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The latest unemployment numbers for the first week of March are set to come out today. The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development reported a decrease in overall claims in the previous week. Wisconsin’s unemployment rate is the eighth lowest in the country at four-percent.

The Shamrock Shuffle starts Saturday. The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Recreation and Sports Facilities department is hosting the virtual 5-k through March 20th. They say the virtual race lets people run when they want. Registration is still open.

The Wisconsin State Patrol says it’s against state law to drive without a seat. One driver was found to be without theirs and using a folding chair during a traffic stop in North Central Wisconsin. State Patrol posted a photo of the folding chair to Facebook citing a state statute that requires drivers to have a seat in proper working condition.

Add Chilson Motors to the list of targets for catalytic converter thieves. Eau Claire Police say someone stole several from cars at Chilson on Tuesday. Catalytic converters are very popular among thieves because of the valuable metals inside. Investigators are looking into the thefts to see if they are connected to any other cases in the Chippewa Valley.

 The two top women on the Eau Claire County Fair Board are walking away in frustration. Both Chairwoman Lisa Vetsch and Vice Chair Letecia Papke quit the board during a heated meeting last night. The two said other board members were questioning a lack of work, despite their hours of work in planning for this year’s fair. In the end, the fair board agreed to move ahead with a county fair this year. The hope is to have it sometime

Public health managers in Eau Claire say they are making progress on getting teachers in the county vaccinated against the coronavirus. The health department says they’re averaging between 200 and 600 people per-clinic. The focus since the beginning of the month has been to get the shots to teachers. Wisconsin’s latest coronavirus snapshot shows more good news. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday reported a seven-day-positivity rate of just over two-percent. DHS also says the recovery rate in the

There are a lot of people in Wisconsin who will not be getting another stimulus check. WisPolitics yesterday reported that nearly 200 thousand people who got a check last year will not get a check under the COVID relief bill that was given final approval in the House Wednesday. The new plan sets a cap for checks, no one who makes more than 80 thousand-dollars as an individual or 160 thousand-dollars as a couple will get anything. In all, just over three

It’s been 10 years since Act 10 became law in Wisconsin. The law, signed on this date by then-Governor Scott Walker, limited public employee union contracts, and saved the state, local governments, and local schools billions in other costs ever since. We’ll show you different sides so you can decide, Democrats in Wisconsin were not a fan of the law in 2011 and protested at the Capitol for months. Republicans say Act 10 has saved taxpayers nearly 14-billion over the past decade and

No one at yesterday’s statehouse hearing had a good answer for just why outside political activists were able to have so much freedom inside Green Bay’s election office last November. Lawmakers heard from witnesses who described what happened as the ballots were counted, and detailed what they say was inappropriate influence from the group essentially left in control after Green Bay’s clerk left in disgust. State Rep. Janel Brandtjen, who led the hearing, said there are more questions to be

The top man in Dane County government is willing to pay the World Dairy Expo to stay in Madison. County Executive Joe Parisi yesterday offered to cover the costs for the Expo for ten years, as long as the show stays put. World Dairy Expo managers earlier this month said they are looking at other possible homes because of Madison’s limits on crowds and businesses. Nearly 70 thousand people attend the Expo each year, and Madison’s coronavirus restrictions wouldn’t allow