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The talk about making electric cars at Foxconn’s plant in Mount Pleasant is becoming more formal. The WEDC this week said it has ‘engaged’ in site selection talks with both Foxconn and the electric car maker Fisker. No one is saying just where the talks are, or where they are headed. Foxconn announced a partnership with Fisker back in February, and the two companies said Foxconn’s Wisconsin plant is one of the choices to build electric cars in the United States. The

Kids at Webster Middle School in Cedarburg will get to see the LGBTQ-plus mural that’s been behind a covering. The school’s principal, Tony DeRosa, sent a letter home to parents yesterday explaining that the school has changed its mind about covering the mural up. DeRosa said the mural, called Love in Universal, is about creating an inclusive environment at the middle school. Originally, DeRosa wanted the mural covered because kids as young as six-years-old would be in the school for

Steven Avery’s mother has passed away. Avery’s attorney yesterday said Dolores Avery died yesterday, she was 83. Dolores Avery was featured heavily in the Netflix series Making a Murderer. She never wavered in her belief that Steven Avery did not kill Teresa Halbach back in 2005. Steven Avery is serving a life sentence for the murder.

Governor Tony Evers is signing a budget with one of the largest tax cuts in Wisconsin history.  The governor said when he ran for office, he made a promise that he would cut taxes for the middle class by ten-percent.  Today, he says he’s keeping his word.  The state budget signed today includes a two-billion-dollar income tax cut over the next two years.

The State Department of Health is reporting 208 new COVID-19 cases today.  That raises the total number of cases to nearly 613-thousand-500.  There have been over seven-thousand-300 confirmed deaths from the coronavirus. CLICK FOR MORE FROM WI DHS.

The Department of Transportation continues to investigate the cause of a malfunction of the Mason Street Bridge in Green Bay.  Crews spent much of today trying to raise the bridge, which had been stuck at a 61-degree angle.  A 72-degree angle is considered best for the safe passage of marine traffic.  It could be weeks before the bridge is fixed and drivers are being advised to use the Walnut or Main Street Bridges downtown, the Highway 172 bridge to the

On Monday, July 19 from 8-10:00 a.m. community members are invited to join officers from the Menomonie Police Department (MPD) at Donut Sam’s, located at 521 2nd St E in Menomonie, to discuss community issues and build relationships over coffee and donuts. Coffee with a Cop allows for relaxed, one-on-one interactions between police officers and members of the community that they serve. Coffee with a Cop provides a unique opportunity for community members to ask questions, voice concerns and learn

The National Association of Town Watch (NATW) is sponsoring a nationwide crime and drug prevention program called “National Night Out”, America’s Night Out Against Crime on Tuesday, August 3 from 5:30-8pm at Carson Park in EauClaire. This is the 27 th ANNIVERSARY of the event. The event is FREE to the public. The National Night Out event provides a unique opportunity for the City of Eau Claire to sponsor its 27 th Annual Night Out On Crime event to promote

HSHS Sacred Heart and St. Joseph’s hospitals focus on mental health with a new addition. They recently received $15 million in state funding as part of Governor Tony Evers’ biannual state budget, announced Thursday, July 8. The funding will allow our hospitals to expand capacity by adding 22 new psychiatric beds. The additional beds will enhance the existing units, creating a 33-bed adult unit at HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital in EauClaire and a dedicated 18-bed adolescent unit at HSHS St.

 Some of Wisconsin’s citizen soldiers are heading to the southwest to help along the border with Mexico. The Wisconsin National Guard announced the deployment yesterday. About 125 soldiers from the 229th Engineer Company based in Prairie du Chien and Richland Center will head-out. Commanders say the troops will assist along the southern border for up to a year.