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The state of Wisconsin says it is watching five people in the state who may be sick with the coronavirus. But no one is saying who they are or where they live. Medical privacy laws stop the state from offering any details about the people who are being watched. Though the Wisconsin Department of Health Services yesterday said the state is sharing test results from the five with the CDC. There are no confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Wisconsin. There is one in Illinois.

There are a lot of people in Eau Claire wondering what happened to Joe Luginbill. The former school board member and manager at the Luginbill Children’s Foundation has apparently skipped town and The Foundation appears to be closed without many answers. The space it rented at the State Theatre has had the heat turned-off. Details are still sparse and there seem to be few answers about what circumstances are surrounding Luginbill or the Foundation.

The reward for information in the stabbing death of an Onalaska man is now at 10-thousand-dollars. Ryan Sorensen’s family and Crime Stoppers in West Allis are offering the reward. Sorenson died back in September when police say two people on bikes approached him, then stabbed him. There is a police sketch of one of the suspects, but there’s very little else known. West Allis Crime Stoppers is asking anyone who knows anything to come forward.

The city of Eau Claire is inching toward spending a million-and-a-half dollars on the new Sonnentag Center. The city council last night got an update on the project. UW Eau Claire is looking to build a new events center, and planners said the city can help make it an even bigger center. The hope is for the city to approve the investment tonight. UWEC hopes to break ground on the project this summer.

Emergency managers in Eau Claire are getting ready for the spring floods. The National Weather Service yesterday said the Chippewa River has a 20-percent chance of flooding this spring. Eau Claire County Emergency Management Coordinator Tyler Esh said the county is reminding people to get flood insurance now, and is looking to raise awareness before the waters start to rise.

Foxconn is set to become Racine County’s largest taxpayer, by far. The county is set to value Foxconn’s being-built plant in Mount Pleasant at 522-million-dollars. Once that happens, town leaders say Foxconn will be worth more than all of the county’s other manufacturers combined. Mount Pleasant Village President Dave DeGroot yesterday said no one in Racine County has ever seen anything like Foxconn before. DeGroot also says the work going on now is just the first of many phases to

Governor Tony Evers is creating a commission to draw up new legislative maps.  Evers wants the Legislature to consider the new maps following the 2020 Census.  Evers supports redistricting reform and wants to take the responsibility away from the Legislature and put it in the hands of a nonpartisan commission.  Evers created the commission today with the signing of an executive order.

A brigadier general from New Hampshire will oversee a corrective action plan for the Wisconsin National Guard.  Governor Tony Evers says Brigadier General Laurie Farris was appointed to the position today.  Evers issued an executive order last month calling for changes in the state’s National Guard after a federal review found failures in the guards response to allegations of sexual harassment and assault and the retaliation that allegedly followed.

It’s the law to move over when first responders are assisting on the side of the road and sheriff’s deputies in Waukesha County aren’t making any exceptions.  The sheriff’s department posted a picture today of the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile which was stopped for failing to move over.  Police say the driver was given a verbal warning for not following the law.  When emergency vehicles have either red, blue or amber lights flashing, drivers in Wisconsin are required to slow down and move

The lyrics “don’t worry, be happy” are catchy, but not necessarily doctors orders….or are they? A number of recent studies show that happiness is good for your health.  CLICK HERE FOR MORE ON THAT with Phil Hulett