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More than a dozen people are added to the list of those arrested during a protest in Madison.  Authorities say stores along State Street were looted last night, property was damaged and graffiti was spray-painted on a number of buildings.  The demonstration started to get unruly around 10 p.m. when people started throwing things at police and an officer was hit in the face.  Fifteen people were taken into custody.  Meanwhile, a curfew will be in place tonight in Green

Instead of pumping up for Jam, we are going to have to tuck our hats and boots away until next year. Country Jam USA announced today that the 2020 festival has been postponed until July 15-17, 2021. “We hung in there as long as we could,” said Kathy Wright, General Manager of Country Jam USA. “The safety of our guests, artists, staff and community is of the utmost importance.” Festival organizers are working on the 2021 line up and hope

Mid-State Technical College is giving its students a variety of ways to attend class.  School officials said today students can take courses solely online, they can attend small in-person classes or a combination of both.  The school says it wants to give students a feeling of safety, flexibility and also connection with their campus community.

The arrival of June means people across Wisconsin can expect hotter temperatures across the state in the months ahead. To help encourage everyone to be prepared, Gov. Tony Evers has declared this Wednesday, June 3 Heat Awareness Day in Wisconsin. In 2019, preliminary figures from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services show five people died in Wisconsin due to heat-related causes. In the last five years, at least 17 people have died in Wisconsin and thousands of residents have fallen

For the first time in its nearly 123-year history, the Northern Wisconsin State Fair will not go on as planned. Essential to this year’s preparations are the directives of county, state, national and international health agencies, and the ever-evolving COVID-19 pandemic we find ourselves in. Due to the limitations placed on large public gatherings in terms of logistics, size, and first and foremost, the health and safety of our staff, volunteers, vendors, fair-goers, exhibitors and their families, a decision was made

An arrest leads to a 5th DWI for a Minnesota man. 57 year old Jeffrey K. Moe, from Proctor, MN has been arrested by the Wisconsin State Patrol Spooner Post for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 5th offense. It was on Sunday, May 31, a bit before 6 in the evening when, a Wisconsin State Patrol Trooper stopped a vehicle for speeding on Susquehanna Ave. in the City of Superior. The driver, who was identified as Jeffrey K.

Business owners in some Wisconsin cities are cleaning up after riots destroyed their store fronts and looters stole their property. The Madison Police Department said over 70-businesses were damaged over the weekend. Milwaukee police said around 20-businesses were damaged there and looters stole inventory. The city issued a second city-wide curfew last night. Some organizations have started clean-up efforts to help local businesses.

Local high school seniors are graduating this week. Schools are taking different approaches to commencement ceremonies, but Regis High School is holding an in-person individual ceremony for 65-students Wednesday and Thursday. The school says students are being given a ten-minute time slot to come pick up their diploma with family and friends, and the school will live stream the ceremony online. North High School is doing something similar on Thursday, and Memorial High School students will graduate Friday.

Firefighters are using donated homes to practice putting out fires. Over the weekend, local firefighters from Altoona and Eau Claire used a home on Highway-12 to simulate a live fire and practice putting it out.  Altoona Fire Chief Mark Renderman said the hands-on experience helps save lives when a real emergency comes. 

A week from now, city officials are hosting a virtual water safety training. The Eau Claire Parks and Recreation and Forestry departments said water safety experts will use Red Cross guidelines to provide eight lessons on swimming safety including how to help for a struggling swimmer. The Parks and Recreation program supervisor says the skills will teach people how to stay safe around the rivers and lakes.   CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO.