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Wisconsin is joining 24 other states in suing the Trump administration over student loan limits for nursing students. The administration imposed new limits on federal student loans for graduation programs, letting a short list of professional degrees, like medicine and law, borrow more. The new rules exclude nursing, physical therapy and nurse anesthesia programs. Critics say it will price students out of advance practice roles and worsen the healthcare worker shortage. The Trump administration has argued most programs still fit

With Memorial Day ahead many of us are planning for the official kick off of summer with a parade, and the Eau Claire parade is among the local favorites. This year the theme for the parade and program is “From 1776 to Today:  Remembering the Brave”.   It is to honor the 250 years of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.   “From 1776 to Today: Remembering the Brave” honors the courage, sacrifice, and service of the men and women

The suspect in a La Crosse stabbing incident is now in custody.  A female victim was found wounded Friday night — shortly before 11:30 p.m. — at a location on 16th Street South.  Police say that 28-year-old Ivan Canchola-Garcia has since been arrested in the State of Indiana and charged with attempted 1st-degree intentional homicide. 

A La Crosse bicyclist is hospitalized after being hit by a vehicle on Monday.  The accident happened near St. Cloud and Avon Streets and left the rider with serious injuries.  Police are investigating.

A former North High School is facing allegations that they created inappropriate AI images featuring fellow staffers.  Benjamin Gilbert resigned from Eau Claire Area Schools earlier this month and no other details about those images have been made available.  No criminal charges have been filed in the matter.

A judge is denying a change of venue request for the man accused of causing the death of three-year-old Elijah Vue.  An attorney for Jesse Vang made motions to move his trial out of Manitowoc County or select a jury from outside the county; both of which were rejected during a hearing yesterday.  Vang was charged with physical abuse of a child, hiding a corpse, and chronic child neglect after Vue went missing in February of 2024 and was found

The Wisconsin State Patrol is participating in the nationwide Click It or Ticket campaign for the rest of this month.  The effort is meant to remind drivers of the importance of using seat belts headed into Memorial Day and the summer travel season.  The State Patrol will be conducting aerial traffic enforcement in various counties this week and patrols will be increased this weekend.  Wisconsin DOT reports over 75-hundred crashes in the state last year involved motorists and passengers who

Wisconsin leaders are making investments to improve telecommunication access in the state.  Governor Evers announced one-point-seven-million dollars in grant funding yesterday.  The money will help eligible residents get discounted phone and internet service and provide telecommunications access for rural areas and individuals with disabilities.  The money for the grants is coming from the state’s Universal Service Fund.

  The Mitchell Park Domes in Milwaukee is getting help from the state.  Governor Tony Evers says the State Building Commission approved a two-million-dollar grant to be used toward restoring the conservatory on Layton Boulevard.  Other funding efforts are being used to help cover the roughly 130-million-dollar cost of the project.  The National Trust For Historic Preservation put the Domes on its list of most endangered historical places in 2016.  It is visited by nearly 300-thousand people each year.

A pair of Wisconsin students are heading to Washington, D.C. for the Scripps National Spelling Bee.  Kromrey Middle School’s Arnav Vempati earned a spot in the national competition after finishing second in the Badger State Spelling Bee.  He is reportedly the first student from the Middleton-Cross Plains School District to take part in the event.  Vempati will be joined by Ethan Robert, an eighth grader from New Berlin Eisenhower, who won March’s state competition.  The National Spelling Bee starts next