The cost for regular gas in Wisconsin is up four-cents a gallon compared to a week ago. Triple-A says the price statewide is two-dollars-and-44-cents, while it’s two-58 across the country. Drivers in Eau Clair and Pierce-St. Croix County are paying the highest average price at around two-54 a gallon. The price at the pump in Appleton averages a state low two-38 a gallon.
Read MoreWe now know the name of a man killed in an accident in Dunn Co. It was Thursday afternoon when theh Fire Department responded to the 3400 block of 420 th Ave. in the Town of Menomonie, for a report of a male subject who had been run over by a tractor. Upon arrival, Deputies learned that the victim was riding in the bucket of the tractor, while driving eastbound on 420 th Ave. The tractor drove over a bump
Read MoreToday, Governor Evers issued Executive Order #61, relating to a proclamation that the flag of the United States and the flag of the State of Wisconsin be flown at half-staff in honor of National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. You will notice the flags being flown at half staff beginning at sunrise Saturday, December 7, 2019 and ending at sunset.
Read MoreIt’s time to get your HO!HO!HO! on and give Santa a little help. Join us Thursday, December 5th and Friday, December 6th at the Festival Foods location on Mall Drive in Eau Claire, from 6:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day. We’ll be collecting new unwrapped toys and monetary donations for children in need! Keep your eye out for the North Point RV trailer, our home away from home outside the Mall Drive Festival Foods! Also, thanks to some of
Read MoreTwo Eau Claire men are facing child sexual assault charges. William Bye and Richard Hargrove are accused of assaulting a teenage girl over the summer. Police say they both denied involvement, but DNA from the victim shows they both were. Bye is facing seven charges and Hargrove is facing two.
Read MoreA new report says Wisconsin leads the country in cuts to environmental protection since 2008. According to the Environmental Integrity Project, the Department of Natural Resources cut environmental protection projects by about 36 percent between 2008 and 2018. The report also claims state spending went up by 14 percent during that time.
Read MoreThe University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Regents Committee is approving a new field house. Reports say the field house would cost about 49-million dollars and be built east of the football field. The school says no state dollars will be involved in the cost. The project must now get approval from the full Board of Regents tonight.
Read MoreEau Claire Area School District’s homeless students have warm blankets thanks to an annual event. Thursday night volunteers gathered at the Pine Meadow Golf Club to make more than 100 blankets. This was the fourth annual blanket making event.
Read MoreStudents from Black River Falls are being honored in Washington D.C. Red Creek Elementary students had the honor of making ornaments to represent Wisconsin on this year’s national Christmas tree at the White House. The tree was lit for the first time Thursday night.
Read MorePolice in Eau Claire are looking for whoever pulled the trigger in a shooting on the city’s west side. It happened last night at a home in the two-thousand-block of Golden Drive. Police say the house was hit by bullets, but no one inside was hurt. Eau Claire Police say neighbors spotted a car speeding away from the home. Officers are now looking for that car.
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