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The first Safe Haven Baby Box in Northeast Wisconsin is now installed. Howard Fire Rescue held a celebration on Saturday to introduce the device. Safe Haven boxes give mothers a secure place to drop off newborn babies anonymously and legally. The boxes are typically installed at fire stations and hospitals and they alert officials when an infant is placed inside. There are now a total of four Safe Haven Baby Boxes installed in Wisconsin. The first three are in Racine,

Donald Trump will be sworn in today as the 47th President of the United States. The day starts with a church service at St. John’s in Washington, DC, before President Biden welcomes Trump for tea at the White House. Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance will then head to the Capitol for the inauguration, which is set to be held inside because of brutally cold temperatures. Trump is scheduled to be sworn in at around 11:45 a.m. Eastern before giving

Welcome to your Monday and new week. It is Martin Luther King Jr. Day across America. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is observed on the third Monday of January each year. King was the chief spokesperson for nonviolent activism in the Civil Rights Movement, which protested racial discrimination in federal and state law and civil society. The movement led to several groundbreaking legislative reforms in the United States. CLICK HERE FOR MORE on the man and history of this day.

Tax preparation is getting a little easier for some Wisconsin residents this year. The state’s Department of Revenue says the IRS Direct File system now works seamlessly with the WisTax state tax return preparation site. This means citizens who use the IRS Direct File software will have forms like W-2’s and 1099’s filled automatically in WisTax. The individual tax filing season starts on January 27th. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION.

An Eau Claire-based curling team is a serious contender for gold at the World University Games.  Team Hebert is competing in Italy this week.  They defeated Ukraine six-to-four and Great Britain seven-to-four on Sunday, marking their sixth and seventh consecutive wins.  They’re now headed to the playoff games, which start Tuesday and feature the top four teams.  You can watch their games at season-cast-dot-com by searching “team hebert.” 

On Saturday, January 18th, 2025 shortly before 5am, the Dunn County Communications Center received calls from passing motorists on I-94 of a building on fire. The location provided was Shooters Showgirls, on 850th St. in the Town of Elk Mound. Upon arrival the building was fully involved. Elk Mound Fire along with Menomonie Fire, Colfax Fire, Rock Creek Fire, Sand Creek Fire, Township Fire, Chippewa Fire District, Weaton Fire, Boyceville Fire, Bloomer Fire and Colfax Rescue worked to put out

There’s a new movie coming out this month about a Wisconsin farmer. “Green and Gold” stars Craig T. Nelson as a dairy farmer who places a bet on the Green Bay Packers to win the Super Bowl to save the family farm from being foreclosed. The film was shot over a three-week period at various farms around Door County. “Green and Gold” will premiere in theaters on January 31st. CLICK FOR MORE WITH OUR LOCAL MICON CINEMAS.

Hello. Welcome to your weekend and thank you for being here. We’re happy you are! So, how is 2025 starting out so far? We are working our way through January and now expecting those frigid Winter temps to remind us what season we are in…Brrrr! CLICK HERE FOR YOUR FULL FIRST ALERT FORECAST WITH WEAU 13. If you are looking to hunker down you are in the right place. If you are planning to bundle up you are in the

Wisconsin communities are getting more than 141-million dollars for local roadways. The money comes from the Department of Transportation’s quarterly payments to local governments.  Funding is meant to construct, repair, and improve local roadways.  Four-hundred-million more dollars will be distributed by the end of 2025.

A new bill would require schools to limit cell phone usage in schools.  Two Republicans from Wisconsin introduced the bill this week.  It would require school boards to adopt their own policies that generally would prohibit students from using cell phones inside schools.