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The manhunt for the two women who led the attack on a Wisconsin state lawmaker is over. Madison Police say 26-year-old Samantha Hamer and 33-year-old Kerida O’Reilly turned themselves in yesterday. They are looking at initial charges of battery and robbery. State Senator Tim Carpenter, a Milwaukee Democrat, said the two led a crowd in beating him after he took a picture of what turned-out to be a very violent protest last month. Hamer and O’Reilly were in Dane County’s jail as

Students at UW Madison will be moving into the dorms here in a few weeks, but there will be some new rules. The school yesterday said all students will be tested for the coronavirus every two weeks, masks will be required whenever students are not in their dorm rooms, only other dorm-students will be allowed as guests, and the university is creating about 800 quarantine spaces across campus. Students are supposed to start moving into the dorms at the end

We should have a better idea by the end of week just how many people are living on the streets in western Wisconsin. The twice-a-year homeless count in Eau Claire, Buffalo, Trempealeau, and Jackson counties started last night. The idea is to count people who don’t have a place to stay, and then find them some help. Last summer’s homeless count found 20 people in those four counties. Advocates say this year’s count could be larger.

The number of newly confirmed coronavirus cases in Wisconsin drops below 600 for the first time in two weeks. The Wisconsin Department of Health said 590 new cases were reported today with an eight-and-a-half-percent positivity rate.  Last Monday the positivity rate was over ten-percent.  One additional death is reported, bringing the total number of Wisconsinites killed by COVID-19 to 893.

Nearly 42-million-dollars in funding is benefiting some 12-thousand Wisconsin farmers.  Governor Tony Evers announced today that farmers have received a 35-hundred-dollar payment through the Wisconsin Farm Support System.  The program is funded by the CARES Act, which is designed to help out during the coronavirus crisis.  A second round of funding will be distributed following the application process, which runs from August 10th to August 24th.

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) and the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory confirmed that a Dunn County horse tested positive for Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE). It is the state’s first confirmed equine case of EEE this year. The unvaccinated crossbred mare was approximately 10 years old and was euthanized due to her rapidly progressing neurologic symptoms. Subsequent testing was positive for EEE. DATCP encourages horse owners to vaccinate their horses against EEE and West Nile virus

Downtown Eau Claire, Inc. announced the winner of the semi-annual Downtown Enhancement Grant, Ambient Inks. You’ve probably enjoyed a food or beverage cart at an event, but soon you’ll be able to get event merchandise literally “hot off the press” from a new mobile screen printing cart thanks to the Downtown Enhancement Grant and Ambient Inks. Ambient Inks, a local print shop is a familiar fixture at many events. The Ambient team will take the rest of the year to

A delivery driver in New Jersey helps the Eau Claire Police Department identify a scammer. The department posted to Facebook saying a U-P-S driver in Newark spotted a weird package sent from Eau Claire. They said it turns out the package was from a resident who was tricked into sending about 84-hundred dollars cash to a false relative in jail.  The department said thanks to an officer who worked with the delivery driver, they got the cash returned to the

It’s the 30th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act.  Saturday marked 30-years since former President George H.W. Bush signed it into law. In Milwaukee over the weekend, activist and author, Dr. Temple Grandin spoke about watching the university where she taught become more accessible with sign language interpreters and ramps for wheelchair accessibility. The federal act bans discrimination against anyone with disabilities. 

A local specialist says getting enough sleep could help reduce the stress felt by the coronavirus pandemic.  S-S-M Health Sleep Medicine Physician Dr. Joseph Crisalli said even before the pandemic, around one-third of adults weren’t getting enough sleep at night. He says sleep helps restore bodily functions which are vital for mental and physical health. Dr. Crisalli recommends between seven-and-nine-hours of sleep at night.