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Wilma J Peeples, 37 years of age, from Chicago, IL has been arrested by the Wisconsin State Patrol Eau Claire Post for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 1st offense, with three children in the vehicle under the age of 16.  On Sunday, September 29, 2024, at approximately 10:57 AM a Wisconsin State Patrol Trooper stopped a vehicle on I-94 eastbound near milepost 76 for a speed violation.  The Trooper observed signs of impairment and a subsequent investigation, showed

Hello. Welcome to your weekend! We’re glad you are here. We are settling into the last weekend in September with some last chances for Summer temperatures. Does it feel like the year is flying by? Yeah, we get it. That’s why we use Saturday mornings as a way to intentionally slow things down for a bit with a look back at events that happened on these days in history. Think of it as a peek back before we head out

Wisconsin gets more political attention today. Former President Trump will land in Prairie Due Chein and is expected to speak about the border and immigration while he visits our area.  His campaign announced that Trump will speak at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the Prairie du Chien Area Arts Center and doors will open at 8:30 a.m. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Wisconsin opens Big Ten play today on the Pacific coast as the Badgers take on first-year conference member Southern Cal.  Today’s contest is only the eighth meeting all-time between the two teams and the first since the Badgers beat the Trojans 23-21 in the 2015 Holiday Bowl.  The bowl victory was the Badgers’ only win over the Trojans.  Today’s game also marks the two teams’ first regular season meeting and first in Los Angeles in nearly six decades when Wisconsin

Robert F. Kennedy Junior will remain on Wisconsin’s presidential ballot.  The state’s Supreme Court issued the ruling Friday, unanimously rejecting the lawsuit to have his name removed.  Justices called Kennedy’s legal briefs “inadequate.”  Earlier Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Kennedy’s appeal to be placed on the New York ballot.

Nearly half of Americans say they feel lonely at least sometimes, but Wisconsin is among the states with the lowest rate of loneliness.  That’s according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s latest Household Pulse Survey, which looks at Americans’ financial and economic well being, among other topics.  The survey says 40-point-three-percent of U.S. adults reported experiencing feelings of loneliness at least sometimes.  Wisconsin had the third-lowest rate at 37-percent, behind Iowa and Delaware.  Alaska had the highest rate of loneliness at

The leader of a Western Wisconsin drug trafficking organization is going to prison.  Hector Jimenez-Sosa of Eau Claire was sentenced in U-S District Court for distributing meth.  The federal investigation says he was the head of a meth, fentanyl, and cocaine ring, getting the drugs via mail from California.  After his sentence is finished, he’ll have four years of supervised release.

The University of Wisconsin regents are unanimously voting to fire former UW-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow.  The Board voted earlier this morning to terminate Gow’s employment.  Gow has been on paid leave since last winter, after he and his wife were found to have been posting porn videos online.  Gow says posting the videos was a form of free speech and self-expression.  He’s expected to make a statement later today.

Wisconsin is getting 32-million dollars for non-motorized transportation projects over the next four years.  The Department of Transportation says 56 projects will benefit from the federal funding over the next four years.  Approved projects include pedestrian paths, bike trails, and safer routes to school for students.  One-point-four million will go to Rice Lake for a multi-use trail, and Waupaca gets almost a million dollars for an ADA-compliant pedestrian bridge.

As we creep closer to Halloween and the sweet treats, we unwrap a story that starts in a candy shop and ends up with a “Golden Rule” versus the Golden Ticket. A man walked into a candy store pretending he had low blood sugar, needed a soda, but was short on money.  The store clerk sold him the soda at a discounted price so he rewarded her kindness with a cash prize that she plans to invest in a local walk to