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The UW Hospital is launching the first study in the country involving cell therapy for kidney transplant issues.  People who have kidney transplants can experience a potentially serious infection called cytomegalovirus or CMV.  As part of the study, doctors will infuse donor immune cells into people who develop the infection.  The CDC says more than ten-percent of American adults have chronic kidney disease.  Roughly 100-thousand people remain on the kidney transplant waiting list, but only about 16-thousand transplants happen every

The ol’ sheep herd might get a rest when it comes to you getting rest. Instead of warm milk and counting sheep, there is now a tech tool to help you sleep. The sleep headband developed by the Wisconsin Institute for Sleep and Consciousness could make sleep more efficient and restorative.  The “deep sleep headband” tracks when your brain enters the deepest stage of sleep and then plays a series of beeps to keep your mind in that stage for longer.  The

The average price for a gallon of regular gas in Wisconsin is up a penny-a-gallon from a week ago.  Triple-A says the average price statewide is two-dollars-and-70-cents today, a nickel below the national average.  Drivers in Superior are paying the highest average price at the pump at two-77-a-gallon.  The lowest average price is posted in La Crosse and Janesville at two-61 for regular gas. 

The Fond du Lac County Health Department is urging parents to get their kids vaccinated for measles, mumps and rubella.  Officials say a child attending Jesus Little Lambs Child Care in Fond du Lac has tested positive for mumps.  The health department says children who haven’t been immunized won’t be able to return to the center until the incubation period has passed, which is later this month.  The health department says the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is free of

If your Independence Day suddenly went dark, it might trace back to a furry friend. Just about everyone in and around Eau Claire has their power back.  Xcel Energy says at one point yesterday afternoon, nearly four-thousand people were in the dark.  Xcel is blaming a squirrel at a substation for the sudden loss of power. 

The suspect whose release angered La Crosse police will not have to wear a GPS tracker.  A judge earlier this week denied a request to track Ronald Crosby Jr.  He’s accused of raping, then threatening a 16-year-old girl.  His release on bond sent La Crosse’s assistant police chief to Twitter last week to complain that judges in La Crosse are too lenient.  Crosby is still free on a signature bond. 

Wisconsin’s top Republican in the state Assembly must convince the top Republican in the state Senate to endorse medical marijuana.  Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says he’s still opposed to allowing people to use marijuana as medicine.  Assembly Speaker Robin Vos last week said he wants lawmakers to take a serious look this fall at what it will take to create a medical pot program in Wisconsin.  

There may not be a press conference the next time someone in Wisconsin wins a record-breaking lotto jackpot.  Lawmakers in Madison will hold a hearing next week on whether to allow lotto winners to remain anonymous.  Speaker Robin Vos started talking about the idea after a West Allis man won 768 million-dollars back in April.  Wisconsin Lottery managers say they name winners to make sure that players know real people win the games, and to make sure the lotto is transparent. 

If you are planning to “Oooooohhhhh” and “Ahhhhhh” tonight, you know the drill. Massage that neck and don’t wait too long to grab a seat for Eau Claire’s fireworks show.  City leaders say they expect Carson Park to fill-up early.  Police say they will allow cars into the park till about 5 p.m., but they expect the park to start to fill-up by about noon.  The fireworks will start at about 9:30.  Wherever you plan to take in the show

A homeless man in Eau Claire is looking at jail time after agreeing to a plea in a case involving city wifi and child porn.  Police say Bradley Stevens used Eau Claire’s wifi network to download over 50 images of child pornography last August.  Google tipped the city to Stevens’ crime.  He pleaded no contest yesterday to possessing child porn.  A judge sentenced him to three years in jail and a lifetime of sex offender registration.