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Wisconsin is ending the week with fewer people in the hospital with the coronavirus. The state’s Hospital Association yesterday said 16-hundred people are in the hospital with the virus. That number hovered above 15 hundred all week. The Hospital Association says just over 400 people are in ICUs across the state.

The holidays just got a lot brighter for one Eau Claire veteran. The crew at Green Oasis landscaping donated decorations, and the installation, to Vietnam veteran Tom McMahon. He says he was as surprised as anyone when he saw his house decorated for Christmas. McMahon’s son-in-law nominated him this year because McMahon can’t put the lights up himself. The crew at Green Oasis says the lights are a gift you can’t wrap.

This morning a weather event came through the area dropping freezing rain, which caused icy roadway conditions along the I-94 corridor from Menomonie to Black River Falls. As a result, emergency services responded to multiple crashes, run-offs and jack-knifed semi units Around 5:45am on I-94 at mile marker 96 the State Patrol and several emergency agencies responded to a multiple vehicle crash. Upon arrival a semi unit was in the median on fire with two passenger vehicles underneath. Several secondary

Wisconsin has some of the cheapest gas in the country as gas prices go down nationwide.  According to Triple-A, the average price for regular unleaded in Wisconsin is two dollars and 97 cents a gallon.  That’s over 30 cents below the national average and down nearly 15 cents since this time last month.  Some of the cheapest gas in Wisconsin is in Appleton, where the average is two-84 a gallon.

Three Green Bay Packers are headed to the Pro Bowl.  Quarterback Aaron Rodgers, wide receiver Davante Adams, and defensive lineman Kenny Clark were selected to the Pro Bowl Wednesday.  The selection is Rodgers’ tenth of his career, beating Packers legend Brett Favre’s team record.  The Pro Bowl is scheduled for February 6th in Las Vegas.

The City of Marshfield Parks and Recreation Department proudly recognizes Bridget A. O’Brien as their 2021 Volunteer of the Year. Bridget is longtime volunteer, advocate and supporter in the Marshfield community. As for the Parks and Recreation department specifically, Bridget is most known for garlic mustard removal in Wildwood Park. Garlic mustard is an aggressive invasive plant, that drowns out native species and alters ground chemistry. Bridget has led many volunteer events where people gather in the spring to pull

On Wednesday, December 22 nd , 2021 the Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office assisted the Dunn County Sheriff’s Office with a theft investigation involving US mail being taken from mailboxes without the owner’s consent. The offender has been arrested for a probation violation. This investigation continues as Deputies are identifying victims as recovered mail is being inventoried. Deputies will be contacting known victims upon completion of the inventoried recovered mail. Additional criminal charges are expected upon completion of this investigation. Deputies

The weather didn’t cooperate with travel in the early part of the day. Due to multiple crashes, the east and westbound lanes on I-94 were closed. That started at mile marker 88 and stretched to mile marker 98. Multiple reports of vehicles in the ditch and involved in crashes came in and the Wisconsin DOT estimated it would take over two hours to clear. Around 5:45am on I-94 at mile marker 96 the State Patrol and several emergency agencies responded

One person is in jail and another is recovering after a stabbing in the Town of Wilson yesterday. The Eau Claire County Sheriff’s Office is not saying what led-up to the stabbing, though deputies say the two men knew each other. The sheriff had to call out the tactical team to help arrest the suspect. He was taken into custody after deputies used less-than-lethal rounds. No one is identifying either the suspect or the victim, there’s no word when formal

It’s a year’s worth of probation for a former Chippewa County priest accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl. A judge yesterday sentenced former McDonell Area Catholic School Chaplain Father Charles Richmond to one year of probation. He’s not allowed to have any contact with girls under 18, but he will not have to register as a sex offender. A former student accused Richmond of abuse. He pleaded no contest last month to a misdemeanor fourth degree sexual assault charge