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The Eau Claire City Council will consider a 186-million-dollar infrastructure improvement plan at its meeting tonight. The Eau Claire Capital Improvement Plan proposes a new parking deck near City Hall and a replacement parking ramp at Gibson Street. It also includes a plan to expand public transit, relocate a fire station, and make improvements at Hobbs Arena. The money won’t be made available until January 1st 2022.

Anyone experiencing anything out of the ordinary in their water should contact the Chippewa Falls Water Department. The Chippewa Falls Police Department posted to Facebook letting residents know about a fire hydrant flushing operation this summer. They say this week residents near Wheaton Street east, to Island Street, and Sunshine Circle could notice mineral particles in their water that can affect laundry day. They say mineral particles can be flushed out with cold water.

A man is facing charges for the death of a Trempealeau woman almost a year ago. The county sheriff’s office says 40-year-old Micah Harris is facing a recommended homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle. Harris is accused of hitting and killing 57-year-old Monica Knepper in July 2020.

A Silver Alert for an elderly woman and her son has been canceled.  Authorities say the 86-year-old Marshfield woman hadn’t been seen since Thursday and last spoke with a family member on Friday.  The woman lives with her adult son and their car was found abandoned in northern Wisconsin.  The two were found safe today and authorities have not released any information regarding how or where they were located. 

Trempealeau County will not become a Second Amendment sanctuary. County leaders last night overwhelmingly voted against an official proclamation that stated certain state and federal gun laws would not be enforced. Commissioner Sally Miller says she’s just not comfortable in ignoring the law, even if a lot of people in the county want to do so. Twelve commissioners voted ‘No’ on the sanctuary idea, just four voted in favor of it.

The stands at some Eau Claire Express games could be a bit more crowded. The team yesterday said it wants allow dogs at Sunday games, starting July 18th. Eau Claire City Manager Dave Solberg says the team wanted to start allowing dogs at the ballpark this week, but the city wants to delay that a few weeks to work-out how everything will work. Solberg says they’ve never had dogs at the ballpark before.

Local school leaders in Eau Claire are among those asking state lawmakers for more money. School boards and school superintendents across the state yesterday held a series of news conferences to push Republican lawmakers for more. Eau Claire Superintendent Michael Johnson says the two-point-five billion-dollars Wisconsin schools have for the next year is tied to coronavirus costs. He says there needs to be more money for teacher salaries and on-going costs. But Republican State Senator Kathy Berneir says Eau Claire schools are

Wisconsin’s coronavirus vaccine numbers fell last week, but not as dramatically as first thought. The state’s Department of Health Services now says just under 72 thousand doses were handed-out last week. The preliminary count was under 50 thousand. The 72 thousand doses for last week is down about 25 thousand from the week before, and way down from Wisconsin’s peak of 425 thousand doses in a week back in early April. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS.

Wisconsin is starting the process to set the rules for the state’s next wolf hunt.  Wisconsin’s Wolf Harvest Advisory Committee is set to meet today. The committee will set the limits for this fall’s wolf hunt. Last year was the first year that hunters could shoot or trap wolves, and they were very successful. Hunters killed or trapped 216 wolves in just three days back in February. The state’s Department of Natural Resources says this year’s wolf limits will likely be

Add Door County to the list of places having trouble hiring this year. Business owners up in the peninsula say they are having trouble finding workers because many of the foreign workers who spend their summer in the county are not coming to the U.S. this year. Kit Butz with Al Johnson’s in Sister Bay says the lack of foreign workers means they are having to change some of their hours. Destination Door County, the area’s tourism office, says they