Home

An accident leaves a Meford man dead. It was on November 9, just before 2 a.m. when the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call reporting a one vehicle accident at W2542 State Hwy 64 in the town of Browning. The caller reported the vehicle had struck a tree in their yard and the vehicle was laying overturned on its roof while the driver was still in the vehicle and unresponsive. The driver, 22 year old Zach Smola and

The Badgers men’s basketball team wins its home opener against Eastern Illinois by a score of 65 to 52, but the focus before last nights game was on assistant coach Howard Moore.  Before the opening tip, the team played a video tribute to coach Moore, who was severely burned and lost his wife and 9-year-old daughter in a tragic car crash in May.  The team will honor Moore, who’s still in the hospital, with the “Do More, Be More, 4

 Governor Tony Evers is trying to raise the minimum wage for state employees to 15-dollars per hour.  His administration released it’s 2019 to 2021 state employee compensation plan yesterday, which shows a 15-dollar minimum  and a two-percent raise for all state employees starting in next June.  The plan will need to be approved buy the Joint Committee on Employee Relation before it can go into effect. UW-Madison Raising Minimum Wage While we are talking WAGES 101, Ahead of the Governor’s

The flu is already claiming lives in Wisconsin.  Six people have died this flu season with around 40 people hospitalized since early September.  Health officials say the victims were over the age of 65.  Doctors say the flu vaccine is the best way to protect yourself from getting the virus.

Restaurants and retailers across Wisconsin are offering specials for veterans and active duty to commemorate Veterans’ Day.  Applebee’s and Chilli’s have free meals from a limited menu and Golden Corral offers free dinner on Monday.  The Ashwaubenon Bowling Alley is offering free bowling for vets and soldiers on Monday and a free haircut is available at Great Clips.  Active military and veterans also have free admission on Monday to the Packers Hall of Fame. 

The average cost for regular gas in Wisconsin remains well below the national average.  Triple-A says the price statewide is two-dollars-and-40-cents today.  That’s 22-cents-below the national price of two-62-a-gallon.  Drivers in neighboring Illinois are paying two-67 for regular and in Iowa the average price is two-46.

The Barron County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a case where a tree stand was tore down and vandalized in the Prairie Farm area of Barron County and ahead of the gun hunt season, it appears that this may be tied to several other cases in Dunn Co where hunting stands, trail cameras were damaged, tore down and/or vandalized. While these are all active cases, there may be a possible connection to a group called Animal Liberation Front (ALF). The Animal

An Eau Claire man is accused of sexually assaulting a girl while she slept.  The victim claims David Balistreri touched her last Saturday night, but he claimed he was only looking for a pillow and left.  The victim’s father says Balistreri had been playing poker that night and was drunk.  He’s out on bond and will return to court on November 19th.

An Eau Claire Best Buy is credited for saving a woman from a phone scam.  Police say the woman tried to buy two-thousand-dollars worth of gift cards for someone claiming to be her grandson’s attorney.  He claimed he needed the gift cards to bail her grandson out of jail in Chicago.  Police say employees at the Best Buy and an officer stopped her before she bought the cards.

The Eau Claire School Board is now taking applications for its open seat.  The seat was vacated by Joe Luginbill last month after he took a new job that will force him to work part-time in Washington, DC.  Applicants have until November 26th to send in their applications.  A new member is expected to be picked by December 4th.