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A pursuit in Marshfield ended in the arrest of a Fitchburg man. It was Tuesday December 8th a bit before 9:30 when the Spencer police department became involved in a pursuit of a vehicle that was reported stolen from the city of Marshfield. Spencer Police department pursued the vehicle south from their city on STH 13 into the city of Marshfield. Once in the City of Marshfield, Marshfield officers took over the pursuit. The suspect fled to the 1700 block

Hobbs Ice Arena will be closed for longer than expected. The city recently announced that Hobbs is currently undergoing necessary, unforeseen repairs on the O’Brien Rink’s HVAC unit and Akervik Rink’s dehumidification unit. At this time Hobbs Ice Arena will remain temporarily closed to the public while repairs are made. Once the repairs are completed, the City of Eau Claire’s City Manager and Community Services Department, along with guidance from the Eau Claire City County Health Department, have said they

The owners of Kahvi Coffee House + Cafe will celebrate the opening of their location on Eau Claire’s south side with a grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony with the Eau Claire Area Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, December 10th at 4:00pm. Kahvi Coffee House + Cafe is an urban casual coffee house with Scandinavian roots situated on Eau Claire’s south side. Located directly off of a walking path, Kahvi offers a dog-friendly patio, inside dining and private meeting room,

The Clearwater Parade of Lights is on until the end of the month, but the winners of the contest are decided. There were 25-total entries this year from residences and businesses around the city. The winners were announced yesterday, but the People’s Choice Award is open for voting until December 13th. To see MORE CLICK HERE.

The Eau Claire City-County Health Department is warning the public of a potential COVID-19 exposure. On Facebook, the department says it’s possible anyone at the VFW on Starr Avenue last Thursday between 7:15 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. could have been exposed. They say anyone who could have been exposed should contact a healthcare provider to get a COVID-19 test and self-monitor for symptoms. 

We are used to the border battle on the field when it comes to the Packer and Viking rivalry, but now there is a border battle of a different kind. The mayor in Hudson, Wisconsin is considering a curfew to keep people from Minnesota from flooding into the bars and restaurants in his town. Hudson is the first community on the Wisconsin side of the St. Croix River, and is about a half-hour drive from Minneapolis-St. Paul. Mayor Rich O’Connor says people from Minnesota

One of the proposed solutions to Eau Claire’s parking problems is more regulation. The city is studying what to do about parking downtown and by Randall Park. One of the suggestions is ‘more enforcement,’ which means more tickets. The study also suggests hiring a full time city parking administrator, though there’s no word just how much that will cost.

It’s back to in-person classes for some kids in Eau Claire’s public schools. Superintendent Michael Johnson last night said kids will return to their hybrid schedule on Thursday. Eau Claire schools have been online-only since Thanksgiving. It will be a short return to the classroom, however. Eau Claire schools are set to go on Christmas break on December 23rd.

Wisconsin’s latest coronavirus snapshot shows fewer people are in the hospital with the virus in the state. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday said just over 15-hundred people are in the hospital with the virus. Of them, 326 are in the ICU. Those numbers are much higher than in the summer but are down by hundreds from Wisconsin’s peak in early November. DHS says it’s too soon to tell if there will be a post-Thanksgiving spike in hospitalizations. CLICK HERE

Wisconsin’s proposed state spending could outpace the state’s tax dollars by about two billion-dollars according to a new report. The Wisconsin Policy Forum yesterday said Wisconsin will be at least 373 million-dollars short in the next state budget. The group also says there are about a billion-dollars in new Medicaid costs that are ‘unavoidable,’ as well as requests to spend more on schools, the UW System, and state employees. The Policy Forum says added all together, that comes to two billion-dollars. The report doesn’t