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Wisconsin is getting 115-million dollars to bring internet access to public libraries and community centers. The state Department of Administration says 35 communities will benefit from the federal funding.  Both Madison’s new Imagination Center at Reindahl Park and the Clinton and Bernice Rose Senior Center in Milwaukee will get about four-million dollars each.

A six-point-five-acre wildfire at a Wisconsin state park is under control.  The Department of Natural Resources says a fire started at the top of the Roche-A-Cri stairway 3:30 p.m. yesterday.  Ten local fire departments are helping the DNR contain the fire.  The department and local crews will continue to check for additional smoke and flames.  Lack of precipitation and gusty winds have increased fire danger in Wisconsin, which the DNR says will continue this week.

It’s not surprising that Lydia Nelson chose a profession where she could work with her hands. However, friends in her hometown of Kenosha might have guessed she would be elbow-deep in technology, not dirt, worms and turf. “I learned a lot about turf and what it needs, which is really funny because I hated turf when I first came to CVTC. I thought, ‘I’m not going to go into that,’ but now I love it, and I’ve learned so much

Downtown Eau Claire Incorporated (DECI), announces a free, new and all ages event(s) in downtown Eau Claire, the High Bridge Howl.  DECI has created this fun event to help with the daily stress many feel with the intention of liberating some of those stressors. It’s a collective gathering to set space and move through the conclusion of the year.  The inaugural event takes place on the evening October 17, 2024, coinciding with the Fall Hunter Supermoon and features the following

Some folks in the Chippewa Valley are waking-up to their first frost of the season. The National Weather Service is leaving a Frost Advisory in place for Barron, Polk, Rusk, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, and St. Croix Counties until 9 a.m. this morning. Forecasters say temperatures will dip low enough overnight to leave frost behind. The forecast is supposed to warm-up a bit this week, ahead of a cool down for the weekend. CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS FROM OUR LOCAL

Two people are recovering after a crash in rural Vernon County. The sheriff’s office says two cars collided at the intersection of Christiana, Coon, Jefferson and Viroqua in rural Westby on Saturday. Two people in one of the cars were hurt.  There’s no word about what caused the crash, or if anyone will be getting a ticket.

A new report says Wisconsin’s election managers have less wiggle room than election officials in other states. The report from the group Informing Democracy says Wisconsin law sets pretty strict limits on what the state’s 18-hundred local election managers can do. That, according to the report, is  a safeguard against election vulnerabilities. The report does say about 20-percent of Wisconsin’s county clerks have resigned or retired since the 2020 election, but those numbers are not out of line with what

The Wisconsin Supreme Court this week will hear arguments for just how far a governor can go with his veto powers. The liberal majority court is set to hear the challenge to Governor Tony Evers’ 400 year school funding veto. The governor used his veto powers to erase some numbers in the current budget, and turn a two-year school funding increase into a 400-year school funding increase. The Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce legal fund is arguing that Evers went way

It’s the latest sign of Spooky Season. Field of Screams, the Chippewa Valley’s haunted trail, will open next week. The trail will be at the  Rockin’ T-R Ranch in Eau Claire, and the Pleasant Hills 4H Club will help with this year’s fights. The trail opens Saturday, and will then be open Thursdays through Saturdays, until its final day on October 26th and you can GET THE DETAILS AND PLAN YOUR VISIT TO SCREAM WITH AND EASY CLICK HERE.

A Wisconsin rescue team is back home from North Carolina after helping with recovery efforts following Hurricane Helene. Sixteen members of Wisconsin Task Force One arrived at Volk Field Air National Guard Base on Saturday. The team brought supplies for victims, such as inflatable boats, life jackets and protective gear. The team manager said if needed, they’ll return to North Carolina. At last report, the death toll from the storm is at 227.