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Dinosaurs are taking over the Alliant Energy Center this weekend.  The Dinosaur Adventure is being presented by the Pinnacle Production Group out of Minnesota here in Madison today and tomorrow.  There are plenty of educational activities about dinosaurs available for the whole family to enjoy.  Dinosaur Adventure is from 9:00-a.m. till 8:00-p.m. today and from 9:00-a.m. til 7:00-p.m. Sunday at Alliant Energy Center in Madison.  Ticketing and other details are online.

Women farmers and landowners wear multiple hats and juggle various responsibilities, often providing key emotional support to family and community members. For many, the winter months bring additional stress, taking a toll on mental health. “Mental health is a topic that impacts everyone. For better or worse, women often take on the role of providing emotional support for their families and extended networks …” -FRAKES On February 17, from 10am until noon, Wisconsin Women in Conservation (WiWiC) will partner with

In early March of 1872, the three distinct logging villages surrounding the Chippewa and Eau Claire rivers  were incorporated to create a larger civic government. On March 19, 1872, this larger civic government  officially became the City of Eau Claire. This year, we celebrate our sesquicentennial – over the last 150  years, the logging town of “Sawdust City” has evolved into a city of industry, world-class health care and  higher education, art, music, and outdoor adventure.   From the very beginning,

Frosty the Snowman is a regular fixture in many yards around our community during the winter months, but for this week’s Friday Feel Good we take a trip to the Sunshine state for a jump into snow.  There was a teacher in Florida who used their climate as an opportunity to get creative and prove there is no reason the tropics can’t have the white stuff too.  Ms. Hughes had a class of kids who wanted to see snow, and like

The latest class of Wisconsin National Guardsmen are heading to hospitals and nursing homes across the state.  Commanders say 70 troops completed their CNA training at Madison College this week.  They are just some of the 200 troops the Governor Tony Evers has ordered to be trained as CNAs to help overwhelmed civilian employees.  In all, the soldiers will be sent to facilities in 17 communities across the state.

 We have some more details about the deaths in La Crosse on Wednesday.  Police say two people and a dog died in a murder-suicide. Investigators say it looks like Jordan Garcia shot his girlfriend and their dog before taking his own life.  Police say he pulled the trigger, but they are not saying why.

It’s a million-dollars bail for one of the suspects in a drug-related killing in Green Bay.  A judge yesterday set Pedro Santiago-Marquez’s bail at seven-figures.  He’s accused of shooting a man, then lighting his body on fire to avoid paying an 80-thousand-dollar cocaine debt.  Two other men are facing charges for helping hide or burn the body along the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay trail back in September.

UW-Eau Claire is trying to figure out how to spend its nine million-dollar workforce development grant.  University leaders held a roundtable discussion yesterday, Governor Tony Evers announced the grant back in December, the idea is to help train workers for jobs in healthcare and social services for rural Wisconsin.  No one is quite sure just what the program will look like.  The Chippewa Valley Technical College also got a grant from the governor in December.  CVTC is figuring out how to

There’s a change in ownership coming for the Fleet Farm distribution center in Chippewa Falls.  DHL Supply Chain, which currently operates the center, has informed the state that it will be ending its service at the hub in Chippewa Falls by the end of March.  Chippewa Falls’ mayor says Fleet Farm will then take over.  The people working at the warehouse will have an option to stay with their jobs. You can read more about this transfer in The Leader

Voters could soon decide if outside groups should be able to give local election offices in Wisconsin millions of dollars.  Republicans at the Capitol are pushing a constitutional amendment that would ban the so-called Zuckerbucks.  Those are the donations from the Mark Zuckerberg-funded Center for Tech and Civic Life that played a role in the 2020 election.  The group spent nine million-dollars in Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay, Racine, and Kenosha. Republicans say the group all but took over the election operation in