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The cost for regular gas in Wisconsin is down 24-cents-a-gallon compared to a week ago.  Triple-A says the average price statewide is a-dollar-66 today, while the national average is two-oh-five.  Drivers are paying a-dollar-68 a gallon in Madison, one-40 in Appleton, one-58-in Oshkosh and a-dollar-47 in Janesville.  St. Croix County drivers are paying some of the highest prices in the state at a-dollar-92 a gallon for regular gas.

In uncharted and turbulent times like this, let’s face it. It’s HARD. It is a day by day kind of life right now, and a lot of us are feeling overwhelmed. So, sometimes there are no words. But there is music. And for this Friday Feel Good, we let music do the talking. A student at Berklee College of Music called in 74 of her friends to perform the Burt Bacharach song, “What the World Needs Now”.  They all recorded

211 is answering calls about COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus. This network is designed and staffed to handle the large volume of calls from concerned Dunn County residents who have questions about the virus. Anyone looking for information about the COVID-19 outbreak can simply dial 2-1-1 (or 877-947-2211) or Text “COVID19” to 211-211. The 211 network is an established resource to connect callers with critical information about health and human services. This ensures citizens can talk to a person

The famous crosswalk on the Beatles’ Abbey Road album cover is getting a fresh paint job.  London is currently on lockdown because of the coronavirus, so, since no one was out and about, the city’s highway maintenance department decided this week it was a good time to give the landmark a fresh coat of paint.  Tourists flock to the crosswalk every year, to get a picture of themselves crossing Abbey Road the way the Beatles did in 1969.  The crosswalk

A local manufacturer is making free desks for students in Baron County. Infinity Retail Services in Turtle Lake has already made close to 300 free desks to give students doing their schoolwork at home. Engineer Brock Molls says the idea came this week after watching families with kids struggling to find a place to do their schoolwork at home. C-E-O Kevin Jansen says the company is using some leftover material to make the desks that can be assembled in ten-minutes.

Viterbo University is donating supplies from its nursing program to help healthcare workers aiding coronavirus relief efforts. The school yesterday donated over 20-thousand items from the program to Mayo Clinic in La Crosse. The school donated 13-thousand gloves and seven-thousand cotton swabs.

An Eau Claire mom is gaining traction with an idea to hang butterflies in some residents’ windows. Renee Sommer started the ‘Eau Claire Window Scavenger Hunt’ Facebook group to encourage residents to hang colorful, printed butterflies in their windows. Sommer says she got the idea from a community in Canada doing something similar for people wanting to get outside as they adjust to life under ‘Safer at Home’ orders.  Over 500-people have joined the group since last Friday and more

More people are getting sick with the coronavirus in the Chippewa Valley, which we expected to see, but they remain lower than other parts of our state and the efforts to combat the spread with #safterathome continues. Eau Claire, Chippewa, and Dunn counties all reported new cases yesterday. There are now seven people sick in Eau Claire County, three people sick in Chippewa County, and two people sick in Dunn County. There are no deaths related to the virus in

Leinenkugel is stepping-up to fill the country’s hand sanitizer shortage. The brewery this week donated 165 barrels of bulk beer to the Chippewa River Distillery to be turned into hand sanitizer. The coronavirus has stores across the country looking for sanitizer. A number of breweries and distilleries in the U.S. are turning their alcohol into sanitizer.

Another top commander at the Wisconsin National Guard is out of a job. The state’s adjutant general yesterday fired Colonel James Locke from his post at the Milwaukee-based 128th Air Refueling Wing. General Paul Knapp says he lost confidence in Locke’s ability to command, partially because of misconduct allegations. Locke is the latest commander to be replaced after an investigation into sexual misconduct claims showed that Wisconsin Guard commanders swept some allegations under the rug.