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There will be a new man in the principal’s office for at least one year at Eau Claire Memorial High School.  The district yesterday named David Oldenberg as the school’s interim principal.  Oldenberg is currently the director of academic services for the Eau Claire district.  

Folks in La Crosse County can get their well water tested this month.  The county yesterday announced it will collect samples from privately owned wells next Tuesday at the Hazel Brown Leicht Memorial Library in West Salem.  The tests come after a report said over 90-percent of private wells in southwestern Wisconsin were contaminated with fecal matter. 

The skies above Volk Field will be busier than usual for the next week or so.  The Wisconsin National Guard is hosting its second Northern Lights training exercise of the year.  The training gives pilots from the guard, the Air Force, the Navy, and the Marines a chance to all train together.  Folks will see several different types of fighter jets in the skies.  The training will last through next Friday. 

A pair of Republican lawmakers in Madison want the University of Wisconsin to get tougher on students who shout-down or try and drown-out competing ideas on campus.  State Senator Chris Kapenga and state Rep. Cody Horlacher yesterday introduced what they’re calling the campus free speech act.  Their plan would have the UW System recognize that all students have a right to free speech.  The lawmakers also want the university to create a policy to punish students who try and interfere with that

Wisconsin is among 22 states suing the Trump Administration over the president’s push to allow states to use coal in their power plants once again.  The states almost all have Democratic attorneys general.  The President this week ordered the EPA to allow individual states to decide their own pollution standards for coal plants.  The order rolls-back an Obama-era clean air regulation.  

Five Wisconsin mayors are joining colleagues across the country urging lawmakers to take action against gun violence.  The mayors of Madison, Milwaukee, Green Bay, Sheboygan and Wisconsin Rapids all signed on to the effort to close loopholes in background checks and extend the waiting period to purchase firearms.  Over 200 mayors are asking Congressional members to cut their summer break short and return to Washington to work on the issue.  The mayors say whether their city is large or small the impact of gun

Food, beer and the pigskin are all criteria that makes Madison the number one college football town in the nation.  Sports Illustrated has published it’s top ten picks and the Wisconsin capitol beat out Ann Arbor, Knoxville, Austin and Boulder, Colorado to take top honors.  The magazine noted that if it’s too cold to go outside, there’s plenty of good things to eat and drink while enjoying an area they call as picturesque as it gets. 

On Monday morning, August 12, 2019, at about 2:30 a.m., the Barron County Sheriff’s Department received a call from the homeowner, at 216 30th Street New Auburn, who reported her house was on fire. The homeowner, Tonia Morrison, 45, was subsequently transported with non-life threatening smoke insulation injuries to an area hospital in Eau Claire. The cause of the fire is being investigated by the Barron County Sheriff’s Department, New Auburn Fire Department, and the State Fire Marshall. Damage to

A man is in custody after calling in a fake armed robbery at an Eau Claire Taco Bell.  Police say officers were called to the restaurant on Hastings way last night but they say the robbery report was fake.  A 24-year-old man was arrested at the scene and charged with disorderly conduct.  He hasn’t been identified. 

SSM Health’s Wisconsin region has a new president.  SSM Health announced yesterday chief medical officer at Saint Louis-based SSM Doctor Mark Thompson will be the new head of the region.  Thompson’s previous ties to Wisconsin include serving as a University of Wisconsin School of Medicine Public Health residency program director.