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ABOVE PHOTO: Funds for Wisconsin Scholars scholarship recipient Lilly Gamache. Photo provided by Lilly Gamache. Two hundred University of Wisconsin-Stout students recently received nearly $1 million in grants through the Fund for Wisconsin Scholars nonprofit foundation. They celebrated a moment of gratitude and financial relief at a reception with other Universities of Wisconsin students, hosted at UW-Stout on April 8. Recipients are awarded $2,500 a semester, for up to eight to 10 semesters. With tuition at about $11,000 a year for in-state students at

A Menomonie elementary school will be closing after the current school year. The school board voted six to three to close Downsville Elementary School due to declining enrollment, district financing, and staffing challenges. No teachers or employees will lose their jobs as they will be placed in other schools. CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE COVERAGE WITH WEAU 13 NEWS.

A man suffered serious injuries after a UTV accident in Kickapoo. The incident took place on Sunday on North Glass Road. Officials say the UTV crashed into a fence, flipped over and ejected the driver. The driver was identified as 52-year-old Chad Crook. Crook was flown to a hospital with major injuries. The crash is still under investigation.

La Crosse Democrat William Garcia announced that he will run to be the head of the Democratic Party in Wisconsin. Garcia co-chairs the democratic party in La Crosse along with leading the 3rd Congressional District Democrats of Wisconsin. Current leader Ben Wickler announced that he will not be running for re-election and leaving in June. State democrats will vote at their state convention on June 14th and 15th.  Locally, there’s another candidate in the race for Wisconsin’s Third Congressional District

Wisconsin organizations are getting more than three-point-two-million dollars in grants to develop small businesses in the state. The Economic Development Cooperation says the money will go toward developing, supporting, and improving infrastructure for small businesses in Wisconsin.  Milwaukee County is getting 200-thousand dollars, the Villages of DeForest Windsor will split 250-thousand, and Juneau County will get 250-thousand.

Nearly all of Wisconsin is at high risk of wildfires.  The Department of Natural Resources fire map shows Southern and Eastern Wisconsin is at very high risk.  West Central Wisconsin is at high risk.  There have been 476 wildfires statewide so far this year.  Right now there are a dozen prescribed fires, which are controlled burns across the state. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION AND A MAP.

The turkey hunting season will open in two days in Wisconsin.  The Department of Natural Resources says spring turkey seasons will open periodically in all seven turkey management zones.  Each zone will have a week-long hunting season, starting this Wednesday, April 16th.  The season will wrap up on May 27th.  The youth season took place over the weekend.   More information about each zone’s open season is available WITH AN EASY CLICK HERE.

There’s another candidate in the race for Wisconsin’s Third Congressional District Seat.  Democrat Emily Berge filed paperwork to run in the race on Friday.  She’s the Eau Claire City Council President.  Another Democrat, Rebecca Cooke, announced last month that she’ll also be running for the seat.  It’ll be her third attempt.  Republican Derrick Van Orden currently represents Wisconsin’s Third District.

ABOVE PHOTO: A character illustration by Lila Daily, an independent contractor for marketing art with Respawn. For more than a decade, University of Wisconsin-Stout’s game design programs have consistently led state rankings and are among both national and international leaders. Princeton Review, an education services company, recently ranked UW-Stout’s undergraduate game design programs, which include the B.F.A. game design and development and B.S. computer science – game design concentration, No. 5 in the Midwest and No. 24 of the top 50 international schools, rising from No.

One man is arrested after a car chase started in Eau Claire and went through multiple counties.  Police officials attempted to pull over a car who’s license plate didn’t match the car they were driving.  The car did not pull over and a chase began through multiple counites.  The chase returned into Eau Claire and finally ended on Hastings Way where spike strips were used to deflate the suspects tire.  Police arrested the suspect and searched his car. In the