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The average cost of regular gas is up a nickel a gallon in Wisconsin today compared to a week ago.  Triple-A says the price at the pump is two-dollars-and-31-cents, which is 19-cents-a-gallon more than a month ago.  The national average is 2.45.  Drivers are paying 2.43 a gallon in La Crosse, 2.40 in Eau Claire, 2.33 in Janesville and 2.30 in Madison and Milwaukee.

Eau Claire may be the North American capital of the popular yard game kubb, but Altoona is icing up to be the nation’s new epicenter of a growing Canadian sport, crokicurl, as River Prairie Park recently became home to the first crokicurl rink in the United States. Crokicurl combines the Olympic ice sport of curling with crokinole, a Canadian board game in which players flick small chips toward the highest-ranking region on an octagonal board. Crokicurl, however, is played on

The National Guard COVID-19 testing site at Peace Church, 501 E.Filmore Ave., Eau Claire will be closed on Saturday, February 6th and Monday February 8th due to extreme cold temperatures. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO AND A SYMPTOM CHECKER This test site will remain open through 6 pm on Friday, February 5th andis expected to resume normal testing hours on February 12th.

Inauguration Day is an American tradition. But this year it was the wardrobe of Bernie Sanders that became an American obsession. The coat, the mask, and of course…those MITTENS! For this weeks Friday Feel Good, we weave the details of those mittens into a story to warm your heart. The teacher who made Bernie Sanders’ mittens has a new set of hands to help with demand. She has paired with the Vermont Teddy Bear Company to make 18,000 pairs of

A crash in Arcadia resulted in a school bus overturning. It was a bit after 7 in the morning on Friday, Feb. 5th when a driver of a truck on state road 93 near Lewis Valley Road in Arcadia lost control, crossed the centerline, and struck an on-coming school bus head on. The bus then overturned. No children were on the bus at the time of the crash. The driver of the truck was injured and the incident remains under

Ahead of the big game, local officials chime in on a game plan for staying safe here while we watch the action unfold in Tampa. HSHS Infection Prevention Manager, Sue Galoff said even if you’ve already received the COVID-19 vaccine, it’s unknown if you could contract the virus and spread it to others “We are still learning so much about this vaccine, and now there are new strains of Coronavirus showing up around theworld, so now is not the time

A deep freeze is heading into Western Wisconsin, with temperatures barely hitting zero and dangerous wind chills starting this weekend.  The National Weather Service says it’s a Polar Vortex, with cold air coming down from Canada.  Wind chills late Saturday and Sunday morning will range from minus-25 to minus-40 degrees.  At those temperatures bare skin can get frostbite in ten minutes. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) says 83 people died in the state last year from extreme cold. To

More people will be eligible for COVID vaccinations soon.  Eau Claire City/County Health Director Lieske Giese says they are setting up plans with schools and child cares to offer vaccinations to teachers and staff beginning in March.   Public transit workers and other and essential public-facing workers will also be eligible. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM LOCAL HEALTH OFFICIALS.

Target is expanding its Black History Month collection.  The products at the Minneapolis-based retailer include merchandise from apparel, home, and beauty items.  The collection comes from Black-owned businesses and those designed by winners from Target’s first-ever Historically Black Colleges and Universities Design Challenge.  More than 100 products are available online and at 14 hundred stores.

A Chippewa Falls man is now charged with homicide, accused of hitting and killing a woman with his truck while driving high. Prosecutors say Trevor Plemon was south of Bloomer last September when he hit the woman who was walking on the side of highway 64.   Plemon’s next court date is March 1st.