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.
Read MoreIt 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
Read MoreMore kids in Eau Claire could be learning from home for years to come. The city’s school board last night agreed to expand the Virtual School program. Virtual school is different from the remote learning that Eau Claire has used during the coronavirus. Virtual School is a full time program that dates back to the fall of 2019. Right now there are 64 students enrolled in Virtual School, but the school board last night agreed to open enrollment to all
Read MoreThere’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
Read MoreAn 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
Read MoreMarquette 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.
Read MoreKids 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
Read MoreStarting 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
Read MoreCamping World Holdings, Inc. today announced the opening of its newest SuperCenter in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Camping World Holdings, the nation’s largest network of RV and outdoor lifestyle centric locations, currently owns and operates over 170 SuperCenters nationwide and a comprehensive ecommerce platform, specializing in RV sales and service, RV parts and accessories, outdoor lifestyle products and its entire portfolio of Good Sam products andservices. The company has five locations in Wisconsin. The Eau Claire location is at 6440 Scully
Read MoreThe number of COVID-19 cases confirmed in Wisconsin now tops 564-thousand. Health Service officials are reporting 308 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours. There were no new deaths reported today, so that toll remains at more than six-thousand-400. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS Meanwhile, a community memorial is planned in Madison to honor the victims of COVID-19. The city and Dane County will hold a Light the Night ceremony at Alliant Energy Center tonight at 6:00 p.m. There
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