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We’re learning a bit more about the situation for Afghan refugees at Fort McCoy. The Department of Homeland Security yesterday confirmed reports of food shortages at the fort, but said those were a thing of the past. DHS says there are shortages of new clothes for the refugees, many of whom are wearing what they wore when they fled Kabul weeks ago. We’re also learning that there are now nearly 13-thousand refugees at the fort, many more than the last

Police officers and sheriff’s deputies in Eau Claire are getting new camera gear thanks to a private donation. Eau Claire’s city council yesterday voted to accept the nearly one-million-dollar donation from PESI. The money will buy new cameras for investigation rooms, squad cars, and officers and deputies themselves. The donation will cover the cost to buy the gear and maintain it for the next four years.

Eau Claire Energy Cooperative is the latest to warn of a phone scam. The utility yesterday said it got more than 100 calls from customers who claim someone called them from the co-op and demanded payment. The real Energy Cooperative says they never call people about past due bills, and they never accept gift cards as a form of payment. The co-op says it’s alerted the sheriff’s office about the scam.

Just about two-thirds of kids in Wisconsin schools cannot read like they are supposed to, and lawmakers in Madison want to change that. The Assembly’s Committee on Education held a hearing yesterday on a plan that would require schools to start screening kids for reading readiness as early as pre-kindergarten. The hope, Republican state Rep. Bob Whitke says, is to get kids reading at grade level by the third grade so they don’t fall behind permanently. But there’s some pushback. Wisconsin’s Association of

There may not be another Republican in the race for governor after all. Former Tommy Thompson staffer and lobbyist Bill McCoshen this week sold his lobbying firm, but sources say it’s not so he can run for governor. McCoshen was rumored to be among those running, but his camp is pouring water on those rumors. McCoshen didn’t respond to questions yesterday, but his camp says he’ll make his decision known later this week.

Fond du Lac County is willing to pay people 15-thousand-dollars to move to town for a job. Sadie Parafiniuk with the county’s economic development office says they are desperate for younger workers to move to the county. People can qualify by taking one of several specific jobs in Fond du Lac County and staying there for at least one year. Parafiniuk says they are offering businesses incentives to offer an extra four-thousand-dollar moving bonus as well. You can find out

The man in charge of one of Wisconsin’s election investigations is asking county clerks to keep their voting data from last fall. Former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice Michael Gableman sent a letter to county clerks on Monday, asking them to preserve any and all ‘record and evidence’ related to the November election. Gableman made a similar request last week to the state’s Elections Commission, but leaders there said the counties are the ones who keep voter data. Gableman is leading the investigation for

Wisconsin’s public health managers are reporting a large drop in the number of people getting the coronavirus shot. The state’s Department of Health Services says doctors and nurses last week gave-out just 49- thousand vaccine doses. That comes after weeks of increased doses as the week before saw over 70-thousand people get the shot in one week. DHS says nearly 56-percent of people in the state have gotten at least one dose of the vaccine so far. CLICK HERE FOR

On Tuesday, September 14, 2021, at approximately 2:23a.m., a Lake Hallie Police Officer on routine patrol observed a vehicle on the shoulder of the roadway with the driver slumped over to the side near the intersection of 46th Avenue and 133rd Street in the Village of Lake Hallie. Officers contacted the driver, later identified as 52 year old Bernard Robertson from Cadott, who provided false identifying information to them. While attempting to detain Robertson, he began to fight with Officers

The continued surge and spread of the COVID-19 Delta variant is pushing area hospitals to near capacity.  ThedaCare says its system is nearing capacity caring for inpatient COVID cases.  Health officials are urging communities to help change the course of the virus and get the infections under control.  Over a thousand people are hospitalized in Wisconsin with COVID-19.