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The City of Altoona is warning residents about the potential of water pipes freezing.  The city says pipes between the main line and houses run the risk of freezing because of the depth of frost on the ground.  Anyone with symptoms of frozen pipes is asked to call the Public Works Department.

A Menomonie woman is going home with thousands of dollars in prizes after winning big on the Price is Right.  Maybe you were paging through the paper and saw this in The Leader-Telegram. Bonnie Konsela attended a taping of the show on January 8th with her husband, the second time she’s seen the show in person.  This time Konsela was selected as a contestant and she won one-thousand dollars in cash, a 65-inch TV, a grill, and a set of

The woman tapped by Governor Tony Evers to lead Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services is ignoring the half-billion dollar cost of expanding Medicaid in the state.  DHS Secretary designee Andrea Palm released a statement yesterday that highlights what she says will be the advantages of adding 82- thousand people to the state’s healthcare rolls.  But she did not mention that adding all of those people would cost taxpayers in the state 600-million-dollars.  Add the home of the World Dairy Expo to

Childhood abduction victim Elizabeth Smart is coming to Barron.  The 31-year-old will be the guest speaker at an event at the Barron High School Gym on March 15th.  The date marks five months since Jayme Closs went missing.  Closs escaped her alleged captor Jake Patterson on January 10th and is now safe with family in Barron.

We now know who was involved in an officer-involved shooting in Eau Claire County.  Officials say it was Tyler Meier was shot and killed last weekend during a confrontation with officers responding to a report of a suspicious person.  The WI DOJ continues to investigate the details of the case and Augusta Officer Levi Stumo and Eau Claire County Sheriff’s Deputy Daniel Eaton are on paid administrative leave in connection with the incident. 

SNOW M.G! Crews are tackling large snowbanks along major roadways in Eau Claire County.  The county Highway Department says crews finally have a chance between storms to move the giant snow piles, especially at intersections on state roads.  Workers are also getting some breaks from working around the clock and are mostly back to a normal schedule. 

Eau Claire County health officials believe the number of flu cases could still peak.  Numbers usually spike between December and February, but officials say the height of the season could still be ahead.  The county has had 19 hospitalizations and one death due to influenza so far this season.

Regis Middle and High School students are working to provide comfort to victims of abuse and neglect.  Students from the sixth through tenth grade made tie blankets yesterday in coordination with the Chippewa Valley Child Advocacy Center.  The effort was funded by community donations and resulted in 100 blankets, 50 stuffed animals, and a thousand dollars worth of new books to be given to the center.     

Analysts in the flat-panel industry say Wisconsin may not get a Foxconn plant of any size.  The Taiwan-based electronics manufacturer originally agreed to a massive manufacturing campus capable of producing outsized flat-screen monitors used in large TVs and liquid-crystal displays.  Veterans in the industry are skeptical that Foxconn will build even a smaller scale plant in the state.  The chief executive of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation that negotiated the 2017 contract is confident of assurances by Foxconn that a plant will be built. 

Former Green Bay fullback and fan favorite John Kuhn will retire as a Packer.  The team announced Kuhn’s decision yesterday, saying in a statement that he had contributed to the team’s success for many years.  Kuhn played nine seasons for the Packers beginning in 2007, before moving on to the New Orleans Saints in 2016 and 2017.  He began his career with a one-year stint with the Pittsburgh Steelers.