Home

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. 

State legislators are discussing putting in tolls on Wisconsin roadways.  Some republicans are suggesting the addition of tolls to help fund transportation needs across the state.  Some county officials in La Crosse don’t agree with the idea, however.  The county board chair says she’s concerned that people will start using county roads to avoid the tolls which would only add to over 100-million dollars in state infrastructure needs. 

The La Crosse police Department is investigating a dead body that was found in the city.  You may have seen this unfolding on T.V. as WEAU reports the body was found just before two o’clock yesterday afternoon in the backyard of a home in the 16-hundred block of Johnson Street.  Police are continuing to investigate and they plan to release more information sometime today. 

Well, Mother Nature and Jack Frost had a spat, and we were caught in the middle….A large winter storm is responsible for heavy snowfall in our area, and if you were out at al yesterday you know that road conditions were treacherous and are expected to be a little slick this morning so just leave some extra time on your commute…and what about the kiddos who have been racking up those snow days? Well…. The Eau Claire School District is

Eau Claire County snowmobile trails are opening today at noon.  The Associated Snowmobile Clubs of Eau Claire County announced the opening yesterday, crediting snowfall this week.  Trails in the town of Union opened earlier this week.