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If you live in Marshfield or plan to visit, parking could be affected in the coming days due to some road work. Corrective Asphalt Materials contracted by the City to perform asphalt rejuvenating maintenance on some city streets beginning Monday, Sept. 9. FOR A FULL LIST AND MORE INFORMATION CLICK HERE.

The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire will celebrate the grand opening of The Sonnentag complex Sept. 9-14 with activities that include a ribbon-cutting, open house, a salute to first responders, a comedy show and a country music concert. A 21-gun salute will be part of Wednesday’s activities to honor first responders and the memory of 9/11. The $122 million facility includes the Sonnentag Event Center, the John and Carolyn Sonnentag Fieldhouse, UW-Eau Claire’s Center for Health and Wellbeing, the Mayo Clinic Health System

Republican voters in western Wisconsin will hear from a former Democratic congresswoman at President Trump’s rally this evening. Tulsi Gabbard will moderate the former president’s town hall meeting in La Crosse. Gabbard endorsed Trump earlier this week. The appearance in La Crosse is her first in Wisconsin this campaign season, and is the first for the former president since the RNC in Milwaukee back in July. CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS. On the other side of the ticket, President Biden

The cameras on the stop-and-go lights in Altoona are working. Police in the city say their flock cameras have helped make more than 20 arrests this year. Altoona has cameras posted at various lights throughout the city, but mainly on the roads leading in-and-out of town. Officer Jacob Henning says the cameras are most helpful in catching out of town, or out of state criminals. That includes one arrest of two people from Minneapolis who were stealing things in both

Wisconsin is seeing more money coming-in to the state. The latest report from the state’s Department of Revenue says tax collections for fiscal year 2024 jumped by over one percent. Meaning there’s an extra 275 million-dollars for the state. The DOR says the numbers aren’t finalized, that won’t happen til October. The state is also not saying just why tax collections jumped, or where the extra money may be spent.

Most people in Wisconsin have so-called forever chemicals in their blood, but UW researchers say they don’t know if they are causing any health problems. A new study from the University of Wisconsin says a majority of the people who volunteered for the study have traces of PFAS chemicals in their system. The report says older, higher income, white men have the highest levels. As for where they got the chemicals, researchers say in most cases the people with PFAS

Beer sales and warm turf are the biggest changes for Camp Randall this football season. Wisconsin kicks-off the football season tomorrow night with a game against Western Michigan. It will be the first game for Wisconsin’s new field turf. Crews tore-up the old turf after last season, and replaced it with turf that can be heated for cold weather games. Tomorrow will also be the first game at Camp Randall where the university sells beer. UW officials expect a lot

The Labor Day weekend is generally considered the last boating weekend of the season in Wisconsin. There have been 13 boating-related deaths so far this year statewide. The Department of Natural Resources says nine were not wearing life jackets. Wisconsin state law does require a life jacket for each person in a boat as officials urge water safety ahead of Labor Day weekend.

Whooping cough is making its way through the Chippewa Valley. The Eau Claire City-County Health Department says several cases have been identified in the county. The illness can cause coughing that lasts weeks or months. Whooping cough is on the rise this year in Wisconsin statewide — more than 275 confirmed cases of the highly-contagious illness are reported so far this year compared to 51 last year.

Eau Claire’s city council unanimously voted to support limitations on federal campaign spending. The council approved an advisory resolution supporting a constitutional amendment that would reverse the Citizen’s United Supreme Court ruling. The 2010 decision ruled that companies have no limit to how much they spend on campaigns. The resolution doesn’t change any laws, but represents support for the constitutional amendment.