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There is no word on the cause of a Saturday fire that destroyed a garage in Eau Claire. Firefighters were able to put-out the flames at the garage on Richard Drive, but not before the fire destroyed vehicles that were inside. No people were hurt. Firefighters say they are looking for what started the fire.

A plea deal will keep a Barron County woman out of prison after her boss says she stole over 50 thousand-dollars. Prosecutors last week agreed to allow Amber Hirsch of Cumberland to plead guilty to two misdemeanor theft charges. The D.A. says she stole money that was supposed to go into the ATM at the Cumberland BP station where she worked. Her boss also says he caught her playing scratch-off tickets without paying for them.

Wisconsin is getting tougher on repeat drunk drivers. Governor Tony Evers on Friday signed two new laws to help keep people who continue to drink and drive off the streets. One new law requires an 18 month prison sentence for someone’s fifth or sixth OWI. The governor also signed a law to revoke the driver’s license of anyone convicted of their fourth OWI. Lawmakers say the hope with the new laws is to scare people into staying sober behind the wheel

The search for a missing Barron County man has come to a happy ending. The Minnesota State Patrol last night said that Ronald Kuruz was found safe on I-35. He’d been missing since about 9:30 yesterday morning. The sheriff in Barron County said Kuruz got into his truck and was thought to be headed to Barron. His neighbor was worried because Kuruz had fallen twice before getting into his truck.

School leaders in La Crosse are taking the next step toward finding their next superintendent this week. The school district will interview three finalists for the job today, tomorrow, and Wednesday. Only one of the finalists is from La Crosse. Stacey Everson is the director of secondary education for the School District of La Crosse, Rainey Briggs is the director of elementary education at Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District in Middleton, and Aaron Engel is the superintendent at Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau School

UW Madison is calling more students home from overseas. The school on Friday canceled its study abroad program in Italy. The move comes after the CDC imposed new travel restrictions on Italy because of the coronavirus. UW Madison says about 170 students were studying in Italy this semester. They will all come back home. UW Madison also canceled study abroad programs in China and South Korea this year because of coronavirus fears.

One of the best long-distance runners ever to run in Wisconsin will run for team USA this summer. Molly Seidel punched her ticket to the Olympics with a second place finish in the Olympic-qualifying marathon in Atlanta Saturday. It was her first ever sanctioned marathon. Seidel was a track star at University Lake School in Hartland and went on to run in college at Notre Dame. She was the most decorated high school distance runner in Wisconsin history.

Former South Bend, Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg is suspending his presidential campaign tonight.  Buttigieg was the first openly gay major presidential candidate.  Buttigieg had a strong start to the primary season, but had a poor showing in Saturday’s South Carolina primary.

Babies born on leap day yesterday are being dressed accordingly at one Madison hospital.  The “leapling babies” at UnityPoint Health – Meriter were dressed in frog hats to commemorate the occasion.  Saturday saw a half dozen or so “leapling baby” births at the hospital.  Some more images of the frog hat adorned children can be seen on the hospital’s Facebook page.

Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt discusses the need to focus on mental health issues after last week’s Molson Coors attack.  In a statement, Sheriff Schmidt calls for community members and leaders to address the increase in mental health affliction and needs and avoid politicizing tragedies such as that which happened at the brewery. Sheriff Schmidt says members of law enforcement agencies contend with mental health issues up to a point and where resources allow.  He said it isn’t known whether