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“I am incredibly proud of our crews for their outstanding efforts in restoring essential services…” -Karl Hoesly, President of Xcel Energy Wisconsin/Michigan. Xcel Energy has employees in Florida ready to respond to power outages from Hurricane Milton after finishing power restoration efforts in Georgia following Hurricane Helene. Over 100 employees made up of line workers, safety consultants, fleet mechanics and operations leaders from Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, South Dakota, Colorado, New Mexico and Texas are prepared to respond to power outages

Back to school usually brings up thoughts of crayons, supplies, and a return to the struggle of balancing schedules. But, fueling all of that is crucial, which is why there is an effort to ensure free lunches in Wisconsin schools. The Healthy School Meals for All (HSM4A) WI Coalition is leading the effort for no-cost school meals for all K-12 Wisconsin students. Families and schools got a taste of universal school meals during the COVID pandemic as part of the

A fire caused about $80, 000 in damages. At approximately 8:02PM on Wednesday October 9th the Eau Claire Fire Department responded to a report of a fully involved garage fire. Upon Engine 2’s arrival they confirmed a working fire in a detached garage with no exposures. Engine 2’s crew worked quickly to deploy an attack line and had the fire knocked down and under control within minutes. Later arriving crews worked to secure a water supply, perform searches, and complete

Hurricane Milton made landfall Wednesday night as a powerful Category 3 storm, bringing life-threatening storm surge, heavy winds and rain. Florida Senator Rick Scott gave an update on storm-related deaths in his region. A flash flood emergency continues at this hour for portions of west-central Florida. The storm has left more than three million customers without power after coming ashore earlier at Siesta Key — a barrier island just south of Sarasota. It’s since been downgraded to a Category 1

There are attempted homicide charges for a man in Sparta who was out on bond for another attack from back in June. Prosecutors filed charges yesterday against 39-year-old Andrew Nauman. Police say he attacked a woman on Sunday. She was found in the street, and flown to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. Prosecutors say Nauman was on bond from an attack in June where police say he strangled another person. He’s now being held on a million-dollars cash bond.

Eau Claire Police say an erratic visitor at North High School yesterday prompted a security hold. No one is saying who the visitor was, or just what they did. Officers say they were called to the school’s office and arrested the visitor. North sent a note home to parents yesterday about the visitor, but that note didn’t have any specifics in it either.

The Haas Fine Arts Center is getting millions from the state for a rehab. UW-Eau Claire yesterday announced the state is sending five-and-a-half million-dollars to renovate the building. The focus will be on the third and fourth floors at the Haas Center, and most of the work will be done to expand storage and ventilation.  The university says the plan is to start work next summer, and hopefully wrap-up sometime during the fall semester next year.

The latest poll shows Wisconsin going to Trump. A new Quinnipiac University Poll gives former President Trump a two-point lead in the state, 48-46. That’s the opposite of the latest Marquette Law School Poll that showed Vice President Kamala Harris up by four points in Wisconsin. Pollsters say third party candidates get about one percent of the vote in Wisconsin. The Quinnipiac poll has a margin of error of three percent, so the race for the White House is technically

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is trying to figure out if there are any limits to the governor’s veto powers. The liberal-majority court yesterday heard arguments over Governor Tony Evers’ 400-year school funding veto. That’s where the governor erased a few numbers from the last state budget and turned a two-year school funding bump into a 400-year increase. The governor’s lawyer said Wisconsin’s ban on changing letters to create new budgets only applies to letters, not numbers. The justices, however, questioned

Next week will be a busy one for Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources. The DNR Board will meet next week to vote on new rules for deer hunting, and new standards for PFAS contamination in the state’s water supplies. Both have been major issues for the DNR for years. The water standards are expected to update the new rules, and set lower limits for how many of the so-called forever chemicals can be considered safe in the drinking water across