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A familiar face in one local community was presented with an award this week. It was on May 12th during the Hometown Hero Award presentation that a community honored Retiring Chief Steve Schreiber.  The presentation was made to Chief Schreiber by Wisconsin 92nd District Assembly Representative Treig Pronschinske. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE CHIEF IN A STATEMENT RELEASED LAST MONTH

A suspect is in custody for a shooting in La Crosse last week. Police said Ellis Wilson was arrested and could face charges of intentional homicide after officers found a person suffering a gunshot wound in the backyard of a home on 5th Avenue. Police say they’re still investigating the events. 

The annual Fido and Friends Fun Run/Walk is still happening this weekend, but participation will look a little different this year. The Eau Claire County Humane Association said participants can register like normal to receive a t-shirt, goodie bag, and enter the raffle. Instead of gathering at Carson Park Saturday, dog owners are asked to walk or run anytime over the weekend. Organizers are also encouraging people to take photos and videos for social media. Registration for the events can

Ninety-six-percent of people tested for the coronavirus in Wisconsin on Monday do not have it. The latest numbers from the state’s Department of Health Services show that over four-thousand-700 people tested negative for the virus on Monday. Just 193 tested positive. That’s down for the fifth straight day, and comes amid a surge in testing, including here locally at testing sites. DHS says, overall, more than 112-thousand people have tested negative for the virus since March. A little over 10-thousand have tested

There is a new congressman for the northwoods. Republican Tom Tiffany won yesterday’s special election in the state’s 7th Congressional District. He replaces Sean Duffy who resigned last year to spend more time with his family. Tiffany beat Democrat Tricia Zunker by about 15 points.

A convicted sex offender from Dunn County is looking at new charges after police say he assaulted another young girl. Prosecutors yesterday charged Jesse Thoms with first degree sexual assault of a seven-year-old girl. Thoms served just seven months in jail for a sex offense involving a child back in 2016. He is currently on probation in that case.

Movie goers in Chetek can go back to the drive-in. The Stardust Drive-In is one of a handful of drive-ins to reopen under Governor Evers’ last tweak to the state’s Safer at Home order. Drive-ins were closed when the coronavirus outbreak first began. On Monday, the governor reversed that order. The Stardust reopened yesterday. There will still be social distancing, people will need to stay in their cars and cars will need to park six-feet apart.

Parts of Milwaukee’s Democratic National Convention could very well be headed online. The party’s Rules and Bylaws Committee yesterday unanimously approved a resolution to give convention planners the ‘flexibility’ to change the convention. The resolution also makes social distancing a central part of the planning process. DNC Secretary Jason Rae says the convention won’t be all in-person or all online, he says the hope is to find a way to blend things together.

How about a little break from the heavy news? With schools out, it’s likely you have made your fair share of lunches lately-and there is a good chance you’ve made a can or two of the “spaghetti you can eat with a spoon!” Next time, the simple kiddo lunch can double as a little Homeschool History 101, too. There is a Wisconsin connection. It was 55 years ago when SpaghettiO’s hit the shelves. On May 16, 1965, we had a

A new Marquette Law School Poll surveying Wisconsin registered voters shows a decline in the approval rating of President Trump’s handling of the coronavirus crisis.  In March the president’s approval rating was 51-percent when it came to the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.  The May survey shows a decline of seven points to 44-percent approval of his coronavirus strategy.  Concern about the pandemic has also lessened with 50-percent surveyed earlier this month saying they are very concerned about COVID-19 compared to 68-percent