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Parents in Eau Claire may soon have the chance to pick a new school for their kids. The city’s school board last night talked about a new open enrollment program for the school district. Not every school will be open, the district says eight schools are at capacity will be closed to open enrollment. If school board members okay the idea, open enrollment would run from February till April.

The sheriff in Chippewa County is set to meet with neighbors next week to talk about a sex offender who’s been released in New Auburn. Sheriff Jim Kowalczyk says offender David Hager moved into a home in New Auburn last month. The sheriff will meet next Monday with neighbors who have questions or concerns. Hager was convicted in 1995 of three counts of incest with a child. The meeting is scheduled for January 13th 2020 at the New Auburn High School

Headlines about a spike in flu cases in Wisconsin are not news to doctors in Eau Claire. HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital says it’s seen 30 flu cases in the past ten days. That’s in-line with numbers from the state that say 460 people across Wisconsin have been hospitalized with the flu this year. Eleven people have died. Doctors say a flu shot is still you best bet not to get sick.

There is once again a proposal at the capitol in Madison to make English Wisconsin’s official language. State Senators Andre Jacque, Dave Craig, and Steve Nass are all pushing a proposal that would declare English the state’s language and require all official documents to be written in English. This is not the first time Jacque has proposed the idea. He tried to pass a similar law in 2013, but the plan never went anywhere at the statehouse.

Republican lawmakers in Madison say the federal court doesn’t need to get involved in the legal back-and-forth over the state’s voter list. awyers for the legislature yesterday asked a federal judge to drop the lawsuit from the League of Women Voters. Lawmakers say the League ‘rushed’ to go to federal court while state courts are still trying to sort-out a judge’s order to clean-up the state’s voter rolls. The legislature says the League is trying to ‘interfere’ with state courts

The new Amazon fulfillment center is under construction in Beloit as the company constructs a hiring plan.  The facility is expected to be completed by the Fall and Amazon today says it needs 500 new full-time jobs filled by the holiday season.  Full-time employees will start at 15-dollars-an-hour with benefits.

Give blood and get a chance to win Super Bowl tickets.  The American Red Cross is teaming up with the NFL on the promotion which will automatically enter donors for a drawing to win a trip to Super Bowl 54 in Miami.  Blood donations must be made by January 19th.  Meanwhile the Green Bay Packers are preparing for their first playoff game after a first-round bye.  They host the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday at 5:40 Central Time.

Saturday’s Powerball drawing resulted in a lucky $2 million-dollar winner. The winning ticket was sold by Festival Foods in Marshfield. The ticket matched all five numbers—1, 11, 21, 25, and 54—but not the Powerball number. When the player bought their ticket, they added Power Play for one additional dollar. (Power Play increases NON-jackpot winnings.) By purchasing Power Play, the player automatically doubled their win from $1 million dollars to $2 million dollars. The Powerball jackpot continues to roll and the estimated jackpot for the Wednesday, January 8 drawing

In early December 2019 the Chippewa County Sex Offender Notification Committee released a bulletin in regard to the placement of Registered Sex Offender David D Hager. Hager was released back into Chippewa County residing at 25978 CTH F New Auburn, WI. under the supervision of the Department of Corrections. The Chippewa County Sheriff James L Kowalczyk along with Michael Chase with the State of Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Megan Popenhagen with the State of Wisconsin Department of Corrections will

It was just before 9:30 Monday morning when a Wisconsin State Patrol Trooper stopped 27 year old Courtney Koby, from White Lake, MI for going 88mph in a 70mph zone. Upon initial approach, the trooper detected the odor of marijuana. A subsequent investigation including standardized field sobriety tests were conducted. Koby was arrested for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of a controlled substance with a minor in the vehicle. The 7-year-old passenger was transported to child protective