenses, this fund ensures that UW students are able

 It’s Opening Day.  The Brewers take on the Cubs at Wrigley Field to open the 2022 Major League Baseball season.  First pitch is set for 1:20 p.m. GO BREW CREW!

A southwest Wisconsin home daycare provider is facing neglect charges after a young boy reportedly suffered injuries in her care that caused him to die.  Prosecutors accuse JoAnna Ford of being responsible for four-month-old Wyatt Hamlin when he died of a traumatic brain injury in Mineral Point back on March 1st.  A medical examiner determined he died of head trauma as a result of definitive physical child abuse.  Ford was arrested on March 31st.

Some of the first phone calls Cavalier Johnson says he made as Milwaukee’s new mayor were to the Republicans who run the state legislature. Johnson spent his first day as mayor yesterday talking about his priorities. Johnson says he is working to repair the ‘broken relationship’ with state lawmakers. He says that will take time. Johnson made it clear, though, he will be looking for more state money to pay for things in Milwaukee, including pieces of his new public