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Hello! Welcome to your weekend. As we look ahead to some beautiful fall colors and weather in our area, we start the day looking back. Each Saturday morning we take a little “scroll down memory lane” with a peek back to the October 10th’s on the pages of history and see what happened on this day along the way. Snag your favorite morning sipping’ drink and lets take a little trip to start your new day: Today is Saturday, October

Some school districts in Wisconsin are struggling due to a substitute teacher shortage.  Vickie Adkins with the Wisconsin Association of School Personnel Administrators says the COVID-19 emergency is the primary cause for a shortage this academic year.  Adkins says the substitute shortage combines with more full time teachers being out of service because of COVID-19 related circumstances. The Department of Public Instruction has the details on how to obtain a short term substitute teacher license with a search for short term at DPI-dot-WI-Gov. CLICK

About 10 years passed since Appleton resident John Hale last held his lost collection of colonial era paper currency. Life happened over the years and once he finally returned to the bank to check the deposit box where he placed the bills, the bank he said was no longer there leaving whereabouts of the currency unknown. “I didn’t know where it was until I got a call,” said Hale referring to the phone call he received late last week from

Health officials in Wisconsin say 16 more residents died of COVID 19 over the past day.  Today’s data shows 14-hundred-and-40 total deaths in Wisconsin from the coronavirus.  There has been 138 people admitted to hospitals and 228 COVID patients in the ICU as of today.  There were nearly three-thousand positive tests reported today, making for a total of over 150-thousand cases statewide. MORE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HERE

The teenager accused of killing two protesters in Kenosha has an extradition hearing set for the end of the month.  Kyle Rittenhouse was in court briefly this morning in Lake County, Illinois.  His lawyers are fighting extradition to Wisconsin to stand trial for the two murders during protests against racial injustice in August.  The extradition hearing is set for the 17-year-old suspect on October 30th.

The Department of Natural Resources is warning pet owners about a number of poisonings reported in Forest, Florence and Marinette counties.  Officials say at least nine dogs have died over the past two years by ingesting poison in those areas and wildlife have also been victims.  Lab tests confirm dangerous toxic substances have been eaten by a number of animals including pets out for a walk with their owners.  People are advised to keep their pets on a leash when

The average cost of regular gas in Wisconsin remains well below the national average.  Triple-A says the price per gallon in the Badger State is 2.01 today which is a couple of cents lower than last Friday, but 17 cents lower that the nationwide average of two-18.  The price at the pump is 1.89 a gallon in Fond du Lac and Appleton, and just above 2 dollars a gallon in Madison and Wausau.

In a time when we can all use a laugh, this week’s Friday Feel Good takes us to the Big Apple for a big, well, SMILE. Click here to hear the full story…and punchline! YOU CAN HEAR THE FRIDAY FEEL GOOD EVERY FRIDAY AT 2:45pm ON GREATEST HITS 98.1

Halloween is normally an occasion we all look forward to together: costumes, decorations, parties, and of course Trick-or-Treating. This year, with the threat of COVID still in our community, there are certain guidelines that will be different than in years past. The City of Eau Claire is working towards a safe, healthy, and Happy Halloween so, for those who will be taking part in Trick-or-Treating this year, October 31 from 5:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., here are a few reminders

 In response to increasing cases of COVID-19 in the communities it serves, Mayo Clinic Health System in Northwest Wisconsin will implement a no visitor policy at all inpatient and outpatient facilities, beginning at 6 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 12. This includes hospitals in Barron, Bloomer, Eau Claire, Menomonie and Osseo, as well as all Mayo Clinic Health System clinics in the region. Exceptions to this policy for inpatient care include one visitor for pediatric and end-of-life patients, as well as