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A man who Eau Claire Police say drunkenly brought a gun to North High School back in September will spend 10 days in jail for his crime. A judge yesterday sentenced 30-year-old Benjamin Weinberger to a week-and-a-half in jail and 80 hours of community service. Police say he approached a group of teens in the high school’s parking lot with a gun. Officers say Weinberger admitted that he’d had about 10 drinks that day. There’s no word on why Weinberger

Students in every other Oshkosh school are heading back to class, but the kids at Oshkosh West High School will miss another day today. School leaders say West High School students won’t return to class till tomorrow. The school is still dealing with the aftermath of Tuesday’s officer-involved shooting that came after a student attacked the school’s resource officer. West High School teachers will be in the school today, they’re getting the building ready for students. On the heels of

The first part of Eau Claire’s plan to go carbon-neutral comes with a nearly one-million-dollar price tag. City leaders yesterday said they’d like to see 160 electric car charging stations installed across Eau Claire in the next ten years. Right now, less than one-percent of the people who live in Eau Claire drive an electric car. Each charging station costs as much as five-thousand-dollars. One hundred sixty of them would cost 800-thousand-dollars. There’s no word on where that money would

The University of Wisconsin System is looking for more online learners. The school this week announced plans to double its online enrollment within five years. Right now, there are about 48-hundred students taking online classes through the school’s UWEX campus. Even doubled, that would be a fraction of the 182-thousand students who attend the system’s 13 brick-and-mortar campuses.

Phoning-in a threat to a high school could soon be a felony in Wisconsin. Attorney General Josh Kaul yesterday said he wants tougher penalties for people who threaten violence against schools. There’s been a rash of threats this week after two officer-involved shootings at schools in Waukesha and Oshkosh. Prosecutors can file felony terror-related charges, but often times opt for misdemeanor charges. Kaul says there needs to be more options to bring tougher charges against high school students who make threats.

Open government activists don’t know what to make of Governor Tony Evers’ emails. The governor this week released three emails to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Two are press releases and one is his daily schedule. The release comes as the governor continues to fight other requests to see more of his emails. His staff says the other requests are too burdensome. Bill Lueders with the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council says the governor needs to release all of his emails.

 Wisconsin ranks among the highest states with the lowest consumer credit card debt. In a report released today Credit Cards-dot-com compared debt to household income in each state and determined how long it would take to pay off that debt.  The amount of interest paid was also a criteria in determining the consumer debt burden.  When it comes to credit card debt in Wisconsin about five-thousand-dollars is owed by each cardholder.  

Today is National Cookie Day and Wisconsinites are happy to celebrate by snacking on the state’s official treat.  The Cheddar Cheese Cookie is a simple concoction with only three ingredients.  Sharp cheddar cheese, flour and butter are blended and baked to create this original Wisconsin delight.  Nationally, the chocolate chip cookie is the favorite in 29 states.

Two women are in custody after a high-speed chase in Tomah.  The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office says Janssen McGee and Paris Akon drove away from a traffic stop after marijuana was found in their car Tuesday morning.  The sheriff’s office says the driver eventually stopped and the suspects took off on foot, but they were later arrested.

Four candidates are qualified for the upcoming special election in Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District.  Reports say Republicans Tom Tiffany and Jason Church and Democrats Tricia Zunker and Lawrence Dale have each gotten one-thousand signatures on their nomination forms.  The primaries are on February 18th and the election is May 12th.