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The Wisconsin Supreme Court last week declared that ballot drop boxes are once again legal in the state. The Wisconsin Elections Commission yesterday approved guidance for local election clerks who plan to use the boxes this year. So who is on board with the box? Here locally, we will likely see them. Eau Claire County Clerk Sue McDonald yesterday said the boxes are more convenient for some voters. She expects at least a couple of local communities to use them

Eau Claire’s airport managers want SkyWest to once again fly out of the Chippewa Valley. The Airport Commission is recommending SkyWest to replace Sun Country for the airport’s next service contract. SkyWest pulled out of Eau Claire back in 2022 because of financial pressures. Now, SkyWest is promising to return with daily flights to Chicago’s O’Hare Airport. The federal government will ultimately make the final decision on which airline will fly in and out of Eau Claire. See more about

It’s going to take some time to get a new plan for the future of the University of Wisconsin. The Legislative Council Study Committee on the Future of the University of Wisconsin System held its first meeting yesterday, and said it will take into next year at the least to get any recommendations for change. The committee is looking at the demographic trends that will impact the UW over the next several years, as well as looking at what the

Dunn County now has a Narcan vending machine. The county’s health department opened its harm reduction public health kiosk yesterday. The vending machine will have Narcan doses and fentanyl test strips for drugs, as well as  gun locks, hygiene kits, and medication disposal bags. Public Health director KT Gallagher says the idea is to give people the things they need to save some lives. Eau Claire County’s Narcan vending machine has proven popular since it opened last year. Public health

The City of Marshfield Parks & Recreation Department announces with the utmost sadness the passing of Bets, the male bobcat at Wildwood Zoo. At the time of his death, Bets was 17 years old and considered to be a geriatric cat. After he was observed behaving atypically, a veterinary exam revealed that Bets had an extremely enlarged liver, which was determined to be filled with likely cancerous tumors. The size of the tumor was causing problems for other organs to

The suspect in last week’s murder in Columbia County is being held on ten million-dollars bond. A judge yesterday said Jonathan Luna is a flight risk, and cannot simply be released on a signature bond. Police in Columbus say Luna got into a fight with two men at a bar early in the morning on July 4th. They say he went home, grabbed his gun, waited, and then started shooting. He shot and killed one of the two. Investigators say

Kwik Trip’s latest groundbreaking is one of its largest. The company yesterday turned the first shovel of dirt on what will become a 280 thousand square-foot distribution center in DeForest. Right now, Kwik Trip supplies all of its stores from a single 600 thousand square-foot facility in La Crosse. This will be Kwik Trip’s second distribution center. Company president Scott Zietlow says the new facility will supply all of southern and southeastern Wisconsin. He says there will eventually be 400

It was a good morning for Noah Lykens and his employer, Bob & Steve’s BP Amoco Shop, located at 541 Cherry Ln. in Roberts, Wisconsin. Shortly after the store manager started his shift, he learned his store had sold a winning $50,000 Powerball ticket for the Wednesday, July 10 drawing. “It’s unbelievable,” said Lykens. “It’s hard to believe someone in our small town could win something like this.” According to the most recent United States Census report, the population in Roberts is 2,082.

Grover Road, from 150 feet west of Goldridge Road, to Stein Boulevard. Proposed Work, Milling the existing bituminous pavement and paving 2-inches of bituminous pavement. The construction on Grover Road is a maintenance project needed to repair the failing surface. This work is being funded in part by the City of Eau Claire Vehicle Registration Fee tax. Milling of the existing pavement is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, July 16th. Paving is scheduled for Thursday, July 18th. The milling and

Kersten Family Junk Removal LLC is hosting a mattress/box spring recycling drop off event on Saturday, August 3rd from 10:00am to 2:00pm. The drop-off location will be in the Calvary Baptist parking lot located at 3036 Epiphany Lane, across from Menards West. The cost to recycle mattresses or box springs will be $25 each, with no limit on quantity. Cash only. Advance notice at 715-514-2199 is requested on or before August 2nd for drop-offs of five or more pieces. All