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The National Weather Service-Twin Cities confirmed that a tornado occurred in rural eastern Eau Claire County during the severe storms from Wednesday, December 15. This tornado is currently rated an EF-0 and was found due to damage to several buildings and trees. No injuries or deaths are known from this event.

Peng Her has announced he is a candidate for Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor. Her has been a small business-owner, an executive for nonprofit organizations, and currently serves as the CEO at the Hmong Institute, which focuses on providing education, training, and outreach to improve health care and educational achievement for communities of color around Wisconsin. His statewide experience also includes serving as a member of Governor Tony Evers’ Early Childhood Advisory Council and Racial Equity Working Group on Homelessness. CLICK HERE TO LEARN

All flags in Wisconsin are at half-staff today in honor of the Milwaukee Fire Department battalion chief who recently passed away.  Chief Sean Slowey died of brain cancer last Saturday at 68-years-old.  Governor Tony Evers says all flags in Wisconsin will be at half-staff until sunset.  Slowey’s funeral is at noon at the Wisconsin Center.

Wisconsin will play for the NCAA women’s volleyball championship this weekend.  The fourth-seeded Badgers beat top seed Louisville in five sets Thursday night to punch their ticket to the championship match.  Meanwhile, tenth-seeded Nebraska beat third-seeded Pittsburgh Thursday to move on.  The Badgers and Huskers will play for the national title Saturday.

When it’s time for the Menomonie festival Let’s Paint the Town in 2022, one University of Wisconsin-Stout student’s colorful design will shine. A logo designed by Natalie Shofner, a junior graphic design and interactive media major from Hastings, Minn., was picked by a mural committee to represent the event scheduled July 22-23. The logo will be featured on merchandise and publicity materials. Let’s Paint the Town celebrates downtown Menomonie and will include business sales, a flea market, a juried art market, car show and

It was tornadoes that caused much of the damage in Stanley and Neillsville. The National Weather Service yesterday confirmed two tornadoes in western Wisconsin as part of yesterday’s windstorm. Forecasters say the Neillsville tornado was an EF-2, with tops winds around 120 miles-per-hour. There is plenty of damage in both communities, but there are no reports of any serious injuries. There’s also damage across the Chippewa Valley. Crews are expected to be back out today to try and clear what remains. As

Highway 141 in Marinette County is back open after Wednesday’s chain-reaction-crash tipped a train on its side. The sheriff’s office reopened the road yesterday. One person died and several others were hurt in Wednesday’s crash. Deputies are blaming the fog for a series of crashes that pushed at least one vehicle into a moving train. That caused the train to derail, and closed the highway for about 24 hours.

There will be more police officers in Eau Claire schools today out of an abundance of caution. Eau Claire Superintendent Michael Johnson is trying to calm parents about an anonymous threat about school violence on Tik Tok. The threat mentions ‘every school in the USA,’ but doesn’t specifically say anything about Eau Claire schools. Johnson says kids will be in class today as scheduled. But he also says there will be an increased police presence just in case.

Families across the state who missed free school lunches because their kids’ schools were closed are getting some extra food stamp benefits. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday announced a plan to make-up for what was missed because of the coronavirus. Families will get just over seven-dollars per-child, per-day for missed meals. The money is coming from the federal government. DHS says Wisconsin families who are enrolled in food stamps can expect a letter soon that explains just when they will

There’s a plan to end Wisconsin’s income tax. Former Governor Scott Walker, along with UW economist Noah Williams and a handful of reform groups in the state are making a serious pitch to lawmakers to end the state’s personal income tax and replace it with a slightly higher sales tax. The former governor says not only would it save the average family about 17-hundred-dollars-a-year, it would create jobs and likely bring more people to the state. He says eliminating the income