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One of Eau Claire’s largest hospitals is doing all it can to fight the flu. Managers at Sacred Heart Hospital yesterday said they are asking visitors and patients to wear masks to avoid spreading germs. The hospital is also asking employees not to come to work if they feel sick. The CDC says the flu activity level in Wisconsin is high.

Western Wisconsin’s Democratic congressman is not going to get a pass this year. Republican John Garske yesterday announced his bid for Congress. Garske is a veteran, he flew helicopters in the Army for 20 years, and is a business owner. He says he wants to reform the VA and balance the federal budget. Garske is looking to replace Congressman Ron Kind who’s had western Wisconsin’s seat in Congress since 1997.

Schools across Wisconsin could soon be looking at another required lesson from lawmakers. The legislature is considering a plan that would add mandatory lessons on the Holocaust to the curriculum in both middle school and high school. State Senator Alberta Darling, who is the plan’s lead author, says the idea is to make sure that young people learn about the Holocaust and have an understanding of the hate that drove it.

The state of Wisconsin says it’s found the first case of Chronic Wasting Disease in a wild deer. The Department of Natural Resources yesterday said they found CWD in a wild deer in Marathon County. Regulators say the deer was shot not far from a deer farm that has seen an outbreak of CWD over the years. DNR says there is no way to say for sure how the wild deer caught the disease.

A new report says Foxconn’s founder is looking to have the plant in Mount Pleasant up and running by the end of the year. Bloomberg News reported yesterday that Foxconn founder Terry Gou told employees at the company’s New Year’s party in Taipei that he expects the new plant to start production this year. Gou told the workers that he plans to spend more time in the U.S. this year, and wants to focus on boosting manufacturing and building a

Governor Tony Evers gives his State of the State address at the Capitol tonight at 7:00.  The governor says he’s proud of everything accomplished in just a year’s time including signing executive orders affirming equity, inclusion, respect and dignity for state workers.  In an excerpt of the speech the governor says one of the things he’s most proud of is that more than 95-percent of the bills he signed in his first year in office had bi-partisan support.

Senator Rick Scott is responsible for bringing to light an obscure senate rule.  Rick Hoshal spills the details. CLICK HERE TO DUNK INTO THE DETAILS

Police and EMS are responding to a significant crash on Highway 178 / Seymour Cray Sr. Blvd at the Olson Dr intersection. They are planning to be on site and detouring traffic for quite some time, so a heads up that you will want to avoid this area. Just a reminder that our roads are snow covered and slippery everywhere. Please slow down and drive carefully.

A winter weather advisory is in effect in Eau Claire until noon today.  According to the National Weather Service, freezing rain will move through the area and switch over to snow around ten o’clock this morning.  One to three inches of snow is expected to fall in Eau Claire during the day and another one to three inches is expected tonight.  There’s a chance for lighter snow Thursday and Friday.

A central Wisconsin man is accused of killing a disabled woman.  Police say they found 20-year-old Samantha Roberts dead of head trauma at a home in Nekoosa in Wood County on January 17th.  Police say Paul Carter had been living with the victim and is now charged with her death.  He’s being held on one-million dollars bond.