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The latest U.S. unemployment numbers will be out today from the Department of Labor. The Bureau of Labor Statistics says Wisconsin has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country at three-point-eight-percent. The state is ranked ninth.

A high risk for fire danger across the state has been downgraded. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says the risk across the state today is low as rain makes its way across the Midwest. The National Weather Service says it’ll be sunny and in the low 50s today, but some rain could return tomorrow into the weekend.

Wisconsin will get more than three-point-seven-million-dollars as part of a surgical mesh lawsuit settlement. Attorney General Josh Kaul says the nearly 187-Million-dollar multistate settlement with Boston Scientific accused the company of deceptive marketing. Kaul says 47-states and the District of Colombia are involved in the suit.

A movie filmed in Eau Claire is now streaming on Amazon Prime. According to it’s synopsis, the film is about a father rediscovering himself after a loss. Several online reviewers gave it five stars.

Kids in Chippewa Falls are going back to class five days a week. The school district yesterday said they will get back to a normal, in-person, full-week schedule starting April 5th. Superintendent Jeff Homes sent a note home to parents yesterday. He says nearly 90 percent of teachers in the district will be vaccinated by then, and it will be safe for students to fully return.

Carson Park is going to become more of a sports hub under Eau Claire’s new master plan. Click to hear more 715 Newsroom coverage with Jon DeMaster: City leaders approved the plan last night. The new design keeps the park’s baseball field, and adds soccer fields and a lighted football field. City Council President Terry Weld says Eau Claire will add elements to the park as they can, and when the money is available. There’s no timeline for just how

You have to go back almost a year to find the last time Wisconsin’s coronavirus hospitalization numbers were this low. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday said 248 people are in the hospital with the virus. Just 62 are in the ICU. DHS yesterday said the state’s seven-day positivity rate is just over two-and-a-half percent. That too, is as low as that number was at this time last year. Half the prisoners in Eau Claire County’s jail have gotten their

There’s a plan to give everyone in Wisconsin a thousand-dollars. The Institute for Reforming Government yesterday suggested that Governor Evers use Wisconsin’s five billion-dollars in federal stimulus money to cut checks to everyone in the state. The Institute’s CJ Szafir said people know how to spend their money better than the government. Szafir said Wisconsin’s share of the stimulus could provide everyone in the state with one thousand dollars. Or would be enough to send everyone making less than 75 thousand-dollars-a-year a 26 hundred

 Folks in Wausau are going to need to keep their masks for a while longer. The city council there voted yesterday to extend the city’s mask mandate until the end of May. Aldermen say that should give the city some time to figure out about coronavirus cases and coronavirus vaccinations. Wisconsin’s statewide mask mandate is set to expire April 5th. Governor Evers has not said if he plans to extend it.

You’re going to have to keep your mask on for pretty much the entire game if you go and see the Brewers in-person this year. The team released its set of coronavirus rules yesterday. You can only take your mask off while actively eating and drinking. No exceptions. There’s also a ban on cash, there will be socially distanced seating, and no beer man or hot dog man roaming the stands. The Brewers are limited to just 12-thousand fans to