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At least seven students at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater claim they were sexually harassed by a former chancellor’s husband.  According to the University of WisconsinSystem, the husband of Beverly Kopper, Allen Hill, has been accused of the harassment and has been banned from campus, though he claims he’s innocent.  Kopper has stood with her husband in the claims he’s innocent

The wet spring is doing nothing to end the fire worries in western Wisconsin.  The state’s Department of Natural Resources is keeping all of western Wisconsin under a high fire danger warning.  DNR reported four wildfires over the weekend.  One of them in Portage County.  The state is reminding people they need a burn permit for anything other than a backyard fire. And on that note…Investigators in Chippewa Falls want to know how the propane tank at Chippewa Falls High

It’s the Lorax’s favorite holiday! Today is Earth Day.  It’s the anniversary of the birth of the environmental movement.  Earth Day looks to inspire new ideas and bring people to action.  There will be events held all over the world today.  They’re meant to educate the public with new ways to live sustainably  — for instance, recycling, reducing household energy use and saving water.  Some of today’s events will also recognize organizations that work year-round to improve the quality of

No “yolk” about it…this was a beautiful weather weekend in our area, and the crowds were out to crack open a record egg hunt in Carson Park on Saturday morning! The popular event had a great day for it’s 10th year-and was an EGGstra good time for the kids who filled their baskets and tummy’s with some sweet treats for the community celebration. The City of Eau Claire is raising thousands of dollars. Nearly 12-hundred people came out to Carson

An 18-year-old received his first OWI over the weekend. It was on Saturday just before noon when a Wisconsin State Patrol Trooper stopped 18-year-old Michael Thomas Green, from Milwaukee, for a speed violation of 86mph in a 70mph zone. After a standardized field sobriety test was conducted. Green was arrested for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of a controlled substance. Green had an adult passenger and a 16-month-old child in the vehicle with him.

A medical marijuana program, combined with fewer penalties for having small amounts of pot, could be worth a billion-dollars for the state of Wisconsin.  Researchers at UW Madison crunched the numbers and say the state could benefit from changing the rules about marijuana.  The largest benefit, the researchers say, would come from allowing people to buy marijuana as medicine.  That’d be worth a quarter billion-dollars a year on its own.  The team says you get the billion dollar benefit by calculating

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is taking up an appeal in a second lawsuit challenging the state’s lame-duck laws.  The move by the high court yesterday is considered pretty rare because they decided to take up the appeal voluntarily without any motions from the parties involved.  The case argues that parts of the GOP laws violate the constitutional separation of powers between the executive and legislative branches.  The laws passed by the GOP in December undermine some of the powers of

Police in Seymour (Outagamie County, WI) are investigating the death of a man and two children.  Authorities found the bodies in a home in the 600 block of North Main Street around 8:00 this morning after trying to contact the people in the home late last night.  The victims are a 35 year-old man, a three-year-old girl and a three-month-old girl.  The causes of death have not been released. 

The Department of Natural Resources is asking for help as they investigate what appears to be the poisoning of several dogs and wildlife.  The DNR today says since December dogs, coyotes, raccoons, a wolf and weasels have all been found dead of possible poisoning in the northern Wisconsin counties of Bayfield, Marinette and Florence.  Officials say there’s a possibility poisoning could be happening in other counties and anyone with information is asked to contact the DNR.  The animals die in less than

The average price for a gallon of regular gas in Wisconsin is up three-cents-a-gallon from a week ago.  Triple-A says the average price statewide is two-dollars-and-82-cents today, while the national average is two-83.  The lowest prices are posted in Appleton at two-71-a-gallon.  Drivers in Kenosha County are paying the most at the pump at two-94 for regular gas.