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A man who provided the weather to Eau Claire and surrounding cities for more than a decade has died.  Howard Trickey died last Monday in Florida at the age of 93.  He was a weatherman at WEAU and the station says he was there beginning in the mid-1950s until 1968.  A service to celebrate Trickey’s life will be held in Seminole, Florida on November 9th.Click here for more information on his life.

It was on Saturday Oct 27 when authorities arrested 32 year old Kyle Jaenke, of Cameron for Burglary at the Closs home. Jaenke has been cleared of any involvement in the disappearance but was charged in Barron County Court today with Burglary and Bail Jumping.

Governor Scott Walker and Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary announced $400,000 in grants to non-profit organizations that provide entrepreneurship training, or technical, business or other assistance to veteran entrepreneurs to improve employment outcomes. Thereare about 360,000 veterans living in Wisconsin, about half of those are workingage. For a full list of where the money will go, CLICK HERE.

Monday was World Stroke Day and officials across Wisconsin are urging people to be aware of signs of this potentially deadly event.  Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death in Wisconsin and the state ranks 36th highest in stroke-death-rates in the country.  Someone in the United States has a stroke every 40 seconds and every four minutes someone dies of stroke.  The CDC urges people to look for signs of stroke using the word FAST, which stands for facial weakness, arm weakness, speech

Governor Scott Walker says flags of the state should fly at half-staff to commemorate the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting.  President Trump has ordered all flags of the United States to be lowered through sunset on Wednesday and the governor says the same timeline applies to Wisconsin flags.  Eleven people were killed and six others injured when an anti-Semitic gunman attacked people inside the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. 

The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation is making no interest loans available to small businesses in southwestern Wisconsin affected by recent flooding.  The governor announced today over 600-thousand-dollars in grant money for the Mississippi River Regional Planning Commission to provide those loans.  Businesses in nine counties will be eligible for loans up to 15-thousand-dollars to help with short-term funds for repair work and operating expenses until more long-term recovery funding can be secured. 

The parents of missing 13-year-old Jayme Closs are laid to rest in the Barron County town of Cameron.  Hundreds of people came together Saturday morning to mourn the passing of James and Denise Closs who were shot and killed in their home on October 15th, exactly two weeks ago today.  Their daughter has been missing ever since, sparking a nationwide search for her.  Authorities say they’ve checked on more than 17-hundred tips and more than two-thousand volunteers have participated in

Three people are injured following a two-vehicle crash in Stanley.  The Wisconsin State Patrol says the vehicles were involved in a t-bone crash near Highway 29 and Highway G on Saturday afternoon.  All three of the victims were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.  Police do not believe alcohol was a factor in the crash.

The Eau Claire community is continuing to bridge the gap between themselves and the students at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.  Over the weekend volunteers from the Randall Park neighborhood and the school participated in the first bulb bombing event where they raked leaves and laid landscaping at houses in the area.  The volunteers will also plant daffodil bulbs this week in addition to the beautification effort.  They’re expecting to see about 18-hundred bulbs bloom around town in the spring. 

Performances at the Pablo Center at the Confluence are raising money to help the homeless in Eau Claire.  The Clearwater Revenue: A Benefit to End Homelessness featured about 16 performances on Sunday and donated all sponsorship proceeds and ticket sales to homeless families and children in the area.  Organizers say they raised about ten-thousand dollars and plan to make the fundraiser an annual event