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A wildfire is under control after burning over 200 acres in Juneau County.  Crews were on the scene yesterday near State Road 80 and Speedway Road north of Necedah where several people were evacuated as a precaution.  Department of Natural Resources officials say the fire burned around 240-acres on the Necedah National Wildlife Refuge before crews were able to get things under control late yesterday afternoon.  No structures were damaged and there are no reports of injuries.

It seems many of us have hit a “pause” button lately. With Wisconsin’s Safer and Home Order being extended and much of our “normal” life flying further in the rear view mirror we can look to Mother Nature to remind us what we see when we slow down…and occasionally take a moment to pull over and enjoy the view. We hope your weekend is full of deep breaths and good sights. Officials with the United States Forest Service, El Dorado

 The governors of seven Midwestern states are now working together to determine how and when to reopen the region’s economy.  Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer outlined the four criteria for lifting stay home orders earlier this week. Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Kentucky’s governors say they will take a “fact-based, data-driven” approach and try to get people back to work in a way that doesn’t result in a return of COVID-19 cases.  The announcement came the same day Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers

Due to financial and logistical issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic, Eau Claire Community Complex, Inc. has made the decision to temporarily suspend the Sonnentag Centre project. The temporary suspension means groundbreaking for the Sonnentag Centre will not take place in summer 2020 as originally planned, said Kimera Way, president of Eau Claire Community Complex, Inc. Sonnentag Centre partners, along with philanthropists and UW-Eau Claire alumni John and Carolyn Sonnentag, say they remain fully committed to the project and will

The British World War Two vet who’s been walking for charity has now raised over $20 MILLION.  CLICK HERE TO HEAR MORE Now hundreds of thousands of people have signed a petition for him to be KNIGHTED by the Queen.  His goal was to walk across his back patio 100 times by his 100th birthday.  And he crossed the final finish line yesterday, two weeks early.  A group of soldiers stood by saluting him for the final leg. Proof that

The number of coronavirus cases in Wisconsin tops four-thousand.  Data released today confirmed four-thousand-45 positive tests and 205 deaths in the Badger State.  Over eleven-hundred people have been hospitalized.

A homeless-shelter operator In Illinois turns in two Wisconsin escaped inmates.  Early Friday morning, Carly Rice found Thomas Deering and James Newman still wearing their prison uniforms as they stood waiting for her to open her non profit Carly’s Place where she feeds and houses the homeless.  Deering and Newman escaped from Columbia County Correctional Institution in Portage on Thursday.  WIFR reports that Rice says she knew who the men were so she called police without their knowledge and gave

The public health department in Fond du Lac County says campgrounds will be allowed to open next week.  Governor Tony Evers outlined a modified safer at home order which will allow the campgrounds to open under certain guidelines.  Social distancing must be maintained and gatherings of people are prohibited.  Campsites must be limited to members of a single household or living unit.

The cost for regular gas in Wisconsin is a dime-a-gallon lower compared to a week ago. Triple-A says the average price statewide is a-dollar-25 today.  The national average is one-82.  Drivers are paying 99-cents-a-gallon in Appleton, one-oh-four in Oshkosh, a dollar-19 in Madison and one-36 in Sheboygan.

The Dunn County Dairy Promotion Committee is looking to “Keep It Cool” with local Dunn County food pantries. Many food pantries are lacking storage space for the increased demands on milk, cheese, butter and yogurt. Committee members and Blue Northern Distributing are looking to “fill the fridge” at Stepping Stones Food Pantry in Menomonie and other local pantries by supplying gallons of fresh milk and dairy products weekly. The Committee is challenging the community to rally together in efforts to