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Eau Claire hospitals will soon have to list their standard prices online.  Medicare is requiring all hospitals to post the prices online starting January 1st.  The hospitals must also make electronic medical records available to patients.  HSHS Sacred Heart and Mayo Clinic Health Systems say their websites will be ready tomorrow. 

A new ski hill is being built at Mount Washington.  The Flying Eagles Ski Club is working on the hill at the Eau Claire ski jump complex.  It will cost 800 thousand dollars and be 55 meters high.  The hill is planned to be used for training junior jumpers. 

A computer business in La Crosse has once again been hit by burglars.  This time thieves stole about 20 to 30-thousand dollars worth of Apple merchandise. Jeremiah Shimshak, a computer technician at The Mac Guys, says he believes the thieves are part of an international ring because the merchandise had been tracked to overseas.  Earlier this year, the store at 40 Copeland Avenue was robbed of 60-thousand dollars in merchandise.  The store is currently exploring options to bolster its security. 

Wisconsin’s lame-duck law limiting some power of the attorney general could be tested by a recent Wells Fargo settlement.  The Wisconsin Department of Justice reached an eight-point-six-million dollar settlement with Wells Fargo.  The agreement is part of a 575-million dollar settlement the bank reached with all 50 states over fake customer accounts.  The attorney general would typically be allowed to allocate the money to basically any lawful purpose of choice.  However, the lame-duck law mandates the settlement funds to be placed in

An Eau Claire man is going to prison for 16 years after being convicted of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl.  The Leader-Telegram reports 45-year-old Jay Conklin pleaded guilty to the charge earlier this week after a criminal complaint claimed he had sexual contact with the girl as many as ten times.  After his prison sentence, Conklin will spend ten years on extended supervision and be a lifetime registered sex offender. 

A Chippewa Falls man could go to prison after being accused of stealing a woman’s car and her service dog.  A criminal complaint claims 26-year-old Nathan Hakes stole the woman’s car from a parking lot in Eau Claire over the weekend.  The woman and her husband found the car and the woman’s service dog with Hakes at a nearby bar.  Police arrested Hakes after he failed a field sobriety test and charged him with vehicle theft, drunk driving, and dog

Alternate-side parking is in effect in Eau Claire until this afternoon.  Until five o’clock cars will only be able to park on the side of the street with even numbered addresses.  Then from midnight until the same time tomorrow, cars will only be able to park on the side of the street with odd numbered addresses for snow removal. 

Eau Claire residents have the opportunity to recycle their used Christmas lights.  From now until mid-January, old, broken Christmas lights can be taken to the Eau Claire County courthouse lobby so they can be recycled.  Drop off is Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

Wisconsin football is now on a five-year bowl winning streak after winning last night’s Pinstripe Bowl in the Bronx.  The Badgers destroyed Miami 35-to-3, led by running back Jonathan Taylor’s 205 rushing yards.  This is also the second straight year Wisconsin has beat the Hurricanes in a bowl game, winning last year’s Orange Bowl by ten points.  The Badgers finished the 2018 season with an eight-and-five record. 

A homeless man is in custody for his seventh OWI in Eau Claire.  Officials say 60-year-old Taza Carter abandoned a crashed vehicle on December 22nd.  The vehicle was borrowed by Carter, and its owner made the criminal complaint.  Carter says he left the car because he was scared.  His OWI convictions extend back to 2003.