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U.S. Senate hopeful Mandela Barnes reports raising over a million dollars since announcing his intention to run for Congress about ten weeks ago.  The Wisconsin Democratic Lieutenant Governor is seeking the party nomination and the Senate seat currently held by Ron Johnson.  Johnson has not confirmed whether he will run for re-election.  Barnes meanwhile announced his one-point-one-two-million-dollar fundraising tally today.

DeForest police find the semi tractor-trailer involved in a hit-and-run and make an arrest.  Police today say a person came forward with information that allowed them to make an arrest in the hit-and-run on Monday that injured a pedestrian.  Authorities have not identified the suspect except to say he is a 54-year-old man.  The victim is reported in stable condition. 

South Farwell Street will be closed starting Wednesday, October 13, starting at 7:00 am, from East LakeStreet to Main Street for traffic control placement. A signed detour will be in place. The street is expected to be reopened Thursday, October 14 by 7:00 pm, pending weather. The planned detour is East Lake Street to South Dewey Street to Main Street.

Madison has grabbed the top spot on another ‘best places to live’ list. The website Livability.com yesterday released its Top 100 Best Places to Live, and Madison came in at number one. Madison gets high marks for its economy, the university, and the opportunities for people who are both old and young. Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce President Zach Brandon says the new ranking could bring people to Madison who may not have thought about southern Wisconsin before. Madison was third on

If you’re worried about making your home energy payments this winter, the State of Wisconsin is offering help. Home Energy Plus is a state-wide heating assistance program, and administrator Barbara Klug says you don’t have to own a home to be eligible for assistance. Natural gas and propane prices are expected to hit peaks this winter, with increases of around 40 dollars a month for some customers. If you need help, log on to THE WEBSITE WITH A CLICK HERE

Small business owner and nonprofit leader Rebecca Cooke kicked off her campaign for Congress today in Wisconsin’s Third Congressional District. Born and raised on an Eau Claire dairy farm and appointed by Governor Tony Evers to the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, Rebecca understands the economic and social challenges facing the small towns and rural communities for which she’s fiercely advocated throughout her career, and if successful, she will make history as WI-03’s first Congresswoman. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO.

The process to draw Eau Claire’s new political map is underway. The city council has to redraw its district and voting lines this year. That process began yesterday. Eau Claire is hoping to draw a new map and vote on it by the middle of next month. The changes mean some people in Eau Claire will be voting for new city council members, and may mean some people are voting in new polling places.

A second parent is suing over masks at her kids’ school. Gina Kildahl filed a federal lawsuit in Madison earlier this week. She wants the court to order Fall Creek schools to require masks for all kids. Kildahl says her son caught the coronavirus at school. She says he wore a mask, but other students didn’t. Her lawsuit is the second that’s being paid for by the political action committee of progressive candidate and Minocqua Brewing Company owner Kirk Bangstad.

Almost all of the counties with the highest coronavirus activity in Wisconsin are small. The state’s Department of Health Services says 17 counties in the state have critically high case activity. Many are in western Wisconsin or the Fox Valley. They all have over 10 percent positivity rates, but that could be a factor of low populations as much as anything else. DHS says the rest of the state hasn’t seen any significant change in its coronavirus activity levels. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM

There will be no water shortage in Eau Claire, even with fewer wells. The city’s Utilities Manager, Lane Berg, yesterday said Eau Claire’s nine remaining wells will provide more than enough water for the city. Eau Claire has taken 16 wells offline because of PFAS contamination. The water from those wells is being dumped. The state is working to figure out just where the PFAS chemicals in the water came from, but figure they came from the airport and the