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Madison is one of the ten U-S cities where people are most diligent about their credit. A new report by Wallet-Hub compared 100 of the largest cities based on the number of missed payments, bankruptcies, and frozen credit reports. Madison ranked ninth most diligent, while Seattle and Scottsdale topped the list. Memphis and Detroit were ranked least diligent.

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has confirmed that an unvaccinated 2-year-old gelding in Marathon County has tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE). It is the state’s first confirmed case of EEE in a horse this year. DATCP has not had a reported case of EEE in Wisconsin since 2021, but cases have been reported in other states this year. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Gov. Tony Evers signed Executive Order #241 ordering the flags of the United States and the state of Wisconsin to be flown at half-staff on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in honor of U.S. Army Air Force Staff Sgt. Ralph H. Bode, who lost his life in World War II and whose remains have been identified and returned to Wisconsin for burial. “Staff Sergeant Bode selflessly gave his life fighting for the freedoms of his fellow Americans and our allies abroad,”

Retired Eau Claire School District art teacher Dan Ingersoll and unhoused people who spend time at the Community Haven House (CHH) day shelter, 412 Washington St., are seeking to turn art they have created into funding for additional daytime shelter hours, providing people in need a respite from the outdoors this winter.  “When people are labeled, their individual story, their life experience, and their potential contributions to the community are lost…” -Dan Ingersoll To raise money and awareness about homelessness,

Wednesday, September 25, 2024, at 3:30 p.m., the Ashland Police Department alerted the  Barron County Sheriff’s Department that they received information that the two children (age 6  and 3) abducted from Ashland may be in the area of LE Phillips Scout Reservation near Haugen.   Deputies from the Sheriff’s Department started to check the area. Additional information was  received that they may be in the wooded area in the scout camp area. An extensive search of the  area was started with

Price County Sheriff Brian Schmidt reports his office is investigating a two-vehicle  accident involving a school bus.   On September 25, 2024, at approximately 4:01 p.m., the Price County Dispatch Center  received a call reporting a two vehicle accident at the intersection of US Highway 8 and  Stadium Road, in the Township of Knox. One of the vehicles involved was a school bus  from the Prentice School District. Although children were upon the school bus at the  time of the crash,

Marshfield schools recently dealt with swatting. On Wednesday, September 25, 2024, the School Resource Officer assigned to the Marshfield High School received a phone call from an individual reporting concerns over the mental state of a current student of the high school. Allegations were made that the student made comments about committing an act of violence at the school. Approx. 20 minutes later a call was made to the Wood County Dispatch Center that this same student had just committed

Police are asking questions after they say a four-year-old was shot in Neillsville. It happened yesterday morning at a home on West 7th Street.  Police say the four-year-old was rushed to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Investigators say an underage relative shot the little girl. They are not calling the shooting an accident, yet, and police are not saying how old the relative is. CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE WITH WEAU 13 NEWS.

 Police in Chippewa Falls say the latest school threat was, once again, not credible. Officers say they will step-up patrols at the city’s middle school for the next couple of days out of an abundance of caution, but they don’t expect any problems. Chippewa Falls Schools are not saying just what the latest threat entailed. Wisconsin has seen a wave of school threats over the past two weeks. The attorney general’s office says nearly 150 school threats have come-in to

The Justice Department is suing two rural Rusk County communities over their decision to scrap their electronic voting machines. The Biden Administration filed its lawsuit last week against Thornapple and Lawrence townships. Both communities voted last year to stop using their electronic voting machines. The DOJ complaint says federal law requires at least one electronic voting machine at each polling place so that disabled voters have an option. Lawrence Township leaders say they’ve already settled with the Justice Department and