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Look up! A U.S. Navy Blue Angels jet will be flying into Eau Claire for a preseason visit ahead of the 2022 Chippewa Valley Air Show! Jet #7 is scheduled to arrive at the Chippewa Valley Regional Airport on Thursday, November 18 at 12:45 p.m.While in town, representatives from the demonstration flight team will meet with air show organizers and beginplanning for the June 4 & 5, 2022 air show. This will also be the Chippewa Valley’s first look at

After a one-year hiatus, the coronation and newly crowned honors of the next Fairest of the Fair of the Northern Wisconsin State Fair is back! (Above Picture) Samantha Wirtz (right), of Chippewa Falls, was recently crowned the 2022 NWSF Fairest of this year’s Fair at the Gala and Coronation. Hannah Tambornino (left) was selected as the 2022 NWSF Fairest of the Fair Attendant and AllyLehmann, Fairest of the Fair First Runner Up. Samantha and Hannah will be involved in promoting

Closing arguments are underway in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial.  Prosecutor Thomas Binger tried to sum up to the jury exactly what the case centers on. Once complete, jurors will begin deliberating.  Rittenhouse claims he drove to Kenosha, Wisconsin, to protect businesses from looters last year during protests over a police shooting.  He’s accused of killing two men and injuring a paramedic in what he calls self defense.  He faces reckless and intentional charges. The judge in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial is

Hundreds of Wisconsin National Guard troops are ready to move into Kenosha as soon as they get the call. Governor Evers on Friday placed 500 soldiers on standby ahead of a verdict in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial. Closing arguments are today, and the jury could get the case by the end of the day. The governor says the troops are there to support local law enforcement in Kenosha. The governor also sent 500 National Guard troops to Kenosha in the summer of

There’s a search for answers in Green Bay following a deadly shooting last night. It happened at the Marathon gas station near downtown Green Bay at about two a.m. yesterday morning. Police say a 26-year-old woman was shot several times, she later died at the hospital. Green Bay Police do not have a suspect in custody, but say this does not appear to be a random crime. Officers are asking anyone who knows anything about the case to please contact

One of Wisconsin’s largest dairy co-ops is hoping the Biden Administration enforces labeling laws for milk and cheese. The Edge Dairy Cooperative on Friday asked the new head of the FDA to crackdown on plant-based cheese and milk. Edge’s Brody Stapel says federal labeling laws spell-out that milk and cheese come from cows or sheep, not plants or nuts. He’s asking the new FDA commissioner to enforce the law and get tougher on new products that use the words ‘milk’ or

Add this to the 2021 shortage list. Shop owners say snowblowers are in short supply, and may sell out as the winter begins to settle-in. Todd Tennies, owner of Tennies Ace Hardware in West Bend, says people should get in early and buy what they can. Tennies says the supply chain problems means companies can’t assemble new snowblowers, and that means what is already in stores could be it for a while. Tennies says customers will likely rush to the

Kids in Menomonie Schools are getting a longer Thanksgiving break due to the coronavirus. Superintendent Joe Zydowski sent a letter to parents explaining that there won’t be enough teachers and staff members to cover classes on Monday and Tuesday of next week, so the school is canceling classes. The superintendent says a recent spike in coronavirus cases has many teachers and school employees either isolating, quarantining, or taking care of their loved ones. Kids are set to return back to

Wisconsin is starting the week with over one thousand people in the hospital with the coronavirus. The state’s Hospital Association yesterday said just over one thousand people are in the hospital with the virus. Of them, just under 300 are in the ICU. Last week there were about 900 people in the hospital with the virus. The Hospital Association does not track how many people are hospitalized with the virus, as opposed to how many people are hospitalized because of it.

We’re in for an update on the work to close Wisconsin’s racial gap in the classroom. The Speaker’s Task Force on Racial Disparities is set to meet today in Madison. They are going to focus on education disparities. Speaker Robin Vos created the task force last year to look at all manner of proposals and policy changes that touch on race. Today’s meeting will give the public the first chance to hear what the Task Force is considering for its educational