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In collaboration with The Oxbow Hotel’s Artist in Residence Program, Pablo Group is pleased to announce that within the month, a new mural will be installed on the Graham Avenue side of the Fire House bar in downtown Eau Claire. The landscape design created by Wisconsin artist Sylvia Annelise Hecht is titled Sanctuary, and was directly inspired by the city, says Hecht: “The Chippewa River and its ecology as well as the design motifs and colors found in downtown Eau Claire

Marshfield Clinic Health System is now offering influenza (flu) vaccinations at all primary care locations throughout Wisconsin. Influenza, commonly referred to as “flu,” is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses that infect the nose, throat, and sometimes the lungs. It can cause mild to severe illness, and at times can lead to death. While influenza viruses circulate year-round, most of the time flu activity peaks between December and March, but activity can last as late as May. CLICK HERE FOR

Restaurants in Madison lost twice as many workers during the worst of the coronavirus outbreak than restaurants across the rest of the state. The Wisconsin Restaurant Association’s Kristine Hillmer says Madison imposed strict limits on bars and restaurants, they were limited to just 25 percent of their capacity. As a result, Hillmer says Madison lost 44 percent of its restaurant staff. Statewide that number was just 22 percent. Hillmer says some of those people have gone back to work, but not all.

Security managers at Milwaukee’s airport hope this isn’t a trend. TSA agents say they’ve seized 20 guns at the airport’s checkpoints so far this year. That’s up from 11 in 2020 and 16 back in 2019. Most of the people caught with a gun say they simply forgot it was in their bag. Carrying a gun into the airport usually ends with a four-thousand-dollar fine and could lose some people some of their flying privileges.

A western Wisconsin woman is looking at charges after police say she stole over 100-thousand-dollars from her local youth softball league. Whitney O’Neil, from Ellsworth, is looking at five felony counts of theft in Pierce County. Police say she stole over from the Ellsworth Baseball Softball Association between 2015 and 2019. She’s accused of spending the money on herself. Investigators say she told them ‘the greed took over’ and she couldn’t stop.

There’s a manhunt in Racine for the suspect in a deadly home invasion. Police say it happened Monday night at a home on Racine’s southwest side. The victim was found inside, and he’d been shot to death. Racine Police are looking for a suspect in the case, but they don’t have a description. There’s also no word about motive in the case.

One set of parents in Menomonie schools are lawyering-up to try and get all kids and teachers to wear masks. Parent Thomas Pearson has asked for a due process hearing with Menomonie’s superintendent that could end with a new mask mandate. Pearson says Menomonie schools’ current mask policy that only requires masks for young kids doesn’t protect his child who has down syndrome. Pearson’s child is a first grader covered by the mask rules, but he still wants more. The

An Elm Grove man who walked out of jury duty because he says no one was wearing a mask will have to serve on a jury after all. Waukesha County Judge Jennifer Dorow yesterday sentenced Charles Wilkie to jury duty instead of a fine or jail time. Wilkie walked out on jury duty back in August, and he later told the judge he didn’t feel safe. Judge Dorrow said had he waited, and said something then, he would have been

Wisconsin lawmakers are looking to take the next step to make sure there’s never a backlog of untested sexual assault kits ever again. An Assembly panel yesterday heard from lawmakers and advocates who want a new law that sets timelines for how the kits are to be handled and processed. The plan would require hospitals to notify police within 24 hours of collecting DNA and would require police to send that kit to the state crime lab within 14 days.