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Local governments across Wisconsin are getting hundreds of millions of dollars more from the state. The state’s Department of Revenue says it is sending over one-and-a-half billion-dollars in shared revenue to cities, towns, counties, and townships in this year’s budget. Nearly 300 million-dollars of that is from the new shared revenue deal that became law last year. Another ten-million is coming from Wisconsin’s new tax on cable TV. Some of the new shared revenue dollars are earmarked for first responders,

Foxconn says it’s expanding its factory in Mexico. The company this week said it;s building the largest GB200 production facility on the planet’ at its factory in Guadalajara, Mexico. Foxconn is doing work for Nvidia, which is a new technology company. Foxconn already has a huge presence in Mexico, with over 30-thousand employees and seven campuses. No one is saying just how many new jobs will be connected to the new expansion. Many people in southeast Wisconsin are still sour

Add Tomah Schools to the long list of school districts in Wisconsin who are asking taxpayers for more money. The Tomah Area School District  has a 177-million dollar referendum on next month’s ballot. The money would go toward building a new high school. Tomah’s superintendent says the plan is to build a new high school, then move the middle schoolers into the high school building, and move elementary school kids into the old middle school. There’s a public meeting next

Vice Presidential nominee Tim Walz will be in Wisconsin again next week. The Harris-Walz campaign says he’ll be in both Green Bay and Eau Claire on Monday. It’ll be the Minnesota Governor’s fifth visit to the state since he was chosen as Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate.

Wisconsin Business World – a program of WMC Foundation – announced on Monday the winners of the Spring 2024 Innovation Competition. The twice-annual contest, sponsored by Kwik Trip, tasks students to innovate a new product for the Kwik Trip convenience stores, create a marketing plan and present the idea in the format of their choice. The winners of the Innovation Competition: Sachi Makani– 9th grade – Grafton Senior High School Sophia Tucker– 10th grade – Logan High School Nevaeh Flesch and Capri Lapacek– 10th grade

The Health Department is offering no-cost flu and Tdap vaccines this month for kids 18 and under at vaccine clinics in Eau Claire and Augusta. “We’re glad to offer an opportunity for kids in our community to get their flu shot and get up to date with the Tdap vaccine.” -Kristy Polden, public health nurse at the Health Department. Walk-ins are welcome, but you can also visit ecvaccine.as.me/ to schedule an appointment at one of the clinics. Clinics will be held on:

“I am incredibly proud of our crews for their outstanding efforts in restoring essential services…” -Karl Hoesly, President of Xcel Energy Wisconsin/Michigan. Xcel Energy has employees in Florida ready to respond to power outages from Hurricane Milton after finishing power restoration efforts in Georgia following Hurricane Helene. Over 100 employees made up of line workers, safety consultants, fleet mechanics and operations leaders from Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, South Dakota, Colorado, New Mexico and Texas are prepared to respond to power outages

Back to school usually brings up thoughts of crayons, supplies, and a return to the struggle of balancing schedules. But, fueling all of that is crucial, which is why there is an effort to ensure free lunches in Wisconsin schools. The Healthy School Meals for All (HSM4A) WI Coalition is leading the effort for no-cost school meals for all K-12 Wisconsin students. Families and schools got a taste of universal school meals during the COVID pandemic as part of the

A fire caused about $80, 000 in damages. At approximately 8:02PM on Wednesday October 9th the Eau Claire Fire Department responded to a report of a fully involved garage fire. Upon Engine 2’s arrival they confirmed a working fire in a detached garage with no exposures. Engine 2’s crew worked quickly to deploy an attack line and had the fire knocked down and under control within minutes. Later arriving crews worked to secure a water supply, perform searches, and complete

Hurricane Milton made landfall Wednesday night as a powerful Category 3 storm, bringing life-threatening storm surge, heavy winds and rain. Florida Senator Rick Scott gave an update on storm-related deaths in his region. A flash flood emergency continues at this hour for portions of west-central Florida. The storm has left more than three million customers without power after coming ashore earlier at Siesta Key — a barrier island just south of Sarasota. It’s since been downgraded to a Category 1