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The suspensions for the top two people on the Democratic National Convention’s Host Committee didn’t last long. The committee’s board yesterday fired president Liz Gilbert and chief of staff Adam Alonso. The decision came one day after complaints about a toxic work environment went public. The Host Committee board said Gilbert and Alonso “did not meet the ideals and expectations” of DNC planners. Former committee workers complained of bullying and in-fighting.

You can still get a plastic straw at a bar or restaurant in Madison, you just have to ask for it. The city council last night approved a plan to stop waiters and waitresses from handing-out plastic straws. The idea is to cut down on plastic waste. The ban applies to all restaurants, coffee shops, bars, cafes, sandwich stands, food trucks, and cafeterias in the city.

A bill is being introduced in the state legislature to boost the state minimum wage more than double.  The bill is similar to one proposed last year that never made it out of the General Assembly.  The proposed minimum is 15-dollars an hour.

Staff from the City of Eau Claire’s Engineering Department will be available from 4:00pm to 6:30pm on Thursday, February 6 at the Children’s Theater to display and discuss preliminary layouts for the 2020 Oxford Avenue and Maxon Street Project. Oxford Avenue and Maxon Street are the first streets to be reconstructed in conjunction with the new Cannery District. This informal open house will offer an opportunity to see preliminary layouts for Oxford Avenue and Maxon Street that are based on

We see the colors red and pink a lot this time of year, and when it comes to red, HSHS Sacred Heart and St. Joseph’s hospitals are hosting American Red Cross blood drives. On Tuesday, February 25, HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital is hosting a blood drive from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in McDonald Hall, 2661 County Hwy I, Chippewa Falls. On Wednesday, March 11, HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital is hosting a blood drive from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

A person is in custody after a stabbing in Wausau.  Police say a man stabbed another man on South 9th Avenue Monday afternoon, leaving the victim with non-life-threatening injuries.  The charges against the suspect haven’t been announced.

A Jackson County man already in jail in Rusk County is facing child pornography charges.  A criminal complaint says Nicholas Gharrity-Johnson admitted to investigators he used peer to peer file sharing to download child porn onto multiple devices.  Gharrity-Johnson was recently charged with ten counts of repeat possession of child porn.

No one is hurt after a chemical fire at WRR Environmental Services in Eau Claire.  Fire officials say the fire broke out around noon Monday inside a 35-gallon barrel holding chemical pellets used to treat pools.  WRR’s fire brigade put out the fire before firefighters arrived.

A new park could be built in Eau Claire’s Princeton Valley neighborhood. The plan commission approved plans for the park on West Princeton Avenue Monday night.  The land where the park would be built was donated to Eau Claire last year.  The plan will now be considered by the city council.

No one is saying why a man from Chicago was driving so fast through Eau Claire. Police arrested 27-year-old Anthony Harris yesterday after chasing him on I-94 and into the city of Eau Claire. That chase hit speeds of 120 miles-per-hour.  Police had to eventually chase Harris down by foot after he ran from his car. Harris is booked into Eau Claire County jail, he could see a judge as early as today.