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The Augusta Area School District is excited to announce two high school students were recently recognized by the Wisconsin Association of School Boards and the Wisconsin Art Education Association and Performance Services for their artwork that was submitted as part of a state-wide competition. The state-wide competition was open to all Wisconsin public school students enrolled in grades 7-12. According to the WASB the purpose of this opportunity each year is to recognize outstanding student artists across Wisconsin. This year’s

They say love can leave you scarred, but for this weeks Friday Feel Good we turn a scar into the love story itself between a Father and his very special Daughter.  A little girl was born with an extremely rare congenital heart defect and it means surgeries in her life. Because of those surgeries, she also carries the scars of the procedures.  But, she doesn’t carry them alone. Her dad has recently gotten a tattoo of a zipper on his own

Gov. Tony Evers signed Executive Order #155 ordering the flags of the United States and the state of Wisconsin to be flown at half-staff on Wed., Feb. 16, 2022, in honor of former Wisconsin State Sen. Joseph S. Leean, who passed away on Feb. 2, 2022, at the age of 79.  Wisconsin, Senator Leean was a true public servant who made countless contributions to our state…” -EVERS “Between his many professional ventures and nearly two decades of dedicated service to the people

Coronavirus activity is no longer critically high in 16 Wisconsin counties, not including Dane County.  This means the coronavirus case rates in those counties are less than one-thousand per 100-thousand residents.  The Wisconsin Department of Health Services says many of the counties are in southeast Wisconsin including Milwaukee County.  Coronavirus activity is still critically high in Dane County. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS.

An Eau Claire woman is looking at charges for using fake 20 dollars bills. Police say they found the crudely made fake 20s at the Midwest Home Supply last month. Investigators say 38-year-old Chelsie Riebe tried to spend the phony money again just a few days later. Prosecutors are charging her with felony forgery and bail jumping. She’s due back in court later this month.

The latest voter fraud charges in Wisconsin are in Fond du Lac County for five people who registered to vote from a P.O. Box.  The county’s district attorney, Eric Toney, filed the charges yesterday.  It is against the law to register to vote from a P.O. Box in Wisconsin.  All five used a local UPS Store as their voting address.  Toney, who is also running for attorney general this year, said he is pushing ahead with the charges to protect the integrity of

They are already talking about flood season in Eau Claire.  Wisconsin’s insurance commissioner led a meeting yesterday to talk about flood insurance and flood preparedness. This is Flood Awareness Week in the state. Leaders say insurance is the only way that most homeowners will be covered if there’s a flood and their homes are damaged. The federal government will pay for public costs, but individual costs are almost entirely reliant on insurance.

Wisconsin could very soon be under one thousand coronavirus hospitalizations. The state’s Hospital Association yesterday said just over 11 hundred people are in the hospital with the virus. That includes 228 in the ICU. The state’s hospitalizations have been steadily falling since their peak of over two thousand people last month. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS.

Wolf hunting in Wisconsin is on-hold after a federal judge in California said gray wolves should be placed under the endangered species act once again. Judge Jeffrey White says states failed to show how opening-up wolf hunts would protect the wolves. The wolves were delisted from the endangered species act back in January of 2021. That led to a wolf hunt the next month. Environmentalists and activists have been fighting to stop the hunt ever since. The judge’s order means there will

The state of Wisconsin is putting nearly 200-million dollars toward child care.  Earlier today the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families announced it will direct 194-million dollars in American Rescue Plan money to nearly a dozen groups and programs.  Over half the money will go to the Child Care Counts program, which provides monthly payments to eligible Wisconsin child care providers.  Information about receiving future funding is available on the Department of Children and Families website.