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The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point at Marshfield is one step closer to implementing an upgraded security plan.  Officials today say the main campus will pick up nearly 43-thousand-dollars to buy and install 32 new security cameras around the Marshfield campus.  An incident in December when a visitor with a pair of gloves was mistaken for a man with a handgun prompted the decision to upgrade the quality and the quantity of the cameras.  The school is awaiting approval of 67-hundred-dollar in

Governor Tony Evers is declaring Maple Syrup Month in Wisconsin.  The governor today said he and the state’s first lady were at InTheWoods Sugar Bush in Manitowoc County this weekend for the first maple tree tapping of the season.  He has declared March 15th through April 15th as maple syrup month to honor the state’s maple syrup producers.   Wisconsin ranks third among states in the production of maple syrup.

The Air National Guard will try to keep the noise down but they are holding necessary night flights this week.  The Madison-based 115th Fighter Wing has training until about 9 p.m. today through Thursday.  Pilots will follow flight paths designed to minimize noise, but the guard does need training of nighttime flights help personnel readiness.

The Wisconsin Ginseng Festival will be postponed for two years.  Officials made the announcement this morning that the international festival will not be held this year or next but will return in 2022.  They say concerns about the coronavirus and difficulties in securing travel arrangements prompted the decision.  Officials also say it will allow farmers to concentrate on their growing at home.

The creep up the thermometer feels great, but it also means we now pay attention to melting. Recent snow melt and forecasted rainfall this week in the upper Chippewa River watershed is likely to result in increased runoff and some rising waters. At 6 a.m. today the Chippewa River gauge at Grand Avenue read 760 feet. This is 13 feet below the downtown flood stage, but at this level is approaching Action Stage and may require the closure of some lower lying

Stargazers get a special treat this Monday. Jon Jeffries explains. CLICK HERE TO HEAR MORE ON WHAT WE COULD SEE

Mt. La Crosse Ski Resort is officially closed. The ski resort closed for the 2020 season yesterday. The resort says rain and upcoming warm temperatures helped make the decision. The resort also says the Pro Shop will stay open for a few more weeks to help people get ready for spring ski trips. 

The U.S. Surgeon General says we’re at a turning point in the response to the coronavirus.  However warned against panicking, saying most people won’t be affected too much and is urging people to take a common sense approach in protecting themselves from the coronavirus. CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS. In keeping with the common sense approach, older people and those with other medical conditions should rethink their travel on things like cruise ships and airplanes HERE IS MORE ON THAT ADVICE.

A western Wisconsin man is looking at charges after police say he used a GPS device to stalk his ex. Prosecutors in La Crosse filed the charges last week. Investigators say 41-year-old Matthew Robinson from West Salem put the GPS in his ex’s car, then followed her. The ex called police after he showed-up at a friend’s. The ex says there is no way Robinson would have known she was there.

There are not a lot of details about the snowmobile accident that left a Langlade County man dead. It happened Saturday morning in the Township of Upham. The Langlade County Sheriff’s office says the victim, a 61-year-old man, was operating the snowmobile by himself when the accident occurred.