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A 2020 Census education event takes place today in Madison.  There will be free food, music and entertainment during the workshop during which city of Madison employees will provide census information and answer questions.  Community members are invited to attend the session from 10-a.m. to 2:00-p.m. today at the Rebalanced Life Wellness Center on Grand Canyon Drive.

People are shuffling plans as we prepare for kids at home. Governor Tony Evers is ordering all public and private K-12 schools to close due to coronavirus.  The Governor issued the order late yesterday.  Schools are to begin closing starting this Wednesday at 5:00-p.m. until Monday April 6th. In several Tweets, the Governor also said his office is looking into how to keep up the other services such as school meals during the closure. Complete information about the coronavirus is

A New City man is now famous for rescuing wooden planks from the original Woodstock stage.  Steve Greenfield explains. CLICK HERE FOR THE HEADLINE(R)

There is a new logo and a new slogan in Eau Claire County. County leaders yesterday unveiled the new logo, which shows a river winding past a cityscape, and the new slogan ‘Where Communities Come Together.’ Both will be featured on the county’s new website this summer.

The families of the fallen Girl Scouts from Lake Hallie don’t think 54 years in prison is enough time for killing three young girls. The families of nine-year-old Jayna Kelley, ten-year-old Autumn Helgeson, and ten-year-old Haylee Hickle wanted Colten Treu to never leave prison again. Treu is 23-years-old, meaning he will be 77 when he could leave prison. Jayna’s Kelley father, Brian said that’s still too light of a sentence. Treu had faced the rest of his life behind bars

It is the latest sign that there could be a lot of water this spring and summer in Wisconsin. The National Weather Service yesterday said the flooding risk in La Crosse is above normal. Forecasters have been saying for months that the Mississippi River will flood this spring. There is a good chance there will be major flooding along the Mississippi and the rivers that feed into it.

There will be no high school basketball champions in Wisconsin this year. The WIAA yesterday pulled the plug on both the boy’s and girl’s state basketball championships. The girl’s tournament was already underway in Green Bay. The boy’s tournament was supposed to start next week. The WIAA’s Dave Anderson said they had to cancel the boy’s tournament because the Kohl Center in Madison said it is closing its doors because of the virus.

A public health emergency is in effect for the state of Wisconsin.  Governor Tony Evers made that declaration today in response to growing concerns about coronavirus.  The health emergency will allow state agencies to use every tool available to prevent the spread of the virus and protect public health.  The governor says this is a continually evolving situation and he’s advising people to continue to follow the best practices and guidelines from the CDC. Meanwhile, the Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament

A rollover accident on I-94 sent person to the hospital. It happened Thursday afternoon about 1:30 PM when a vehicle was traveling westbound on I-94 east of Menomonie when the driver lost control and entered the median. The vehicle rolled over several times before landing on the other side of the westbound lanes, causing the driver to be ejected. The driver was transported to an area hospital with unknown injuries and the crash remains under investigation.

Information about the 2020 U.S. Census is arriving in mailboxes across Wisconsin.  Every ten years the census is taken to determine the official population of the nation.  It also dictates how many congressional representatives each state will get and how federal funding for things like infrastructure and schools gets distributed.  The census is required by the Constitution and officials remind you that your response is required by law.