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Eight Wisconsin schools are on the 2019 National Blue Ribbon list.  The list announced yesterday is selected by the U.S. Department of Education and recognizes educators, families and communities that create safe and welcoming schools where students are challenged academically.  Bayfield Elementary School in Bayfield, Cedar Hills Elementary School in Oak Creek, Lakeview Technology Academy in Pleasant Prairie and Marcy Elementary in Menomonee Falls all made the list.  They are joined by Star Center Elementary in Lake Geneva, Tiffany Creek Elementary School

The average cost for regular gas in Wisconsin is down two-cents-a-gallon compared to a week ago.  Triple-A says the average price statewide is two-dollars-and-55-cents today, while nationwide it’s a dime higher at two-65.  The highest prices in the state are posted in northern Price County at two-83 and the lowest price at the pump is found in Milwaukee and Rock counties at two-43-a-gallon today.

The Barron County Sheriff’s Department is releasing the following information of a change in address for a registered sex offender. 52 year old Terry E Soltau Height: 5’8” Weight: 217 lbs Hair: Black Eyes: Blue Terry Soltau will be residing at 2191 12 ½ St Cumberland, WI 54829.   Conviction Information Conviction date: 02/01/1995 Conviction: Second Degree Sexual Assault of the Child– 948.02(2)Conviction Date 07/10/2006 Conviction: Child Enticement-948.07 Conditions of Supervision, not limited to:  No unsupervised contact with individuals under the

As temperatures drop, bats and other animals often look for a new home indoors. This increases the chance for bats to have accidental contact with our family members and household pets (even our mostly “indoor” pets). In Wisconsin, skunks and bats are by far the most likely animals to carry the rabies virus. Bats don’t show signs of rabies; it’s impossible to tell if they carry the virus without laboratory testing. It’s possible to get rabies even when you don’t

A bicyclist is dead after being hit by a car in Polk County.  The county sheriff’s office says the bicyclist rode out of a driveway onto Highway M near Mulligan Drive in Osceola yesterday morning when they were hit.  The driver reportedly said the bicyclist pulled out in front of  her and she couldn’t see him until it was too late.  The victim later died at the hospital.

An Eau Claire mobile home has heavy damage following a fire early this morning.  Reports say the fire broke out around three o’clock in the 49-hundred block of Olson Drive in the Cozy Acres Mobile Village.  Crews arrived to find the home covered in smoke and flames.  No one was home at the time so no one was hurt.

Illinois people are accused of using fake 100 dollar bills at multiple Eau Claire businesses.  A criminal complaint says Chianne Royster and Jessica Dampier used the bills last Friday and pocketed 85 to 95 dollars in change.  The businesses involved told police about the incidents and they used surveillance videos to track down the suspects.  Royster and Dampire were arrested along with Nigel Lee and Keyon Fowler.  They’re all charged with forgery.

Add more people to the list of folks getting sick after vaping in Wisconsin. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday said there are now 60 confirmed cases of people who’ve come down with lung and breathing problems after vaping. No one has yet died in the state. Nationally, the CDC says says just over 800 people have gotten sick from vaping. Thirteen people have died.

Republicans at the Wisconsin Capitol are taking a victory lap after a new report shows just how much their tax cuts from the past eight years have saved people across the state. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos yesterday said the new report from the Legislative Fiscal Bureau shows tax cuts have saved Wisconsin taxpayers 13 billion-dollars since 2011. Vos says the most recent tax cut plan, approved in the spring, will save taxpayers two thousand-dollars each over the next ten years.

There will be another weekend of cleaning-up for folks in Chippewa and Dunn and Clark counties. Local leaders are organizing more volunteers to head out to the areas hit by this week’s storm. Wheaton Fire Chief Adam Blaskowski says he’ll spend the day today seeing what neighbors in the Town of Wheaton need.