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Western Wisconsin Congressman Ron Kind’s plan to have the federal government buy more milk has a name. The congressman yesterday officially introduced the Family Farm Rescue Plan. Kind says the idea is to have the USDA buy as much unsold milk as it can, then give that milk away through food banks and other government programs. He also wants to see other price support programs brought back, and Kind said the country needs to finalize the trade deal with Canada and Mexico.

There are furloughs coming to UW Eau Claire, but no one knows who or when. University regents yesterday approved a plan to furlough workers at every UW campus except Madison. The school this week said the coronavirus has cost the UW System almost 170 million-dollars. The virus has cost UW Eau Claire just over seven million. No one is saying just how many people will be sent home, or when.

Multiple people were injured after a in Chippewa County. It was just before 4am on Wednesday, April 26th when reports came in of a crash with multiple injuries and subjects entrapped in the vehicle. Law enforcement, EMS, and fire personnel responded and parties were extricated from the vehicle. One male subject was air lifted to an area hospital with serious injuries. The investigation showed that the vehicle was traveling west bound on county highway M at a high rate of

Two inmates from Columbia Correctional Institution are on the run.  There is a manhunt underway for two inmates who walked away from a prison in Portage. The Wisconsin Department of Corrections says 37-year-old James Newman and 46-year-old Thomas Deering escaped from the Columbia Correctional Institution yesterday morning. The two are considered dangerous. Authorities say the two may be headed to, or already in Madison. If you have any information you are asked to contact authorities immediately.

A Webster woman is charged with first-degree homicide and more after police say a man was found at a Sand Lake residence with head trauma. Court records show Tara Appleton virtually appeared in Burnett County court yesterday for events that happened March 30th.  A criminal complaint says police found Preston Decorah lying on a driveway with head trauma.  Appleton told police the man climbed on top of her moving truck then fell on the ground and would not get up,

Six men are now charged in connection to a robbery at a cell phone store in 2016. A criminal complaint says four of the men went into a Tomah Verizon store in June 2016.  Police said two of them held a gun to the store manager’s head while the other two stole items including phones, tablets, Apple watches, and cash totaling more than $10,000. The Monroe County District Attorney says Deante Brown, Martell Williams, Deandre Lockhart, Ricky Woods, Sir Love,

Community organizations in Chippewa Falls are asking residents to light up the city blue tonight to show support for essential workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic. This year, 700-blue lightbulbs were anonymously donated to the Community Foundation, and residents are being asked to pick up one-light per household or business to light up the city at 7 p.m.  Blue light bulbs can be picked up at Jacobson’s Ace Hardware on Colombia Street, Sokup’s Market on Bridge Street, and at Northwestern Bank

It’s not perfect, but it is law. Governor Tony Evers yesterday signed the state’s coronavirus relief plan. The law allows for Wisconsin to ask for more federal money for the state’s hospitals and eliminates the state’s one-week waiting period for unemployment benefits. The governor would only say that the package is a step in the right direction. Some first responders are upset with the new law because it requires them to prove they caught the coronavirus at work in order to get

Folks in Eau Claire will not be able to visit their family members at the nursing home window. City-county health department boss Lieske Giese yesterday banned window visits during the coronavirus outbreak. Giese also warned against reopening the state too quickly. She says the coronavirus is not in-check, and people can still get sick. Yesterday was the first time in a week that Eau Claire County confirmed a new coronavirus case.

Don’t be surprised if you don’t hear the tornado sirens during today’s statewide tornado drill. Emergency managers in Eau Claire, Chippewa, and Dunn counties say they will not sound their alarms so as to not confuse anyone about the coronavirus outbreak. Some western Wisconsin counties will sound their alarms. The statewide tornado drill is usually the start of the spring severe weather season.