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UPDATE: Authorities in Oneida County identify the two men killed when their snowmobiles hit thin ice on a lake.  The victims are identified today as David Erdman of Hubertus and Kurtis Shernell of Hustisford.  A third man was made able to make it out of the water and call for help.  The crash happened early yesterday morning and remains under investigation. Two snowmobilers are dead from falling through ice in northern Wisconsin.  The Oneida County Sheriff’s Department says three riders fell

A brand new community center is open in Arcadia, between Eau Claire and La Crosse.  The Arcadia School District recently held a grand opening for the center.  Reports say its 72-thousand square feet and cost about 20-million dollars to build.  It has a gymnasium, batting cages, fitness center, and locker rooms and it’ll host events for Arcadia high school.

A new La Crosse development is getting a sculpture park.  The La Crosse Tribune reports the park will be on the south side of the of the River Point District and feature environmentally friendly art.  City officials say they hope to install the park next year.

Flu season is in full swing in the state of Wisconsin. The State’s Department of Health Services says nearly 460 people have been sent to the hospital with the flu so far this season. Eleven people have died from the flu. DHS says the number of people sent to the hospital is three times higher than normal. Doctors say a flu shot is still your best bet to not get sick this year.

Prosecutors in Eau Claire are moving ahead with charges against a woman who they say stole 35-thousand-dollars from her boss. The D.A. charged Karen Towberman Friday with embezzlement. Investigators say she wrote herself checks over a three-year span. Police say Towberman admitted that she took the money, but she said she needed it to make ends meet. Towberman faces as much as 20 years behind bars if convicted, she’s due back in court next month.

The push to get out the vote has begun in Barron County. The group Barron County Votes is hosting two workshops this month to help get people ready to vote this year. There’s an election in both April and November. Barron County Votes’ Laura Jasper says they don’t care who people vote for, as long as they get out and vote.

Remember the name Charlie Thompson in the sport of curling. Thompson, who is a junior at Eau Claire Memorial High School, is heading to the Junior Olympics in Switzerland. He leaves today for three weeks of trying to bring home the gold. Thompson says he’s been curling since he was a kid, and can’t wait to shine on the world stage.

A group of anti-war protesters are making their views known in a rally at the state capitol.  Yesterday a protest event organized by several groups including the Party for Socialism and Liberation was held as a show of resistance to any further U.S. conflict with Iran.  The anti-war demonstration follows Friday’s U.S. airstrike that killed top Iranian Quds Force commander General Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad.  The Trump administration says the drone strike is in response to the New Year’s Eve

Hopefully oyur weekend isn’t being spent on the couch with the flu, but for many people, that’s where they are planted. Healthcare clinicians in Wisconsin are seeing a big jump in the number of flu cases.  The Centers for Disease Control moved the state from low-level activity to high activity in recent days.  Children’s Wisconsin in Milwaukee reported nearly 830 flu cases in December with nearly 50 needing hospitalization.  Last year there were just nine flu cases at the hospital in December.