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 We are waiting for more information about an overnight apartment fire in Wausau. Firefighters say they got a call about smoke coming from an apartment not far from downtown just after midnight last night. Crews say the fire displaced several people, but they do not have an official count. There’s no word on any major injuries or on what started the fire.

Eau Claire schools may move to online classes because there are not enough teachers to cover the classrooms. The district sent a note to parents yesterday explaining that the spike in coronavirus cases has nearly 40 teachers out of the classroom because of quarantine or isolation requirements. The district says if that trend continues they may be forced to move classes online. The plan would be to start with individual classes, then grade levels, and only after that would they

There is no list of specific projects for Eau Claire’s share of the state’s coronavirus stimulus money. The city council last night talked about the broad-strokes of a plan to spend the 13-and-a-half million-dollars that is coming to town. Once again city leaders say they want the money to go toward public health, affordable housing, homelessness, healthy childhood environments, behavioral healthcare, small businesses, nonprofits, and tourism. But no one is saying just what those projects would look like.

There is a plan at the Wisconsin Capitol to cut-down on cities that are turning to a special fee as a way to raise money. State Rep. Mark Born, who helps write the state budget, wants to require any city that passes a transportation utility fee to reduce property taxes on a dollar-for-dollar basis. Born says transportation utility fees are little more than a tax increase by another name. Wisconsin law limits how cities can raise local taxes. Born says the transportation utility fees

The price tag for Wisconsin’s governor’s race will be in the tens-of-millions of dollars. Governor Tony Evers yesterday said he ended 2021 with over 10 million-dollars in the bank. He’s expected to raise a lot more as he looks to get a second term. Republican frontrunner Rebecca Kleefsch yesterday said she’s raised over three million-dollars in the past four months. Wisconsin is a battleground state in both this year’s election and the 2024 race for the White House. Politicos say the high stakes

Subpoenas to Wisconsin election leaders submitted by former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman are being allowed stand.   Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul tried to block the subpoenas, but Dane County Circuit Judge Rhonda Lanford ruled in favor of Gableman this morning.  Gableman is leading an investigation into the 2020 election.  He will now have the opportunity to interview election leaders in-person. So, now the forward momentum continues. Republican lawmakers at the Wisconsin Capitol are taking the first step toward killing Wisconsin’s new rules for ballot drop boxes

Some students at UW-Eau Claire are going to have to prove they don’t have the coronavirus in order to come back for the spring semester. Classes are set to resume at the end of the month. Yesterday, the university sent students who live on campus a reminder that they will need to take a coronavirus test at home, or take one at school as soon as they arrive. Students who don’t live in the dorms won’t have to take a

Wisconsin residents are being asked not to go to the emergency room to get a coronavirus test.  The Wisconsin Hospital Association issued a release this morning saying people looking for coronavirus tests at emergency rooms are delaying urgent care for coronavirus patients.  The association also says people are increasing the possibility of virus spread throughout hospitals.  People needing a coronavirus test are asked to contact their primary care physician, get tested at a community testing clinic, or get a home testing kit from

Public health managers in Wisconsin are recommending some coronavirus rule changes for schools across the state. The Department of Health Services sent a letter to every school in the state yesterday explaining that they can cut their quarantine and isolation requirements in half. Instead of 10 days out of school, DHS says schools can now allow students who test positive to return to class after five. Vaccinated students who come into close contact with positive students don’t need to leave class at

Madison Schools have over 200 thousand N95 masks for students and teachers. Governor Evers yesterday announced that his office is sending the masks to the city’s school district. Originally, the Boys and Girls Club of Dane County and other groups were trying to raise some money to buy the masks. The Boys and Girls Club’s Michael Johnson says he’s trying to keep teachers in Madison safe. Johnson says they should get the masks today, and then start handing them out