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Local health departments around Milwaukee fear it’s just a matter of time before someone in Wisconsin gets sick with the measles. As of right now, there are no confirmed cases of the measles in Wisconsin.  But Kathleen Platt with the North Shore Health Department told Fox 6 that with so many people traveling for the holidays or for spring break that may change.  Illinois, Iowa, and Michigan all have reported measles cases. 

A new report says only three states have spent less per-student on college campuses over the past five years. The State Higher Education Executive Officers Association says Wisconsin is spending a near-received record low on higher ed. The report says the state of Wisconsin spent about seven-thousand-dollars per student in 2013. Last year, the report said that numbers was closer to 64-hundred-dollars per student. Only Oklahoma, West Virginia and Mississippi spend less.  

Police in Eau Claire say they are looking for a 17-year-old who went missing while swimming in the Chippewa River Tuesday night.  Officers yesterday identified Williamefipanio Hessel as the young man who they’ve been searching for.  Hessel was last seen swimming near the cliffs at Mount Simon Park. 

Western Wisconsin’s Democratic congressman says he’s never seen the kind of election interference that he saw in 2016. Congressman Ron Kind yesterday said the meddling from Russia in the last presidential race is unprecedented.  Kind said the question he still wants answered is why the Russians tried to play such a big role.

Organizers of Sculpture Tour Eau Claire are hoping for another problem-free year.  Managers said there were no reports of any vandalism last year.  It’s been a problem in the past.  There are already some sculptures on display for this year’s tour.  The rest will be installed next month.

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers says he has no idea what Foxconn wants to change about their contract with the state.  Evers told reporters yesterday that he still has not spoken with Foxconn officials.  The governor said last week that he doesn’t believe the company will hire 13 thousand workers for its LCD plant near Racine.  He has said since that he wants to renegotiate Foxconn’s contract. 

Tourism leaders in Milwaukee say they should be able to get most of what Democrats spent on the DNC in Charlotte back in 2012.  Hotel and convention leaders yesterday talked about the potential payday from next summer’s Democratic National Convention.  They say the 2012 DNC brought in 163-million to Charlotte, they hope for at least that much for Milwaukee next summer. 

They are hiring at McDonald’s in Wisconsin this summer. The company yesterday said it is looking to fill 75-hundred positions.  McDonald’s says that it is looking to hire everyone from managers to fry cooks to teenagers looking for their first job.  

Don’t be afraid to take your little ones to work today — it’s Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day.  This year’s theme is “Workforce Development for All” so that children are empowered to develop their careers.  The annual day to teach your kids about your job was created back in 1992 as Take Our Daughters To Work Day and is celebrated each year on the fourth Thursday in April.  It was expanded to include boys in 2003.  

We now know who rescue crews are looking for. It was on Tuesday evening that the Eau Claire Police Department was notified of a person in the Chippewa River near Domer Park. The initial information was a teenage male was swimming in the river and struggling. Officers and personnel from the Eau Claire Fire Department (ECFD) responded to the area and learned the teen and three acquaintances were jumping off the cliffs at Mount Simon Park into the Chippewa River.