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On Monday, January 20, just before 10 pm. on trail 33, a snowmobile operating by Jesse Andrews of Rice Lake struck a tree. Andrews was flown to an area hospital with what appeared to be a broken leg. Excessive speed was a contributing factor on this case. Then, on Wednesday, January 22, at 8:30 p.m., on 26th Ave near Hwy M, a snowmobile operated by Jerad Bellefeuille of Rice Lake failed to stop for a trail stop sign and struck

A New York teen’s petition to move the Super Bowl to Saturday is going viral.  Phil Hulett reports. CLICK HERE TO HEAR MORE FROM THE SIDELINES OF THIS PLAY!

A Turtle Lake man is pleading guilty to possessing child pornography.  Reports say Adam Rhodes recently pleaded guilty to one charge and had eleven other charges thrown out.  Rhodes is accused of having over 30 images of child porn on his electronic devices.  He’ll be sentenced in April.

A member of the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents has resigned.  Gerald Whitburn announced his immediate resignation Thursday, meaning Governor Tony Evers will get to choose his replacement.  Whitburn was appointed by former governor Scott Walker in 2011 and was in the middle of a second term that would’ve lasted through 2025.

Partiers at the Democratic National Convention could be able to grab a drink til 4 a.m. this summer. Lawmakers are considering a proposal that would change when bars in the state would have to close. Right now, last call in Milwaukee is at 2 a.m. The head of Visit Milwaukee, Peggy Williams-Smith, yesterday said wants to push that back. She says other DNC host cities have kept their bars open til 4 a.m. to accommodate the convention crowds.

For many people, music is woven into most life’s most important moments. Whether celebrating a wedding or special occasion, or helping you through loss or sad moments, many people consider music to be therapeutic. And now, science is agreeing. More and more nursing homes are using music therapy with dementia patients.  And it’s remarkable how well some of them remember their favorite songs, or even lyrics.  (There’s a documentary about it called “Alive Inside” and you can click here to see

An Eau Claire man is looking at charges after police found hundreds of pills from Russia in his home. Eau Claire Police say they found PCP, 700 Russian prescription pills, and nearly two dozen bottles of Russian nose spray in Daniel Heiman’s apartment. Police think he was getting ready to sell the drugs. Heiman is free on a promise to return to court in March.

The building that once housed the Chippewa Valley Eye Clinic is now a pile of rubble. Crews tore down the building yesterday. A fire gutted the clinic back in November. Investigators said they couldn’t find a cause for the fire, but ruled it an accident. The clinic is operating in another building.

The jobless rate in Wisconsin is continuing its upward swing. The latest numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics put the unemployment rate for December at three-point-four percent. That’s up from three-point-three percent in October. In fact, the jobless rate in the state has climbed each month since June of last year when it was two-point-nine percent. The same jobs report shows Wisconsin added nine thousand private sector jobs from November to December.

The University of Wisconsin System wants to raise the price for a college education in the state. Out-going UW System President Ray Cross told lawmakers this week that he wants an ‘inflationary’ tuition increase included in the next state budget. Lawmakers have kept tuition across the UW System flat since 2013. Cross says that’s translated to millions-of-dollars less to spend. He says that’s hurt the university’s ability to compete.