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The Augusta Area School District recently announced that one of their teachers is a finalist for the National History Day Teacher of the Year Award. Mr. Andrew Johnson , a teacher at Wildlands Science Research School in Augusta, Wisconsin, was nominated for the Patricia Behring Teacher of the Year award in the junior division of the National History Day (NHD) National Contest. The award is sponsored by Patricia Behring in recognition of the pivotal role teachers play in the lives

Recreational marijuana is still illegal in Wisconsin, although police say someone was ringing in the unofficial 4-20 holiday a little early. Eau Claire police say a person was stopped after driving through a red-light last night. Police say the car smelled strongly of marijuana, but none was recovered during a search. Instead, police say a bag of weed fell from the driver’s pants pocket while standing with officers during the search. The person was cited for possession of T-H-C and a

The Better Business Bureau wants people to consider spring cleaning their online passwords with those closets. The B-B-B says spring cyber cleaning could prevent hackers from getting into your accounts and stealing your personal and financial information. They say people should remove saved credit card information and use a two-factor authentication when possible.

A local grocer is partnering with Minocqua Brewing Company to sell it’s beer in store. Just Local Food in Eau Claire will soon sell Minocqua Brewing’s Biden Beer, Kamala Beer, Fair Maps I-P-A, and Bernie Brew. They say they’ll start selling their progressive-themed beers in early May.

Baby alligators are the latest residents at the Wisconsin Rapids Humane Society after police took them from a resident’s home. The city’s municipal code doesn’t allow people to own them as pets. A photo of a baby alligator next to a Wisconsin Rapids police badge is posted online. The babies aren’t much bigger than the patch.

The other person in the truck with Colten Treu has accepted a plea deal with prosecutors for his role in the deadly crash that killed three Lake Hallie Girl Scouts. John Stender Jr. pleaded no contest yesterday to hiding evidence in the case. Prosecutors say Stender helped Treu hide the truck that ran down the girls back in 2018. Stender is looking at 10 years in prison. He will be sentenced in July.

The sheriff in Kenosha County says Sunday’s shooting at the Somers House tavern happened over nothing. Sheriff David Beth said the suspect, 24-year-old Rakayo Vinson, started fighting with three men after one of them bumped into his shoulder. The fight ended when Vinson was pulled off, but the sheriff says he then started shooting. Vinson is being held in jail on four-million-dollar bond, and formal homicide charges could be filed as early as today. Three people died in the shooting,

Eau Claire’s school board is stepping away from day-to-day decisions in the city’s schools. The board last night agreed to a change that will give Superintendent Michael Johnson more power. Johnson will now be in charge of most operational decisions, including anything having to do with curriculum and learning. The school board will step back and focus on larger policy issues. Johnson says the change will make it easier to make changes in Eau Claire schools without having to wait

The internet in Drammen may get a lot faster. State Treasurer Sarah Godlewski yesterday announced a 400-thousand-dollar grant to Eau Claire County for high speed internet. Drammen is the focus of the grant. The state is promising to bring fiber optic connections to the town. But crews say it will be 2022 or 2023 before the work is finished.

Governor Tony Evers spending plan is going to raise property taxes in the state. But a new report says property taxes are also set to rise without his budget becoming law. The Legislative Fiscal Bureau yesterday said Governor Evers’ budget would take the state property tax bill on the average 197-thousand-dollar home to over 33-hundred dollars. LFB says that’s not as much as taxes would jump under the current spending plan. Republican lawmakers in Madison, however, want to spend part