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An EAGLE School fifth grader is advancing to the Badger State Spelling Bee after winning the All-City Spelling Bee.  Maya Jadhav came out as the winner in yesterday’s All-City Spelling Bee, taking home the first-place medal.  The spelling bee held at Madison Area Technical College’s Mitby Theater drew in spellers from 44 different public, private and home schooling programs.  The top three spellers from the Badger State Spelling Bee on March 16th will head take the national stage at the

The Wisconsin Badgers men’s basketball team is falling short to the University of Michigan Wolverines.  In a game played yesterday afternoon at Michigan’s Crisler Arena, the Badgers lost 61 to 52 to the Wolverines.  The loss means UW is now tied for fourth-place in the standings for the Big Ten title.  But, sports experts say with seven games still remaining in the regular season, UW could still make a comeback.  The Badgers will face off against Michigan State at the Kohl center

A study says the transition to renewable energy could result in over 160-thousand Wisconsin jobs.  A new University of Wisconsin study says overall production in the state could increase by almost 14-billion-dollars with the transition.  Wisconsin is known to have one of the largest “energy deficits” in the country as it has no significant fossil fuel deposits at its disposal.  The study suggests that more money would be able to remain in the state with the conversion of the electric power sector to in-state renewables like

A Madison boy is apologizing for calling 911 to vent about his 7 p.m. bed time.  Nine-year-old Max sent a letter to Madison police on Monday, apologizing for calling 911 and hanging up.  Officers were dispatched to Max’s home, as protocol calls for in any 911 call that is dropped.  In the handwritten note, Max says he called the police because he didn’t want to go to bed at 7 p.m.  He then apologizes for wasting the officers’ time and

Eau Claire Area School District Superintendent Mary Ann Hardebeck has officially informed the Board of Education of her intent to retire at the end of the 2019-2020 school year on June 30, 2020. The ECASD School Board will begin searching for the District’s next superintendent in the 2019-2020 school year, with the next superintendent taking over the role starting July 1, 2020.

Tuition is on the rise for many students in the University of Wisconsin system.  The Board of Regents approved graduate tuition increases today as well as out-of-state undergraduate tuition at several campuses.  Resident and non-resident graduate tuition will rise between 200 and 400-dollars.  Non-resident undergraduate tuition will increase up to nearly three-percent at Green Bay, Whitewater, Milwaukee, Stevens Point, La Crosse and Parkside campuses. 

The average price for a gallon of regular gas in Wisconsin is up eight-cents from a week ago.  Triple-A says the price statewide today is two-dollars-and-17-cents, while the national average is two-28.  The lowest prices are posted in Appleton at two-12 a gallon.  Drivers in Superior are paying the most at the pump at two-24-for regular gas. 

This week’s winter storm is over in northwest Wisconsin but it caused a number of crashes. The Eau Claire Police Department says it responded to 16 crashes as of yesterday afternoon.  About five inches of snow fell in Eau Claire and parts to the west got up to eight inches.  A wind chill advisory is in effect until noon today but temperatures are expected to plummet into the negative double-digits overnight. 

A Wheeler man is going to jail for over two months after violating his probation in a sexual assault case.  Paging through The Leader-Telegram, you saw reports that 24-year-old Joshua Hagen was sentenced in November of 2017 to three years of probation for sexually assaulting a minor he had sex with years before and for having sex with a child 16 or older.  After breaking his probation, he was sentenced to 69 days in jail after getting credit for 171

A previously convicted felon is going to prison for three years after pleading no contest to possessing cocaine and heroin.  Twenty-one-year-old Kentrell Pouewells was arrest back in December after Eau Claire gas station workers called police on him.  Police say they found cocaine, heroin, and marijuana in his possession.  Pouewells must also serve two years of extended supervision after his prison sentence.