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The average price for regular gas is up a penny-a-gallon statewide compared top a week ago.  Triple-A says the price at the pump in Wisconsin is 2.76-cents a gallon today.  That’s 13 cents below the national average of 2.89.  Only Minnesota, at two-74-a-gallon, has lower gas prices among neighboring states. 

The guitarist for a Florida rock band hit a high note recently…but it had nothing to do with a concert. For this weeks’ Friday Feel Good we hear about the “hero” role that a musician plays OUT of his studio. CLICK BELOW TO HEAR THE STORY WITH Morgan McCarthy: Instead of creating a song, he put his excellent hearing skills to find a guy who went missing this week.  Rescuers were looking for the guy in a wooded area, right

Chippewa Valley Technical College (CVTC) President Bruce Barker received the 2021 Eagle Management Leadership Award from the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) Thursday, April 29. This award is presented each year on behalf of the colleges’ Provosts. Recipients are leaders selectedfrom within WTCS, or closely affiliated organizations, in recognition of efforts that benefits the Systemas a whole. Criteria include examples of leadership that fostered cooperation, contributed to asignificant new direction for the System, modeled leadership that was clearly recognized by

The Eau Claire City-County Health Department is still collecting unused and expired medications. The health department says it’s collected about 300-pounds of medication in the county so far. They say disposal boxes are open year-round and can be found on the city’s website.

The Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office is sharing a few grim statistics to end National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week, and encourage safe driving habits. They say 59-road workers have died, more than five-thousand-people have been hurt, and more than 13-thousand-crashes have happened in the past five years in Wisconsin work zones. This week, traffic safety officials have been encouraging slower speeds through work zones and asking drivers to watch for road workers.

 A new Hy-Vee store is coming to Eau Claire and it’ll include a restaurant owned by a famous actor. Wahlburger’s will be inside the grocery store on East Clairemont Avenue. Volume One reports Mark, Donnie, and Paul Wahlberg opened their first burger restaurant in Boston ten years ago, and the restaurants have expanded nationwide.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is earning quite a following on TikTok. The department makes short videos showing fishing tricks, views of state parks, animals found in Wisconsin and sometimes weather warnings. The account has more than 62-thousand-followers. You can follow the Wisconsin D-N-R on TikTok WITH AN EASY CLICK HERE.

Beginning in early to mid-May, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) plans to treat 14 western Wisconsin counties for gypsy moth. Residents can expect to see and hear loud, low-flying planes as early as sunrise. Small, yellow planes will be treating for invasive gypsy moth caterpillars. These non-native pests defoliate many kinds of trees and plants during their caterpillar stage, causing tree stress and potentially tree death. In an attempt to slow their spread, treatment efforts

The reward is now up to three thousand-dollars for information about whoever shot and killed more than a dozen kittens in Dunn County. The sheriff’s office yesterday said they found two more dead kittens, bringing the total to 17 that were shot. Dunn County Humane Society’s Jamie Wagner says the dead kittens were found with six live cats about a mile from where nearly 30 others were found on Tuesday. Wagner says someone called in a tip about the latest

You are going to have to keep wearing your mask in Eau Claire. City-County Health Director Lieske Giese yesterday said she’s not ready to end Eau Caire’s mask requirement. Giese says people continue to test positive for the coronavirus. City Council President Terry Weld says he and the other council members are likely going to listen to Giese about the mask mandate. People in Eau Claire are required to wear masks both inside and out, likely until further notice.