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Small business is a BIG deal! The holiday shopping season is underway and Eau Claire is getting in on the trend.  Local shoppers stepped out in town this weekend on Small Business Saturday. Many local businesses participated in the shopping event.  It has been going on since 2010.  Owners and staff say the event is a great way to show support to local businesses, many of which had renovations. 

The annual Run for the Lights is keeping the lights shining at the Christmas Village in Irvine Park.  The fundraiser happened yesterday with a family friendly 5K and one mile run-walk.  The Christmas Village is open through January 1st and is open to traffic in the evenings. 

The Santa Paws fundraiser for the Eau Claire County Humane Association is underway.  The annual fundraiser features handmade ornaments put together by a committee.  Ornaments have a wide range of prices.  All of the money goes back to the Humane Association.  

Chippewa Valley authors are sharing their work with others.  The Chippewa Valley Local Authors organization combined emerging and established writers to read live yesterday at the Pablo Center.  Eleven authors showed 30 second trailers of their books and gave a short speech about their work.  

A local singing group is sharing its music with the Eau Claire community.  Männerchor is an all-male vocal group made up of eighth through twelfth graders in the Chippewa Valley.  They gave their premiere concert yesterday evening at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation. The current group is a quartet from Fall Creek.  

Governor Walker is hosting a public Christmas tree lighting at the governor’s mansion today.  The lighting will take place at 4:30 pm at 99 Cambridge Road in Maple Bluff.  People who wish to attend must RSVP online.  Attendees are encouraged to bring canned food and winter clothes to donate to a few Wisconsin charities.  In a statement, Governor Walker said it’s a blessing to be able to share his holiday traditions with so many Wisconsin families. 

A chapter is closing in the UW marching band’s history.  Over the weekend,UW Marching Band Director Mike Leckrone led the band for the final time at Camp Randall Stadium during the Badgers vs. Minnesota Golden Gophers game.  The 82-year-old legend has spent 50 years leading the Badger Band.  Crowds of people showed up to the Badger Bash tailgate party in honor of Leckrone’s las thome game. T he Badgers lost to the Gophers 37-15.  

A crash in Wilson leaves one man dead. It was a little after 5on Saturday morning when a call came in about a  rollover crash on County Road G just south off River Road. A passerby located the vehicle in the ditch and didn’t see anyone in or around the vehicle. Upon arrival, responding deputies located a male subject pinned underneath the vehicle. He was deceased and  we know that he is a 22 year old from the Township of

Lawmakers are seeking to make changes in the adult corrections system in Wisconsin.  This new goal comes after lawmakers made landmark changes to the state’s juvenile corrections system.  Legislators believe it’s time to make sweeping changes in the adult prison as the population of offenders in Wisconsin continues to rise.  One thing lawmakers want to tackle is confronting the reasons why offenders are locked up in the first place, instead of promoting legislation that will just add to the increase of  prisoners

A new UW clinic is helping victims of domestic abuse navigate the legal process.  The UW-Madison Law School is launching a program that will help victims get a restraining order against their abuser.  Starting in February, the VOCA Restraining Order Clinic will allow law students to represent domestic abuse victims during injunction hearings in court.  The program will be available to clients in Dane County initially, but there are plans to expand it to Sauk, Jefferson and Rock counties as