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A public meeting will be held to discuss the confirmed detection of two wild deer with chronic wasting disease in western Eau Claire County.  DNR staff and WisconsinConservation Congress members will be hosting the meeting February 27th to discuss CWD testing and surveillance.  The meeting will take place at the Rock Creek Town Hall in Rock Falls.

Republican lawmakers in Madison say a new report on the cost of expanding Medicaid in the state shows they were right all along.  State Senator David Craig says the report from the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty shows that expanding BadgerCare would cost taxpayers in Wisconsin 600-million dollars.  Craig says Democratic claims that an expansion would be a good deal for the state are ‘laughable.’  Wisconsin’s new governor is promising not to end the popular voucher program that allows a lot of kids

A 29 year old Eau Claire man was busted with over 2 POUNDS of meth. It was earlier this month, on Feb. 4th when officers made contact with a Pheng Yang on Rudolph Road. He was found to be in possession of 944.01 grams of meth and was arrested, brought to the EC County Jail, and received a 75,000 cash bond.

Governor Tony Evers says Wisconsinites who depend on caregivers deserve care that allows them to live with dignity and respect.  The governor announced a task force on caregiving that will ensure caregivers have the support they need while building the Direct Care Workforce in Wisconsin.  The governor says the Direct Care Workforce is facing a shortage that negatively impacts the ability for Wisconsin families to get the care they need. 

People in La Crosse are protesting a hate crime targeting a Muslim business owner.  Three local organizations hosted a One Community One Family — Hate Has No Business Here rally on Friday.  About 100 people participated, denouncing the racist graffiti spray painted on the Bullet Cab company’s garage. 

The U.S. Department of Education awarded A $2.5 million grant to Chippewa Valley Technical College as the lead institution on an open textbook pilot project in which all 16 Wisconsin technical colleges will take part. Over the four-year grant period, faculty from the four partnering technical colleges will create and review open educational resources, including open textbooks, for WTCS nursing programs across the state. The grant will help alleviate rising textbook costs.

Multiple counties in west central Wisconsin are bracing for yet another winter storm.  Snow is expected to move through the area starting around six o’clock tomorrow morning and continue throughout the day on Wednesday.  A winter storm warning will go into effect at that time for Eau Claire, Barron, Chippewa, Polk, and Rusk Counties.  About three to seven inches of snow is expected in those areas. 

Two men are in custody after a drug investigation in Eau Claire County.  You may have seen this while you were watching morning news, as WEAU reports Charles Page and Mark Scoville both 55, were charged yesterday with possessing narcotic drugs and maintaining a drug trafficking place.  They were both arrested last Friday.  A criminal complaint says a search of their houses in Fairchild and Eau Claire turned up meth, marijuana, prescription drugs, and traces of heroin.  Police also say

Barron native and runner up on NBC’s The Voice Chris Kroeze has another concert performance scheduled.  It was announced yesterday that Kroeze is scheduled to perform on the Green Bay Packers Tailgate Tour on April 11th at the New Richmond Airport Main Hanger.  Tickets to the show go on sale this Friday. 

Senator Bernie Sanders is throwing his hat back in the ring, announcing his 2020 presidential bid.  The Vermont independent broke the news in an interview airing this morning on Vermont Public Radio.  It’s the second attempt at winning the White House for the 77 year old who said today “We began the political revolution in the 2016 campaign, and now it’s time to move that revolution forward.”