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Gas prices are up ahead of the 4th of July holiday. Prices are higher in the Chippewa Valley today than in many other places in the state, according to Gas-Buddy-dot-com. The average price in the U.S. is over three dollars. That’s about right for Eau Claire County, with the price of a gallon of regular unleaded gas at three-dollars-and-five cents.

Two people suspected of trying to rob a golf course are facing charges. Police charged 28-year-old Tayler Frank and 31-year-old Nicholas Mason with burglary after three people tried to steal an ATM from the Princeton Valley Golf Course. The owners caught them in the act. Police are still looking for Ryan Munson.

Back to school is coming up fast. But what will it look like for your family? No cap enrollment in Eau Claire Virtual School ends tomorrow. Virtual school allows students to learn from home with instruction from a teacher online. The program serves k-12 students and k-5th grade is taught by educators in the Eau Claire Area School District. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO.

Toxic blooms are causing the health department to issue a water quality advisory for the beaches at Lake Eau Claire and Lake Altoona. The Eau Claire City-County Health Department says the algae can be harmful to children and pets. They ask people not to swim, touch or swallow the water near the algae and avoid boating and fishing in the area. Half Moon Lake Beach is closed because of unsafe algae levels.

President Biden used La Crosse’s bus terminal to tout his infrastructure plan for the nation yesterday and also made a pit stop at a popular sweet spot. During the speech, Biden stayed the script, saying his bipartisan infrastructure agreement is a step forward for working families across America. The President came to La Crosse to try and sell his one-point-two-trillion-dollar proposal to build roads and bridges, and invest billions more in other projects. Biden says the agreement will ensure high-speed

A tragedy in Taylor County leaves a family without their child. Taylor County Sheriffs’ Office received a phone call reporting a train had struck a pedestrian In the village of Lublin , Taylor County. Taylor County Sheriff’s Deputies along with Gilman Fire Department, Thorp Fire Department, Gilman Ambulance and Medevac were dispatched. Once emergency responders arrived on scene they reported finding a two year old child had been struck by the train and was deceased. Preliminary investigative findings indicate the

Authorities in Pepin County say friends could not save a Durand woman who slipped under the water in the Chippewa River earlier this week. The sheriff’s office says Suzanne Sockness of Durand was struggling in the river Monday afternoon. Friends got her to shore, but it was too late.

A Milwaukee father who killed his son because the little boy ate a piece of his Fathers’ Day cake is going to prison for 20 years. A judge yesterday sentenced Travis Stackhouse to two decades in prison for homicide and child abuse charges, Stackhouse pleaded guilty in the case. He says he punched his five-year-old son in the stomach and in the face because the boy ate the piece of cake he was saving for himself.

The latest round of rain didn’t help folks in Crawford County. The small county in the far southwestern corner of the state is dealing with floods from several rounds of rain. The National Weather Service says folks in and around Prairie du Chien were inundated with as much as 10 inches of rain on Friday night, and yesterday saw another five inches of rain. Forecasters say the biggest problem is flash flooding. Parts of Highway 35 were closed yesterday because

Wisconsin is staying in the enhanced federal unemployment program until at least September. Governor Tony Evers yesterday vetoed a law that would have withdrawn the state from the program that pays people on unemployment an extra 300 dollars a-week. Republican lawmakers and business groups in the state say the extra benefits are keeping people from returning to work. The governor says there’s no data to suggest that’s the case.