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 University of Wisconsin-Stout again has been named a Bike Friendly University. The bronze level designation, one of six in Wisconsin, came from the League of American Bicyclists,. UW-Stout first received the designation in 2016. Nine signs around campus recognize the achievement. The league recognizes universities, businesses and communities with platinum, gold, silver, or bronze designations. The city of Menomonie was designated a bronze level in 2014 and again in 2018. Applicants are graded on infrastructure, programs, education and support for bicyclists.

The New York City museum dedicated to the hit tv show “Friends” is returning this week.  Stacey Moscateli is with “The Friends Experience” and says you’ll feel like Ross, Rachel, Monica, Chandler, Joey and Phoebe are right there. Located in the Flatiron neighborhood of Manhattan, it features 18-rooms filled with official costumes, props, and other memorabilia.  There’s even a working recreation of the “Friends” coffee shop “Central Perk”, where you can buy a cup of joe.  It opens on Wednesday with tickets

One Girl Scout’s concern for turtles is helping make some of Wisconsin’s roads safer for them. The state Department of Natural Resources says Girl Scout Ella Kreuziger raised enough money to pay for stenciling a turtle crossing on a highway in Waukesha County to alert drivers about crossing turtles. The D-N-R says residents have reported over three-thousand turtle crossings and they’re working with locals to make the roads safer for them.

The Eau Claire County Health Department has available COVID vaccine appointments this week.  They say they’re administering the single-dose Johnson and Johnson vaccine to eligible groups. A link to sign-up is available on Facebook WITH A CLICK HERE.

One Wisconsin town is changing its name for St. Patrick’s Day. New London has been changing its name to New Dublin for the past 37 years. The city’s Shamrock Club says there’s really no reason for it, other than to boost the city’s morale.

A brief police standoff on the Eau Claire’s south side ended with a man being taken to the hospital. Eau Claire Police responded to a call for help at a home on Trimble Street yesterday. Once there, officers had to talk the man out of his home and into surrendering. Officers say the man was in danger, but they are not elaborating.

Eau Claire is looking to move ahead with its plans for additions and upgrades in our area. That includes a green light for the Sonnentag Center, the Dewey Street bridge, and Carson Park. The city’s Plan Commission last night signed-off on a new comprehensive plan. Many of the projects in the new plan are the same projects that have been on Eau Claire’s to-do list for years. The full city council will take-up the plan at its next meeting.

 A jury is now listening to the evidence against a now-17-year-old accused of gunning down his girlfriend in Kenosha back in 2019. Opening arguments began yesterday in Martice Fuller’s trial. Police say he murdered his 15-year-old girlfriend, Kaylie Juga, and shot her mom in May of 2019. Prosecutors yesterday painted a picture of Fuller as abusive and controlling. He’s facing a life sentence if convicted.

 Very few of Wisconsin’s coronavirus vaccine doses have gone to waste. The state’s Department of Health Services says fewer than 24-hundred of the nearly one-and-a-half-million vaccine doses given out as of last month spoiled or were thrown away. DHS says 500 of those were intentionally wasted by a pharmacist in Grafton. DHS says the overwhelming majority of vaccines are used before they expire. The states’ numbers show Aurora Medical Center in Grafton had the most spoiled doses, with 522.  Aurora BayCare

There’s a plan at the Wisconsin Capitol to end tips for servers and bartenders in the state. Democrats Chris Larson and Francesca Hong are pushing a plan to end the state’s two-dollar and 33-cent tipped-minimum wage. They say servers and bartenders should instead be paid a living wage. Hong runs a restaurant herself. Larson says paying servers and bartenders more could turn a job into a career. Wisconsin’s Restaurant Association says now is not the time to saddle bar and restaurant owners with