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You can go ice fishing without a license this weekend, according to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. The DNR’s annual Winter Free Wishing Weekend lets people who’ve never experienced ice fishing, get the chance to do so on nearly all Wisconsin waterways. Free fishing begins Saturday and ends Sunday. 

First-time unemployment claims are on the rise.  According to the Labor Department, 965-thousand Americans filed for first-time benefits last week, up 181-thousand from the previous week’s revised level.  Analysts forecast jobless claims to rise to 800-thousand.

Prosecutors are moving ahead with homicide charges against a woman for a deadly crash back in September. The D.A. in Eau Claire filed the charges yesterday against 64-year-old Nancy Haldeman. Sheriff’s deputies say Haldeman tried to pass a slower vehicle on Highway 12 when she smashed head-on into an SUV. Prosecutors say Haldeman acted recklessly. She faces 10 years in prison if convicted.

There is at least one case of that highly contagious strain of the coronavirus in Eau Claire County. Jon Demaster brings us more 715 Newsroom converage: The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday confirmed it found the variant during routine tests in Eau Claire. Doctors say while the strain of the coronavirus is more contagious, there is no evidence that it is any more dangerous than the regular virus. DHS says the evidence also shows that the coronavirus vaccine is

No matter what happens with the criminal case against the Aurora Health pharmacist who may have ruined hundreds of doses of the coronavirus vaccine, he will not be working anytime soon. The Wisconsin Pharmacy Examining Board yesterday unanimously agreed to suspend Steven Brandenburg’s pharmacy license. Brandenburg is waiting to see if the vials of vaccine that he admits to leaving-out to spoil did indeed spoil. Prosecutors in Ozaukee County say they will decide about charges once they know if the vaccine is

The Wisconsin National Guard is sending troops to Washington, D.C. for Joe Biden’s inauguration. The governor yesterday ordered 500 troops from both the Army and Air National Guard to head to the nation’s capital. The Wisconsin troops are just part of a massive deployment of National Guard troops from across the country to D.C. ahead of next week’s swearing-in, and possible protests at the U.S. Capitol. The Wisconsin National Guard is also clarifying rumors circulating on social media that the department of homeland security is planning

Western Wisconsin Congressman Ron Kind can say he’s now voted to impeach the same president twice. Kind joined Wisconsin’s two other Democrats in voting to impeach President Trump yesterday. It’s the second time the U.S. House voted to impeach the president. On the other side of the aisle, none of Wisconsin’s Republican congressmen broke ranks and voted to impeach President Trump yesterday. Ten House Republicans did vote for impeachment. The President’s fate now shifts to the U.S. Senate, where it is unlikely he will be

 Jacob Blake says he couldn’t believe the Kenosha officer who shot him actually pulled the trigger. Blake sat down for an interview with Good Morning America, which aired this morning. Yesterday, ABC released snippets of the interview. Blake says he thought the officer was firing another taser and was surprised when he was shot seven times. None of the preview clips shows if Blake was asked why he didn’t just comply with officers back on that day in August. Prosecutors

The latest twist in Kyle Rittenhouse’ case involves bars, selfies, beers, and a request to change his bond. The D.A. in Kenosha yesterday asked a judge to modify Rittenhouse’s bond in order to keep him out of the bars. Pictures are online of Rittenhouse in a bar in Mount Pleasant earlier this month. Prosecutors say Rittenhouse, who is 18, drank several beers and posed for pictures with supporters. Rittenhouse is free on two-million-dollars bond ahead of his trial on homicide