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A minimum wage hike will not be part of the coronavirus relief package.  The Senate voted not to add a 15-dollar-an-hour minimum wage as an amendment to the bill.  The vote came after the Senate parliamentarian ruled it couldn’t be included in the bill.  The one-point-nine-trillion-dollar measure is still being debated in the Senate. As the debate continues, President Biden is backing the Senate’s compromise on unemployment benefits.  In a statement, White House press secretary Jen Psaki explained Biden supports

State health officials are reporting 350 new COVID-19 cases statewide over the last 24 hours.  There were 677 new cases reported yesterday and 539 on Wednesday.  The daily death toll has consistently dropped this week as well, with seven deaths reported today compared to 12 yesterday and 18 on Wednesday.  Since the beginning of the pandemic a year ago there have been over 566-thousand coronavirus cases and more than 64-hundred deaths. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS. Governor Tony

The DNR is reminding fisherman that ice shanties south of Highway 64 must be removed this weekend.  DNR officials say shanties located north of Highway 64 can stay on the ice until Sunday, March 14th.  Portable shanties are still allowed, but with warmer weather approaching the ice is not as thick and may not support an adult’s weigh. 

Gas prices are inching up across the Badger State.  Triple-A says the average price at the pump today is two-64 for a gallon of regular gas.  That’s just a couple of cents higher than last Friday but is 34-cents more a gallon than a month ago.  The national average is 2.75 a gallon today.  Drivers are paying 2.71 in Eau Claire, 2.63 in Green Bay, Racine and Oshkosh and 2.60 in Madison, Janesville, Sheboygan and Kenosha County.

Today marks the Wisconsin National Guard’s 184th birthday, and year 183 was certainly one for the history books. The Wisconsin National Guard’s official birthday is March 5, 1837 – the date on which Wisconsin’s territorial Gov. Henry Dodge commissioned Morgan L. Martin, of Green Bay, Wisconsin, as a captain and the commander of the Green Bay Rangers volunteer company of mounted riflemen. The creation of the Green Bay Rangers predated Wisconsin statehood by 11 years, and the new militia had

UW STTOUT has announced that an in-person commencement ceremony, for graduates only, will be held Saturday, May 8, at Johnson Fieldhouse. Because of ongoing COVID-19 safety protocols, no family, other guests or spectators will be allowed. They will, however, be able to watch a livestream broadcast. “We are excited and grateful that we will be able to offer our graduates the ability to receive their diploma during an in-person ceremony,” said Chancellor Katherine Frank. “We are working extremely hard to

With a long-standing passion for serving the community, Jaclyn “Jackie”Schueller’s story of serving can be traced back to when she was a young girl, after her father passed away, she helped care for her sister who was disabled. Jackie was born in Marshfield in 1947 to Leroy W. Behrens and Corrinne E. (Crazin) Behrens. She had one sister, Linda Behrens. Upon graduating from Marshfield Senior High in 1965, she married her husband of 55 years, Donald Schueller. They have 4

We may be seeing a warm up in our temps here, but we know what it’s like to suffer through the deep freezes and the worst of Wisconsin’s winter punches. For this week’s Friday Feel Good, we head to the Lone Star State. CLICK TO HEAR MORE FROM MORGAN MCCARTHY: A plumber from New Jersey named Andrew Mitchell drove over 20 hours to Texas with his family last weekend, just to help people after their pipes burst from the cold. 

There could be an uptick in the common cold as students return back to the classroom. The Centers for Disease Control says cases went up among students meeting in-person, even when students and staff wore masks. They say kids can keep from being sick by washing their hands, staying socially distant and staying home from school when they’re sick. Eau Claire is bringing its earliest learners back to class and hopes to bring the rest of its student population back

Winter parking restrictions are suspended in Chippewa Falls until further notice. Chippewa Falls police say it was a mutual agreement between the city and the police department to suspend winter parking rules as warmer weather is expected in the next few weeks. They say the rules will resume when there is a lasting snow event, or when winter parking officially ends by ordinance on March 30th.