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It’s the next best thing to a room full of friends and family. Dozens of people in Eau Claire turned out yesterday for a parade for Geraldine Olson’s 100th birthday. She sat in a lawn chair in her front yard as the cars rolled-by, honked, and waived. Olson says she’s had a lot of birthdays over the years, but this one takes the cake.

Responders were busy with over a dozen crashes after the winter storm over the weekend. On Friday afternoon precipitation began as rain and quickly turned to freezing rain and snow. The region responded to 14 crashes, two of which were injury crashes, six runoffs, and 8 motorist assists. In Jackson County at approximately 11:40 PM, the Wisconsin State Patrol and Jackson County Sheriff’s Office responded to multiple crashes on I-94 westbound between the Hixton and Black River Falls areas. The

State lawmakers fail to vote during Saturday’s special session on whether to delay the primary elections.  The Republican majority opted not to act either way on Governor Tony Evers coronavirus inspired proposal to convert the election into an absentee ballot only event and move the primary election date from this coming Tuesday to May.  Lawmakers instead will meet again Monday to take up the matter again. As you might expect, Governor Tony Evers is not happy with Republican lawmakers’ failure

Country Fest is moving its dates this year from June to August because of the coronavirus emergency.  Show organizers announced this week that the annual festival which takes place in Cadott at the County Fest Grounds on County Highway S is being switched from June 25, 26 and 27 to August 13, 14 and 15.  Ticket holders will automatically be able to use their June tickets in August, hold onto the tickets and use them next year instead or request

Welcome to your first full weekend in April. In a time of uncertainty and sometimes scary moments, you might find comfort in the fact that you are not alone. With news and rising case numbers every hour, more people are fearing the Covid-19 pandemic and worried about their own health. A new poll says nine-out-of-ten Americans fear getting the coronavirus.  Jim Forbes has more. CLICK HERE FOR MORE Now more than ever, we need somebody lean on….(virtually and from a

Elections officials say more than one million absentee ballot requests have been made for the primaries. Today state lawmakers will be in special session to consider Governor Tony Evers call to send absentee ballots to all registered voters and to extend the deadline to the end of May.

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Wisconsin increases by over 180 in a day.  The Department of Health Services says today there are 19-hundred-and-12 coronavirus cases in the Badger State and 31 people have died from the virus.  Milwaukee County has 951 of the total COVID-19 cases and has half the deaths at 16. 

A bicyclist is hospitalized after being hit by a train in Stevens Point.  Police were called to the scene around 10:30 this morning at the railroad crossing on Water Street.  The victim was airlifted to a nearby hospital and their condition has not been released.  The accident is under investigation.

The cost for regular gas in Wisconsin is down 17-cents-a-gallon compared to a week ago.  Triple-A says the average price statewide is a-dollar-49 today, while the national average is one-95.  Drivers are paying a-dollar-45 a gallon in Madison, one-21 in Appleton and a-dollar-32 in Janesville.  St. Croix County drivers are paying some of the highest prices in the state at a-dollar-79 a gallon for regular gas.

In times like these, hearing good news matters more than ever, and for this weeks Friday Feel Good, we take a trip to Oregon, where our story involved Covid-19-but has a happy ending. There is a World War Two vet in Oregon just celebrated his 104th birthday after beating the virus.  He might be the oldest person in the world to survive it so far.  He had a very small party outside, and his granddaughter was there.  His doctor says