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Future retirees in Eau Claire are going to have to pay more for their health insurance and retiree benefits.  The city’s school board last night voted to stop paying the health reimbursement deposit the first year after retirement to  retirees. The district hopes to save about 150-thousand-dollars a year with the move.  It’s just one of several tweaks Eau Claire School leaders are making to trim the school district’s deficit. 

Add Wisconsin’s governor to the list of people calling for a red flag law and stricter background checks after the weekend shootings in El Paso and Dayton.  Governor Tony Evers yesterday said the Republican controlled legislature need to do something after the latest mass shootings.  The governor wants a way for judges to take guns away from people who are mentally unstable or who are shown to be a threat. 

Democrats at the Capitol in Madison are ready to try again to add more people to the state’s healthcare system.  State Senator Joe Erpenbach and state Rep. Daniel Riemer yesterday introduced a stand-alone package to expand Medicaid in the state.  The two want to offer essentially free healthcare to people who make 133 percent of the federal poverty level, or about 27 thousand-dollars for a family of four.  The Republicans who control the legislature say the state cannot afford the

Western Wisconsin is not done with thunderstorms.  Forecasters say there is another chance for strong and maybe even severe storms tomorrow.  A line of thunderstorms yesterday brought heavy rain, hail, high winds, and reports of a few funnel clouds to the western part of the state.  There are no reports of any storm related injuries. 

Senator Tammy Baldwin says it’s time for Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to bring gun safety reform to the Senate floor.  The Wisconsin Democrat says today the House passed bipartisan legislation to expand federal background checks for all gun sales, which the American people overwhelmingly support.   She says failure of Washington to act is a moral failure when a majority of Americans are demanding action.  Baldwin says a vote is needed in order to start saving lives.  In other political news: Sen. Johnson

There is a warning about an Appleton hoverboard company.  The Better Business Bureau of Wisconsin says Hoverboards-dot-com has over a dozen complaints against it so far this year and nearly 30 in the last 18 months.  Complaints have come from about 20 different states regarding products not working and the company not being responsive to the customer.  The Better Business Bureau hasn’t had any better luck contacting the company, but they still recommend you lodge a complaint with the BBB.  

A Knapp man is dead in a crash in Saint Croix County.  The county sheriff’s office says Daniel Gibson crashed into a closed construction zone on 50th Avenue near Interstate-94 early Saturday morning, killing him.  Reports say this is the ninth deadly crash in Saint Croix County this year. 

A man is in custody after driving his car into Chapman Lake in Stanley.  Police say Eric Najbrt  went into the lake near West Fourth Avenue and County Highway O early Sunday morning but was able to escape without getting hurt.  It’s believed Najbrt fell asleep while driving.  He was arrested after reportedly failing a field sobriety test. 

A motorcyclist is hurt after a two-car crash in Monroe County.  Reports say Tracey McPhee was hit by a car driven by Dennis Muller when Muller was trying to turn into a driveway near State Highway 33 and Nevada Road Saturday morning.  McPhee was taken to a La Crosse hospital with non-life threatening injuries. 

No injuries are being reported in a house fire in La Crosse.  The La Crosse Fire Department says a porch caught on fire at a home on 7th Street South early yesterday morning.  It was put out but not before causing a small fire at a nearby house and in an alley.  It’s unclear how the fire started.