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Eau Claire currently has the fourth-lowest unemployment rate in the state.  Out of Wisconsin’s 32 largest cities, Eau Claire was beat out by only Madison, Fitchburg, and Sun Prairie in December unemployment.  Those three cities had an unemployment rate of one-point-nine percent while Eau Claire was at two-point-two percent. 

A La Crosse woman is in custody after being charged with her fourth OWI.  The Wisconsin State Patrol says 31-year-old Ashley Gingrasso was in a disabled vehicle on Interstate-190 near mile marker ten yesterday when a trooper stopped to check on her.  The trooper says Gingrasso was slurring her speech and smelled of intoxicants and had a child in the car.  In addition to her OWI charge, Gingrasso is also facing drug charges. 

The Eau Claire School District is expected to announce redistricting listening session dates next Monday.  According to the Leader-Telegram, the district is considering re-purposing Roosevelt Elementary into a center for four-year-old kindergarten and redistributing those students to other schools.  Other redistricting proposals are also on the table such as completely redrawing all district boundaries.  No maps have been released of what any redistricting would look like. 

The room tax at La Crosse hotels could be going up to fund the new La Crosse Center project.  The entire convention center project is expected to cost about 42-million dollars which is causing Mayor Tim Kabat to consider raising the room tax from eight to 12 percent.  Explore La Crosse says a 50 percent increase is too high because it could drive away tourism and conventions.  If the increase is considered it will have to come by ordinance which

Authorities say snowy conditions led to over a dozen crashes on Chippewa Valley roads yesterday (THURSDSAY) morning.  Eau Claire police say they responded to nine non-injury crashes.  State troopers went to six weather-related crashes and four runoffs.  

Eau Claire leaders are leading an effort to improve public life and reduce social isolation in winter.  The city was selected as one of three cities in the country to participate in a two-year study called the Wintermission program.  The program is designed to increase levels of physical activity in winter across age, ability, socio-economic and cultural backgrounds.  The other two cities selected are Buffalo, New York and Leadville, Colorado. 

An area group is donating chemo care kits for women receiving care at the Prevea Cancer Center at HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire.  The Ladies of the Valley made the donation of 20 kits yesterday.  The kits include items such as lotion, body oil, and fuzzy socks.    

Attorney General Josh Kaul says a different approach is needed for the state to withdraw from a lawsuit to overturn the Affordable Care Act. Kaul told Governor Tony Evers today that the Wisconsin DOJ didn’t have the power alone to withdraw from the lawsuit.  He says approval is needed from the Legislature’s Joint Committee On Finance.  The governor has not indicated his next move on the issue, but has been committed to ending the state’s participation in the lawsuit to overturn the

An analysis by a watchdog group of spending by candidates and election groups reveals record spending in the governor’s race.  The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign says more than 93-million-dollars was spent on the race between Scott Walker and Tony Evers.  Nearly 58-million was spent by Republican candidates and their special interest groups and over 35-million was spent by democrats.  Former Governor Walker dropped over 36-million-dollars on his campaign, which was more than three times what was spent by Governor Tony Evers and his

A lot of people don’t want to see Miller Park become something else.  Nearly 50 thousand people have signed a petition at Change.org to keep the name at the  Brewers’ baseball park.  American Family Insurance announced this week that it will take over the naming rights in 2021.  The petition says Miller Park is the best name for the home of a baseball team called the Brewers.  Some of the people who signed the petition say Wisconsin is the home of beer,