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Responders never know exactly what calls will come in and for this week’s Friday Feel Good we pick up the receiver and trace it back over 2 decades to a story that begins with a rescue and ends with a unique connection.  24 years ago, a cop in Indiana named Gene Eyster saved a baby boy after someone abandoned him in a cardboard box.   Now they’re in the news after Gene found out the kid grew up to become a cop himself. 24-year-old Matthew

U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) joined a bipartisan group of colleagues to introduce new legislation that would boost federal research on menopause and would—for the first time—coordinate the federal government’s existing programs related to menopause and mid-life women’s health. The Advancing Menopause and Mid-Life Women’s Health Act would strengthen and expand federal research on menopause, health care workforce training, awareness and education efforts, and public health promotion and prevention to better address menopause and mid-life women’s health issues. The legislation is being

The Eau Claire Health Alliance has two NEW tools for the community – the ECHA Connect with Me Conversation Cards and the Healthy Relationship Toolkit. Parents, caregivers, and youth-serving professionals are encouraged to check them out and use them with their kids and teens! “Talking about tough topics can be challenging, so using the Healthy Relationships Toolkit to educate yourself on topics like consent, and what help is available locally can be a great place to start.” -Emily Carlson, Co-Chair

The state-funded ATV/UTV trails and routes in Eau Claire County are in good condition and will open early on Friday, May 10. Off trail riding is strictly prohibited.

Several community members, pickleball enthusiasts, businesses, and city leaders attended the Pickleball Groundbreaking event held on Wednesday, May 1st, at Braem Park in Marshfield. “Pickleball will be another new attraction and sport for our community, and Braem Park is the perfect location,” -Lois TeStrake, Mayor of Marshfield. Parks and Recreation Director Justin Casperson coined the Pickleball Complex as the first phase or “bookend” of the overall park renovations. The new 12 – outdoor pickleball courts will be located where the

Prosecutors in Rusk County say a drunken fight has led to attempted homicide charges. The sheriff’s office arrested 56-year-old William Irvin the Second on Tuesday after finding his brother in the hospital with broken ribs, cuts, and a possible gunshot wound to the head. Investigators say Irvin and his brother got into a fight that ended with a shooting. Irvin is being held on 20 thousand-dollars cash bail, he’s due back in court next week.

An elementary school teacher in Hudson is out of the classroom and looking at charges after police say she had sexual contact with a student. Investigators say the victim is an 11-year-old boy who was in 24-year-old Madison Bergmann’s fifth grade class at River Crest Elementary. The boy’s father went to police after finding text messages between the two. Bergmann is looking at first degree sexual assault of a child charges. CLICK HERE TO see more coverage with our partners

There’s no school once again in Mount Horeb after Wednesday’s shooting at the middle school. Superintendent Steve Salerno yesterday said the district is looking to see how they can make kids feel safe at school once again. He didn’t say what they will look like, or how long that might take. Salerno said there’s ‘no timeline for grief.’ Students haven’t been in class since Wednesday morning when a student fired at a group of kids outside the middle school, and

UW-Madison leaders have agreed to another meeting with campus protesters. A school spokesman said that yesterday’s meeting was productive, and said they’ve agreed to meet again. Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin said earlier this week that she’d be willing to meet with protest organizers to talk about their demands, but only after they removed their tents. The university ordered police to do that on Wednesday. Mnookin reportedly told protest leaders yesterday that she has no plans to do that again. The protesters

Folks in Altoona could soon be paying more for water. Altoona’s Municipal Water and Sewer Utility this week asked the Wisconsin Public Service Commission for permission to raise water rates. The city says it needs the price hike to keep-up with expenses. Altoona last raised its water rates back in 2015. The proposed price hike would raise over a half-million dollars a-year. That comes to an extra eight dollars per-month per-customer.