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About $30,000 damage was the estimate of an evening garage fire. At 7:45pm Tuesday night a structure fire was report at 2207 9th Street. On fire crews arrival and found a single car detached garage with smoke coming from the doors and windows. Fire crews quickly brought the fire under control. Damage was contained to the garage. Damage is estimated to be $30,000. The fire department was assisted by the Eau Claire Police Department, Eau Claire Communications Center, and Xcel

It took nearly two months to find him, and it took a few hours to get him into custody. Milwaukee Police yesterday said they finally arrested the young man accused of shooting a Milwaukee detective in a botched carjacking in the Third Ward back in January. Police talked 19-year-old Keasean Ellis-Brown out of a home on Milwaukee’s north side yesterday afternoon. Prosecutors have already charged Ellis-Brown with attempted homicide charges. Police say he tried to steal a woman’s car in

The eagle that went viral after being hit by a train is flying once again in western Wisconsin. Rescuers released the eagle yesterday near La Crosse. The eagle became internet-famous when it was hit and pinned by a freight train back in January. The bird suffered just a small fracture and some frostbite, but made a full recovery. Raptor Education Group in Antigo released the eagle yesterday.

Businesses in Wisconsin want some state help in getting people to live, and work in the state. The latest edition of the Employer Survey from Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce shows that 80 percent of businesses in Wisconsin want the state to launch a worker recruitment and retention program. WMC’s Kurt Bauer says Wisconsin has faced a worker shortage for years, he’d like to see the state find a way to market Wisconsin as a place to live and work.

Fewer people are lining-up to get their coronavirus shots in Wisconsin. The state’s Department of Health Services’ latest numbers show that just over 18-thousand vaccine doses were handed-out last week. That’s nearly half the number of doses that were handed-out one month before. Vaccinations in Wisconsin peaked in April of last year at over 430-thousand-doses in one week. They peaked again when the omicron struck in November of last year at over 220-thousand-doses in a week. They have steadily fallen since then.

Eau Claire will celebrates its 150th year as a city in 2022. The year-long sesquicentennial celebration will officially launch on Saturday, March 19, 2022 from 12pm to 2pm, with a “birthday party” at the Chippewa Valley Museum. We’ll celebrate 150 years of hard work, innovation, creativity, and adventure. Yes, there will be cake (while it lasts!) The festivities will begin with Interim City Manager, Dave Solberg reading the City of Eau Claire “Eau Claire Day” proclamation at noon. A slideshow

A multi-year project designed to strengthen and modernize the infrastructure at Xcel Energy’s Cedar Falls Hydro plant in Menomonie, Wis. has begun. The spillway modernization project is part of the company’s investment in a cleaner electric system, as it continues its drive toward 100% carbon-free electricity by 2050. Crews have begun to mobilize for the first phase of the $50 million project that was approved by the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin last year. The overall project consists of replacing

University of Wisconsin-Madison is extending a program aimed at helping teacher shortages in the state.  The School of Education Wisconsin Teacher Pledge will pay all teaching education students the equivalent of in-state tuition and fees if they teach at a Wisconsin school for four years.  The program began in 2020 and was extended earlier this month through the 2025-2026 school year. CLICK HERE FOR MORE

A new study shows Wisconsin’s government is one of the least federally dependent in the country.  WalletHub says Wisconsin’s government ranks 40th for government dependency compared to all U.S. states.  Overall Wisconsin is the 32nd-most federally dependent U.S. state.  WalletHub says the most federally dependent state is Alaska and the least is Delaware.

 Wisconsin is seeing some of its most encouraging coronavirus numbers in nearly a year.  The Wisconsin Department of Health Services reported just 55 new coronavirus cases yesterday.  That’s the lowest single-day case count since last July.  Wisconsin’s seven-day case average is at just over 340 cases a day.