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There are questions about just how much it is costing Wisconsin to treat one person at the state’s 15 million-dollar overflow hospital at the state fairgrounds. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday said there is still just the one patient. The hospital was built to hold 500 patients, Governor Evers last week ordered it open for up to 50. Brett Healy with the MacIver Institute said Wisconsin’s regular hospitals were supposed to get nearly a half-billion dollars to treat coronavirus patients. He

There is good news for people who want to see high school sports return to normal in Wisconsin. The WIAA, the group that runs high school sports in the state, says a new UW-Madison study shows high school sports does not spread the coronavirus. The study found just one athlete who caught the virus from a game or practice. The WIAA says students in school who don’t play a sport were far more likely to test positive. The study comes as Wisconsin schools

It is the first game of Badger football season, but Madison will look very different this year. The city and university are reminding fans that there will be no tailgating for tonight’s opening game. There will also be no fans in the stands at Camp Randall Stadium. Madison and UW leaders say they will strictly enforce the new tailgating rules. Kickoff is tonight at 7 p.m.

There will soon be ATVs on the streets of the Wisconsin Dells. City leaders this week okayed a plan to allow people to drive their ATVs and UTVs on the street with regular traffic. It may take some time, however, before you see the four-wheelers on the road. Both the Dells and the county and state have to sign-off on the new rules, and create signs to warn drivers about ATV traffic. That could take months.

The state of Wisconsin is confirming that it has questioned whether Foxconn’s plant in Mount Pleasant will ever fully open. The Department of Administration yesterday said it did send the memo cited in a recent report that said Foxconn’s plant may be a better demonstration piece than anything else. The memo and report, which both question whether Foxconn will ever make-good on its jobs promises, is just the latest in the back and forth between the Evers Administration and the company. For

Wisconsin is starting to pay out the additional 300-dollar unemployment benefit.  So anyone receiving unemployment could get a total of up to 18-hundred dollars for payments retroactive to August 1st and lasting up to the week of September 5th.  The federal dollars come from the Lost Wage Assistance Program as part of FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund. CLICK FOR MORE DETAILS FROM WI DWD

American Indians in Wisconsin are getting hit hard by COVID-19 with cases tripling since the beginning of September.  Yesterday there were 59 new cases and one death among American Indians bringing the total number of cases to two-thousand-333.  Twenty-three American Indians have succumbed to the virus

An accident turns deadly in Lafayette. It was just before noon on Wednesday, October 21st. when the Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office, along with Lake Hallie Police and District Fire and EMS, responded to a reported single vehicle crash on 30th Ave near 172nd St., Town of Lafayette. It was reported that two occupants were still in the vehicle and both were unconscious. Upon arrival, it was found a vehicle had been traveling east on 30th Ave when it left the

Eau Claire has a new city manager. Former City Manager Dale Peters retired yesterday, and City Engineer Dave Solberg took over as interim city manager until the start of the new year. The Eau Claire City Council will vote to replace Solberg in 2021.