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“IF YOU BUILD IT, HE WILL COME…” From the corn fields of Iowa to the big screen, Field of Dreams has a special place in the hearts of most baseball fans, if not just a spot on the movie shelf.  This week we merge America’s pastime with an American Hero. CLICK BELOW TO HEAR MORE WITH MORGAN MCCARTHY: For this week’s Friday Feel Good we tug at those heart strings a little more and swing for the fences as we

A massive Navy transport ship is expected to arrive in Haiti tomorrow to help people devastated by a seven-point-two earthquake.  It’s loaded with fresh water, medical supplies, a surgical team, 200 Marines, two helicopters, and other essentials.  The U.S. delivered a field surgical hospital yesterday and four more will be set up next week.  Survivors have been begging for aid as 30-thousand families are homeless, with the death toll topping two-thousand.

Police departments across Wisconsin are facing recruitment challenges. The Franklin Police Department held a meeting Thursday night where officers discussed police shortages and retention issues. The Milwaukee Police Association President says his department is down almost 200 officers. Some officers at the meeting have blamed budget cuts and city leaders.

The Township Fire Department is investigating a restaurant fire in Eau Claire. Dana’s Bar and Grill caught fire on Tuesday causing more than 350-thousand dollars in damage. The Elk Mound, Eau Claire Fire and Rescue, and Chippewa Falls departments assisted the Township Fire Department in putting out the fire.

Local law enforcement in Eau Claire are raising money for Special Olympics Wisconsin today.  Through the years more than 350-thousand dollars has been raised. Police are teaming up with Dunkin’ Donuts across Wisconsin offering a coupon for a free donut or a free medium hot coffee when you donate.

Several thousand Afghan refugees are to be temporarily housed at Wisconsin’s Fort McCoy, but Governor Tony Evers says that doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll be settled in Wisconsin, as organizations work to assist them once they arrive. The military confirmed Wednesday that as many as 22-thousand Afghan refugees will be placed at Fort McCoy and two other bases in the U.S. A Pentagon briefing did not include details on when the first refugees would start arriving at Fort McCoy. While we

The Oneida Nation is offering cash to get tribal members vaccinated. The tribe yesterday said it is offering 500-dollar sweeteners to anyone 14 and older who gets a shot. Just under 30-thousand tribal members in the state have gotten at least one dose of the vaccine, which is about 37-percent of Wisconsin’s native population. Oneida’s health director, Debbie Danforth, says people have to get both doses of the vaccine in order to qualify for the 500 dollars. And they aren’t alone.

A lot more people in Wisconsin are on food stamps because of the coronavirus. Numbers from the state show enrollment in FoodShare jumped 30-percent since 2019. Food stamp spending jumped 33-percent in the same two years, to well over a billion-dollars. Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services says that’s because more people are getting the maximum amount of benefits. In all, more than 792-thousand people are on food stamps in the state.

The legal fight over Wisconsin’s new political map is continuing. The Republican-led legislature this week asked a judge to toss out a lawsuit from some voter-advocates who want the court to draw the state’s new political map. The voters’ lawsuit also says Wisconsin’s current political map is unconstitutionally out of date. Republican lawmakers say the voters filed their lawsuit one day after the state received the new Census numbers, and the request to have the court draw the map is completely out

Catholic school leaders in the Chippewa Valley expect another jump in enrollment this year. McDonell Area Catholic Schools’ President Molly Bushman says they saw a 10-percent jump last year, and she expects a similar bump this year. Bushman says a lot of parents looked for an alternative to traditional public schools last year, and a lot of them liked what they found at McDonell. Bushman says masks will be optional for all McDonell schools this year, and kids will be