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The Eau Claire Fire Department responded to a report of a fire in the residence at 2626 3rd Street. On fire crews arrival smoke could be seen coming from the roof and attic vents. The fire was quickly controlled by fire personnel. Fire damage was contained to the attic but the whole residence suffered smoke and water damage. Damage is estimated to be $21,000. Two residents were assisted with shelter by the American Red Cross. There were no injuries and

A new jobs report shows Wisconsin is still down compared to pre-COVID job numbers.  Yesterday, a workforce development report showed the state has recovered more than half of the four-hundred-thousand jobs lost to the COVID-19 shutdown.  Workforce Development’s Dennis Winters says the state is still down by more than a hundred-20-thousand jobs.

Cases of the measles are confirmed among Afghan refugees living on Fort McCoy.  State health officials say 22-people have been treated for the virus from among those who are from Afghanistan living in the refugee shelter there. The report says there is low risk for the community at large.

 That ’70s Show is getting a spin-off more than twenty years since the original first aired. Netflix has green lit a new series which will appropriately be titled “That ’90s Show.”  Kurtwood Smith and Debra Jo Rupp will lead the cast, reprising their roles as Red and Kitty Forman.  Set in Wisconsin in 1995, the show will follow Leia Forman, daughter of Eric and Donna, as she visits her grandparents for the summer. There is no word yet on whether any other

The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force today announced that Bryan N. Neuswanger, age 39, was arrested in Grantsburg, Wis. on October 8, 2021 for causing mental harm to a child and exposing harmful material to a child. Mr. Neuswanger is a teacher at HACIL Virtual Charter School in Hayward, Wis. On October 8, 2021, law enforcement interviewed and took Mr. Neuswanger into custody following reports of Mr. Neuswanger exposing harmful material to a

Brewers fans packed into American Family Field for the Friday afternoon NLDS Game One.  Milwaukee is sent Corbin Burnes to the mound as the Brew Crew got ready to face the Braves.  Charlie Morton was starting for Atlanta.  And Brewers win! Crew takes Game 1, 2-1.

State Senator Andre Jacque is getting ready to return to duty following his hospitalization for COVID.  The De Pere Republican will remotely chair next week’s Senate Committee on Human Services, Children and Families.  He was put on a ventilator in late August after testing positive for the virus.  Jacque has not said if he’s gotten the inoculation but his wife told Action 2 News three people in their family are fully vaccinated.

Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway wants an apology after a subpoena over last year’s 2020 presidential election was dropped.  She told reporters it seems like former Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman doesn’t know how to run investigations and have put clerks through the wringer.  Gableman canceled an interview with Rhodes-Conway and four other mayors late yesterday. He also told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel earlier this week he does not have a “comprehensive understanding” of how elections work. 

A Janesville teen is back home after an over a month-long disappearance.  Police say Dashun Wheeler had gotten back with his family today without providing specifics.  The 18-year-old was reported missing earlier this week with friends and family saying he hadn’t talked with them.

They say getting married is taking the ULTIMATE leap, but for a couple that went cliff diving in Hawaii for an anniversary, we found out that a leap of faith actually re-connected them to a special object…  anniversary when CJ lost his wedding ring.  Another couple found it in the rocks and were able to find the couple on social media and return the ring.   A story that proves that there are many “leaps” left to make after the walk down