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Eau Claire Police say the woman who drove into a bar on Madison Street early Sunday morning was drunk. Officers arrested 26-year-old Maly Khang about 1 a.m. Sunday. She had just crashed her car into the Amber Inn Bar & Grill. Police say she had a child in her car at the time as well and was drinking at another bar before she headed-over to the Amber Inn.

 You can vote and join the military at age 18, and now one Wisconsin lawmaker wants to allow people to carry a gun at that age as well. Republican Shae Sortwell has a plan to lower the age for concealed carry permits down to 18. Right now you have to be 21 in order to legally carry a concealed weapon in Wisconsin. Sortwell says 18-year-olds are legally adults, and they should be treated as such.

 The latest coronavirus count in Wisconsin is over 35 thousand new cases. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday said the new cases push Wisconsin’s seven-day average to nearly 18 thousand cases-per-day. Nearly all of Wisconsin’s new coronavirus cases are omicron cases. Wisconsin’s coronavirus hospitalization count dipped over the weekend. The state’s Hospital Association yesterday said just over 22 hundred people are in the hospital with the virus across the state. That includes 452 people in intensive care. Both of those numbers are down

Wisconsin lawmakers are once again looking to make Colby cheese the state’s official cheese. A state Senate panel will take-up the plan later this morning. Supporters say since Colby cheese was developed in Colby, Wisconsin, the state should recognize it as the true-Wisconsin-cheese that it is. But other lawmakers say Wisconsin produces so many different cheeses, that naming one the ‘official cheese,’ will be an insult to other cheesemakers. The plan has been floated in the past, but has always fallen short.

Researchers at UW-La Crosse will be spending a lot more time on the water in the next year or so. The university yesterday announced a gift that will pay for a new Mississippi River research vessel. The idea is to study the river and look at ways to maintain and protect the Mississippi. The half-million dollar gift will be used to build a custom boat for the university. Researchers say it will take a year-and-a-half to design and build, they

There is another candidate on the ballot for Milwaukee mayor. The city’s elections commission yesterday ruled that community activist, Ieshuh Griffin has enough valid signatures to make the February ballot. She needed more than 15 hundred signatures, but was originally ruled to be 170 short. Election managers say Griffin corrected the mistakes on her signatures, mostly just address issues, and now has enough signatures to run for mayor. She is the seventh candidate in the race.

There are some tickets available for Saturday’s playoff game in Green Bay, but they are not cheap. Fans say prices for Saturday’s game against San Francisco are already approaching 250 dollars each. The team is warning people about buying fake tickets. As always, the advice is to buy from only trusted third-party ticket sellers, and never trust offers that seem too good to be true.

Old World North Third Street in Milwaukee has a new name. The city yesterday renamed the street North King Drive. Alderwoman Milele Coggs drove the push to rename the street, but it was not easy. Milwaukee originally wanted to rename Third Street back in the 1980s, but was met with opposition. It wasn’t until after George Floyd’s death that city leaders jump-started the push again.

Stamp collectors and postal customers are getting a preview of the new stamps being released in 2022.  The United States Postal Service unveiled seven new stamps to be made available over the coming weeks.  The new stamps include designs featuring the African daisy, floral geometry, American flags on barns, and Mariachi music.  Also featured on new stamps this year are Monument Valley in Utah, the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, and children’s author Shel Silverstein. CLICK TO BE

America is reflecting on the life of civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Junior on this national holiday commemorating his legacy.  The movement to honor Dr. King’s birthday actually began just days after his assassination in 1968.  After years of petitioning and mounting public pressure, the House of Representatives finally approved the holiday legislation in August 1983, and President Reagan signed it into law on November 2nd of that year.  Dr. King is the only American besides George Washington