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Back to it! A major company is resuming excavation work in Sun Prairie for the first time since a deadly natural gas explosion. City officials are confident safety measures will prevent any further explosions. The explosion earlier this month killed 34-year-old Sun Prairie Fire Captain Cory Barr, severely injured firefighter Ryan Welch, and destroyed nearly half a dozen buildings and damaged others. An investigation is ongoing into potential criminal negligence. …And the community continues to really together as Sun Prairie’s

Nothing like a Monday morning to urge you to switch careers into independent wealth. And on that note…There was NO WINNER! The Mega Millions jackpot is soaring to nearly 500-million dollars.  The winner (you?) will be entitled to at least 493-million dollars or a cash payout worth 296-million-dollars…we are growing…right now, the jackpot is the 5th largest Mega Millions prize in its history. You have until tomorrow night to kick up those winning numbers!

Fresh ingredients for that new instapot recipe or a bouquet of flowers for the table? You can swing into a new farmers market after work tonight and get both in Altoona! The market gets underway this evening at River Prairie, and will start off with ten vendors.  It will run every Monday evening through the end of October.

Bringing a national headline local, two companies that operate duck boats in Wisconsin Dells are facing safety questions after a duck boat capsized in severe weather in Branson, Missouri, killing 17 last week. Thousands of people go to the Dells every summer for trips operated by Original Wisconsin Ducks and Army Ducks.  The general managers of both businesses say their boats are originals from World War Two-different than the ones in Branson, and are safe. In the event of severe

ALABAMA rolled on stage last night and the fun continues today as Country Jam USA underway here in Eau Claire. There are three stages showcasing a long list of country music artists. The biggies? Well, GOOD DIRECTIONS will bring Billy Currington straight off the turnip truck to the main-stage and tomorrow (Saturday) the big man himself, Blake Shelton will be the boy ‘round here.

Nextdoor is opening the door of communication with the community as Eau Claire Police are using the new online resource to connect. Nextdoor is a free social networking platform and specific officers will use it to answer neighborhood questions and relay information to community members. Now, this won’t replace traditional crime reporting, but will be used as a way to get information out to the public in particular neighborhoods without waiting for a meeting. Wanna know more and open the

We have an update from Sun Prairie as state records say the contractor that struck a gas line in the downtown causing a leak that led to an explosion that leveled a city block wasn’t registered to do business in Wisconsin. The Michigan-based VC Tech was hired by a Kansas-based company to help install new fiber optic cable lines in the Madison suburb. It’s not clear if the Michigan company had to be registered to work as a subcontractor.

There was some action with the blue and red lights on I-94 last night and it ended with multiple arrests. WEAU 13 News reports the incident began around 4:30 p.m. yesterday in Lake Hallie, which then led officers on a chase that ended on I-94 near Foster. According to the Lake Hallie Police Department, the incident started as a theft case when people left the scene. Multiple agencies are investigating.

Yehhhaw! Country Jam music festival kicks off today, which means not only cowboy hats and boots, but traffic jams as well..but the re-routes shouldn’t make it too bad.  The heaviest traffic was yesterday, The intersection at Crescent Avenue and South Town Hall Road will be closed to through traffic-so if you normally use Crescent Avenue and South Town Hall Road, you will want to want to take an alternate route. But, Jam officials in Eau Claire are warning people about

From the political field to LAMBEAU Field! U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin is looking to take a bill to the end zone that will make sure all people in our state can watch Green Bay Packers game broadcasts.  Baldwin introduced the Go Pack Go Act yesterday to address the issue of 13 counties that are assigned to an out-of-state local TV market.  In those markets, Wisconsin households get Minnesota Vikings or Detroit Lions games when those teams are playing at the