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Strong winds are expected with a warm up this week. The National Weather Service says Eau Claire could feel gusts nearly 30-miles-an-hour today out of the southwest. They say the warming trend begins today with temperatures in the upper 30’s expected this afternoon. They expect the highest temperature this week to reach more than 50-degrees. 

A Dunn County father could soon be looking at homicide charges for the death of his six-week-old son. Police arrested Jonathan Lucas yesterday. They say he was the only one home with his son, Daemyn, when the little boy died last month. Dunn County’s medical examiner says the baby’s death is a homicide, but no one is saying just how the baby died. Prosecutors have not yet filed formal charges in the case.

The two suspects in last March’s murder in Eau Claire will be tried separately. A judge last week ordered the cases against Juan Olivarez and Joe Moya to be severed. They are both charged with homicide for last March’s home invasion and shooting death of Edwin Garcia-Smith.

It has been one year to the day since the state of Wisconsin started testing for the coronavirus. The Department of Health Services announced the state’s first tests on March 2nd, 2020. Since then, crews have performed more than three-million tests. DHS says just over 560-thousand people in the state have tested positive since last March. More than 97-percent of them have fully recovered. Wisconsin has seen just over 64-hundred deaths since the virus first appeared last year. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI

There’s a new report that says Wisconsin doesn’t need to raise taxes. The MacIver Institute last week ran the numbers on Governor Evers’ budget, finding that the governor wants to raise taxes by one-point-six-billion dollars in the state and spend about eight-billion more in his next state budget. MacIver’s Brett Healy says Wisconsin has a billion-and-a-half-dollar surplus and a nearly billion-dollar rainy day fund, so there’s no reason to raise taxes. Healy also says there’s no need to spend as much as Governor Evers

An agreement in Wisconsin’s caviar trafficking case could mean no charges for two caviar dealers. Victor and Mary Schneider have agreed to get out of the caviar business for a year and to stay out of trouble. If they do that, prosecutors in Fond du Lac say they will not press charges against them. The Schniders are two of the people caught-up in the case of a former DNR official who sent caviar eggs to connected dealers in exchange for gifts

Marquette University is the latest school to say it will be 100-percent back to normal in the fall. University president Michael Lovell yesterday sent a letter to students and faculty members saying they are planning for a full return to in-person classes and dorm rooms. Lovell says Marquette proved how well they could handle the coronavirus this year. He said more details about how the school will handle the virus next year will come in a few weeks or months.

Kids all over will be starting their day with “Green Eggs and Ham.”  The book, that is.  Today marks the birthday of legendary author Dr. Seuss, also known for “The Cat in the Hat,” “Fox in Socks,” “Oh, the Places You’ll Go” and countless others.  President Biden didn’t mention Dr. Seuss by name when he followed tradition in proclaiming March 2nd ‘Read Across America Day.’  He’s calling on everyone to observe this day with ceremonies and activities.  He says for

Starting today, visitors can enter Yosemite National Park in California without making a reservation. Park officials made the announcement last week saying they are working to increase accessibility to the park now that the state’s COVID-19 infection rate is trending down. Yosemite started implementing a day-use reservation system last summer as many turned to outdoor recreation and crowded into the park. There is no word yet if park officials will go back to the reservation system again this summer during