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The Eau Claire Area School District has received the results of its Schooland District Report Cards for the 2019-20 school year from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. Overall, more than 75 percent of the district’s elementary schools received a score of Exceeds Expectations or Significantly Exceeds Expectations. This year’s report cards indicate the district is making solid progress in several areas. For example, Meadowview Elementary has seen significant improvement year-over-year student and school growth. In 2016-17, the school was

Two Republicans vying for former U.S. Congressman Sean Duffy’s House seat are having a debate.  Reports say State Senator Tom Tiffany and retired Army Captain Jason Church will debate at Westwood Conference Center in Wausau on December 12th.  Republican Michael Opela and Democrat Tricia Zunker were not invited to the debate.  The primary will be held on February 18th and the special election is May 12th.

UPDATE: AN ARREST WAS MADE: The Boyceville Police Department has arrested Anne Lehl for failure to provide food and drink to an animal and intentional mistreatment of an animal resulting in disfigurement. Gabriel health is improving greatly and he continues to be cared for by the Dunn County Humane Society. You have likely seen this story about a dog that was found severely malnourished in Dunn County over a week ago. Well, the good news is that he is getting healthier. 

This week is shaping-up to be one of the coldest ever for us here in the Chippewa Valley. Forecasters say the overnight low of zero could set a record for the coldest November 12th ever. It comes after a near-record cold day yesterday. Don’t worry though, it will warm-up, into the 30s later in the week. There’s also a chance for snow tomorrow.

Prosecutors in Eau Claire say a man wrote nearly 90-thousand-dollars in checks he knew he couldn’t cover. The D.A. yesterday filed felony charges against 37-year-old Ryan Sturz. He told police someone who worked for his lawn care company stole the checks. Prosecutors say he wrote 87-thousand-dollars’ worth of bad checks to pay for a new lawn mower and a Ford Mustang, among many other things. PHOTO CREDIT: WEAU 13 NEWS

After a devastating fire at the building on Damon Street, the managers of the Chippewa Valley Eye Clinic have their sights set on a new location, are telling patients that they will reopen soon. The eye clinic burned last week, and their old building is now unusable-with millions of dollars in damages. Investigators are still looking for the cause of the fire.

Governor Tony Evers’ office says even one day’s worth of emails is too many to turn over to reporters. The governor’s office is dealing with the blowback after denying a request from a Milwaukee TV station to see his emails. The station first asked for a month’s worth of emails, then a week and finally a day. The governor’s office says without narrowing down the request, they can’t turn over the emails because there are simply too many.

Brad Pfaff, MPA, has joined the Department of Administration (DOA) as Director of Business and Rural Development, Secretary Joel Brennan announced today. Pfaff will leverage his extensive experience at the federal, state and local levels to support and advocate for Wisconsin small businesses and rural communities.

Wisconsin Department of Justice continues to investigate an officer involved shooting that happened earlier this month on November 5th. Law enforcement with the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, Sparta Police Department, and Wisconsin State Patrol responded to a local business for a domestic violence-related 911 call. Patrons were barricaded inside the business, and law enforcement negotiated with a male subject carrying a firearm outside the business. During the incident Monroe County Sheriff’s Deputies and a Sparta Police Officer deployed deadly force

A pair of Wisconsin law schools are among the tops in the country.  The new 2020 report from the Princeton Review released this month includes the University of Wisconsin and Marquette University Law School among the nation’s 167 best.  The schools were cited by the Princeton Review after surveying 19-thousand students and administrators nationwide.  Fourteen metrics were considered including academics, quality of campus life and best career prospects.