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A new survey says the vast majority of kids in Eau Claire schools say they’re unhappy in school and don’t think other kids like them. The city’s school board talked about the survey results earlier this week. The survey says 80-percent of kids are not happy at school and 70-percent said they don’t get along with other kids, or think kids don’t like each other. Another nearly 80-percent of kids said they don’t feel socially accepted or feel like they’re

Eau Claire Police are going to make sure drivers stop for people in crosswalks for the next little while. The city’s police department yesterday said it’s gotten complaints about drivers not letting people cross the street. Officers were at Farwell and State streets yesterday. Police say not stopping for pedestrians could earn you a 175-dollar ticket.

Add UW-Stout to the list of UW campuses with 70-percent of its students vaccinated. The school yesterday said Stout is the latest to qualify under the 70 for 70 plan. That plan offers 70, seven-thousand-dollar scholarships to the UW’s smaller campuses. Stout joins UW-Eau Claire, UW-La Crosse, UW-Milwaukee, UW Oshkosh, and UW-Whitewater in hitting the 70-percent-mark and qualifying for the scholarships. Wisconsin’s coronavirus vaccination numbers dropped last week. The state’s Department of Health Services says doctors and nurses handed-out just

It’s the end of an era at the Wisconsin State Fair. Fair CEO Kathleen O’Leary yesterday said she’s going to retire at the end of October. She’s been with the fair for the past 24 years and has been CEO for the past five. O’Leary didn’t give a reason for her retirement but thanked everyone who’s been involved with or has been to the fair over the past two decades. State Fair managers will pick a new CEO before O’Leary is out.

Three people are dead following the crash of a small plane in Vilas County.   The FAA says the twin engine plane took off from Rhinelander Airport yesterday morning and crashed near Eagle River.  Authorities today say the pilot and two passengers were killed.  The FAA and NTSB are investigating the cause of the crash.

The United Way of Dunn County is hosting a free winter clothing event for those in need. The Winter Wear Open House will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21, and Friday, Oct. 22,2021. The Winter Wear Open House will be located at Marketplace Foods, 207 Pine Ave. W., in the former bank site at the front of the store. The location is possible through a partnership with Marketplace Foods. They are asking the community for

You know it’s the holiday season when the Trans-Siberian Orchestra announces their winter tour.  The yuletide rockers will be hitting the road in two companies starting in November, and will play nearly a hundred shows before the tour ends on December 30th.  The tour is celebrating the 25th anniversary of TSO’s triple-platinum LP “Christmas Eve and Other Stories.  The Trans-Siberian Orchestra Winter Tour starts November 17th in Green Bay, Wisconsin and Council Bluffs, Iowa.  

There are no more 100-dollar gift cards for people looking to get paid to get vaccinated in Milwaukee. Mayor Tom Barrett yesterday said the city gave away the gift cards to the first one-thousand people who got their shots. Milwaukee started offering the incentives just last week. As of now, 62-percent of adults in Milwaukee have gotten at least one dose of the vaccine.

The Regency Inn & Suites is going away. Eau Claire’s city council last night voted to replace the troubled motel with new apartments. The Regency has had a history with crime, drugs, and prostitution. The hope is to build a new, 53-unit apartment complex to replace it. This is the second time this year that Eau Claire has okayed the plan of converting a motel to make way for updated housing. You likely remember that the city approved similar plans