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The average cost for regular gas in Wisconsin edged down four-cents-a-gallon compared to a week ago.  Triple-A says the price statewide is two-dollars-and-41-cents today.  That’s 20 cents below the national average and the lowest among the surrounding states.  The price at the pump is two-43 in Michigan, two-44 in Iowa, two-50 in Minnesota and two-60-a-gallon in Illinois.

A group of community members interested in donating 720 solar panels tothe Eau Claire Area School District will present their proposal to the Board of Education on Monday, November 4. The group includes Memorial High School alumnus Cal Couillard from the Couillard Solar Foundation, an organization that would contribute half the panels. The other half would come from an anonymous donor. If approved, ECASD would not incur any costs for the project, as the Couillard Solar Foundation would work to

The success of Scottish director, Steven Lewis Simpson’s adaptation of thebest-selling novel, Neither Wolf Nor Dog, defies logic—Hollywood logic that is. It was audience-financed within 18 shoot days, a tiny crew, a 95-year-old star and a self-distributed release that started in small towns and is outperforming Hollywood blockbusters in numerous multiplexes. And now, it comes to our area. In partnership with the Heyde Center for the Arts, Neither Wolf Nor Dog will be screening to the community as a very

The Office of Multicultural Affairs, the Inter-Tribal Student Council and the American Indian studies program are partnering to sponsor and curate UW-Eau Claire’s celebration of Native American Heritage Month in November. Gary Garvin, a student intern in the Office of Multicultural Affairs who has played a key role in developing this year’s events, says the month will help people of the campus and greater Eau Claire communities learn about, better understand and appreciate Native American cultures and histories.  “It’s a

A woman is facing nearly 50 charges after Eau Claire police say she almost hit an officer while running from police.  Police say an officer approached Angela Fisher’s car Tuesday night but she drove away, nearly hitting an officer.  The chase was eventually called off but officers found Fisher in the HSHS Sacred Heart parking lot.  Fisher was quickly arrested and police say she had multiple drugs with her.  She’s being held on 25-thousand dollars bond.

A Stanley man accused of leading sheriff’s deputies on a high speed chase in Clark County is going to prison.  Authorities say Dale Kortesmaki drove over 100 miles per hour, crashed into a ditch, and fought with deputies when they tried to arrest him last December.  Kortesmaki pleaded guilty in the case in September.  He was sentenced this week to two years in prison followed by seven years of probation.

Recently the Sawyer County Sheriff Department has received numerous complaints from citizens reporting that they have received calls from individuals claiming to be from local utility companies. The scammers attempt to get the victims to give them payment or financial information and threaten to turn off their utilities if they do not comply. If you receive such a call, do not give personal information. Hang up and contact your utility company directly using the contact information listed on your utility

Royal Credit Union in Eau Claire is supporting the Nature Center at Willow State Park.  On Thursday the credit union donated 250-thousand dollars from its foundation to the park.  A new nature center is being built that will hold classrooms for adults and kids.  The overall project is expected to cost around four-million dollars.

Wisconsin’s election managers are not naming the local election clerks who are using old and outdated computers. The state’s Election Commission yesterday said five of the state’s 27-hundred clerks are using Windows XP on their election computers. Microsoft stopped offering security updates for Windows XP five years ago. Election commissioners say outdated computers put election files and voter information at risk.

Wisconsin now has a 9/11 Memorial Highway. The state’s 9/11 Memorial Education Center is coming. Governor Tony Evers yesterday signed a law that recognizes a stretch of State Highway 28 between I-41 in Dodge County and Highway 144 in Washington County as the 9/11 Memorial Highway. Crews are working on an education center in Kewaskum. Kewaskum is home to Andrea Haberman who died in the attacks on the World Trade Center on 9/11.