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An Eau Claire man is looking at charges after police found hundreds of pills from Russia in his home. Eau Claire Police say they found PCP, 700 Russian prescription pills, and nearly two dozen bottles of Russian nose spray in Daniel Heiman’s apartment. Police think he was getting ready to sell the drugs. Heiman is free on a promise to return to court in March.

The building that once housed the Chippewa Valley Eye Clinic is now a pile of rubble. Crews tore down the building yesterday. A fire gutted the clinic back in November. Investigators said they couldn’t find a cause for the fire, but ruled it an accident. The clinic is operating in another building.

The jobless rate in Wisconsin is continuing its upward swing. The latest numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics put the unemployment rate for December at three-point-four percent. That’s up from three-point-three percent in October. In fact, the jobless rate in the state has climbed each month since June of last year when it was two-point-nine percent. The same jobs report shows Wisconsin added nine thousand private sector jobs from November to December.

The University of Wisconsin System wants to raise the price for a college education in the state. Out-going UW System President Ray Cross told lawmakers this week that he wants an ‘inflationary’ tuition increase included in the next state budget. Lawmakers have kept tuition across the UW System flat since 2013. Cross says that’s translated to millions-of-dollars less to spend. He says that’s hurt the university’s ability to compete.

The state of Wisconsin should be looking at a 600 million-dollar surplus next summer. The Legislative Fiscal Bureau yesterday said the state saw 818 million-dollars more in tax collections, and that should drive-up the state’s budget surplus. The state budget is set to run through next June. Republicans at the statehouse in Madison say the state should use the extra money to cut taxes. Democrats want to see the state spend that money, perhaps on the University of Wisconsin System.

The Census is hiring in Wisconsin. The Census Bureau says it needs thousands of people in the state to count everyone who lives here. The counting begins in the spring. You simply need to be 18 or older when the census begins, there is no other experience necessary. You can apply online and get more info with an easy CLICK HERE.

Governor Tony Evers is calling for a special legislative session to deal with the challenges facing the state’s agricultural industry.  The governor says he has a three-pronged approach to address the challenges and it starts with a special session of lawmakers.  In last night’s State of the State address Evers says he wants to increase the state’s dairy exports 20-percent in the next four years and wants to expand the farm-to-school and farm-to-fork programs.

A half a dozen students at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville are being monitored for the Coronavirus.  Officials say none of the students exhibit signs of the virus but are being monitored as a precaution.  They returned to campus on Monday from Wuhan, China which is the epicenter of the outbreak.  The school says it’s in contact with the CDC and the Grant County Health Department and are following all protocols.

Super Bowl Saturday? That could be reality if a teenager from Upstate New York gets his way.  James Flippin explains. CLICK HERE TO HEAR MORE FROM THE PLAYBOOK

At 4am Thursday morning Officers were dispatched to the 2100 block of Sherman Creek Rd for a domestic argument between a male and female. During the argument, the male showed a gun but did not threaten the female with it. Alcohol was also believed to be involved. The female was able to leave the residence and contact police who responded. Dispatchers maintained communication with the female, and our Officers held a perimeter on the residence. Neighbors were contacted and asked