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Police are investigating after thousands of dollars in quarters were stolen from Chippewa Falls apartment complexes.  Property managers at three apartment complexes reported last week that washer-dryer units on site were broken into.  Suspects escaped with between three thousand and five thousand dollars worth of quarters.  Authorities say the suspects drilled out the locks on the coin boxes of selected machines with specific locks and stole the coins, showing knowledge of the machines.  

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is signing into law a sweeping set of bills that will strip Democrats who won the election last month of power.  The bill signed into law Friday weakens the authority of the incoming Democratic governor and attorney general and will restrict early voting.  Walker lost his bid for reelection to Tony Evers.  Critics have called the lame-duck move a power grab by Republicans in the legislature and said they never would have passed the bills if Walker

Many Wisconsin nonprofits, including churches and schools, are getting nearly 450-thousand dollars in solar-power grants.  The projects are aimed at promoting clean energy and reducing electric costs.  More than four-and-a-half million dollars in new solar investment is expected as a result of the 36 grants from RENEW Wisconsin.  

Visit Eau Claire is helping people learn about the lawn game kubb.  Dozens of people spent yesterday painting a king kubb at the Visit Eau Claire experience center. The king kubb is a larger wooden block placed in the middle of the pitch, where players throw wooden batons to try to knock down the blocks.  Eau Claire hosts the U.S. National Championship kubb tournament with nearly 130 teams participating each summer.    

Lessons and carols are ringing in the holiday season at Grace Lutheran Church.  The church celebrated the 100th anniversary of the lessons and carols tradition in England yesterday afternoon.  The congregation joined the choir in singing favorite Christmas hymns, and the service also included scripture readings and bell choir pieces celebrating the birth of Christ.  Songs were featured from many countries, including England, Sweden, Peru, China, and Nigeria. 

A rock ‘n roll Christmas concert is benefiting a junior at Memorial High School who suffered a severe spinal cord injury.  Family and friends celebrated Zach Caterer’s continuing recovery at last night’s event featuring Nashville band Remedy Drive at Peace Church.  Organizers say they wanted to create a festive feeling for those who care about Zach, while helping the family with expenses.  Santa is continuing to make visits locally in the lead up to Christmas.  He visited the Lake Wissota

The Marshfield Police Department was called to a possible shooting in the 600 block of S Cherry Ave Saturday morning, shortly after 1am. Officers learned a 31 year old had been shot in the abdomen by a 37 year old Marshfield Male. The suspect and victim had fled the residence prior to officer’s arrival. The victim was later found to be at Elixir Nightclub and was transported to Marshfield Medical Center for non-life threatening injuries and has since been released.

The city of Madison is set to move toward a greener, more sustainable future.  At a community panel on Thursday, Madison Fleet Service superintendent Mahanth Joishy detailed how Madison is taking these steps.  Joishy pointed to the recent city purchases of three electric Chevrolet Bolt cars and six hybrid Ford Fusion vehicles for the Madison Police Department.  He noted that the city plans to buy more hybrid squad cars in 2019.  Joishy also said he anticipates about one-million pounds of

A new CDC report shows that suicides are driving the gun-death rate in both Wisconsin and the rest of the nation.  The CDC’s Wonder database found that 60-percent of over 39-thousand gun deaths in the nation last year were suicides.  In Wisconsin, 70-percent of 624 gun deaths last year were suicides. Eighty-four-percent of those who committed suicide with a gun in Wisconsin last year were white men.  While expanding background checks may prevent guns from falling into the wrong hands, UW-Madison Professor John Frey says they’d

A volunteer Girl Scout troop leader in Sun Prairie is accused of a sexually abusing a child repeatedly.  Sun Prairie Police say 49-year-old Steven Faust was arrested on tentative sex assault charges on Thursday.  Detectives say the alleged assaults happened between 2010 and 2015.  They also found that he was talking to multiple girls on social media.  The Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Badgerland Council have terminated Faust and maintain that their highest priority is the safety of the scouts.