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More than 500-thousand dollars in grants is available for Wisconsin school districts to support technical education training. The money will be used for manufacturing tools and equipment training through the Expanded Wisconsin Fast Forward program. School districts will use the money as reimbursement for purchasing and installing training materials and software. Awards will range from five-thousand to 50-thousand. Applications will be due on April 16.

The Wisconsin State Patrol responded to a single-vehicle commercial motor vehicle crash on Interstate 94 at mile marker 116 in Jackson County. Preliminary investigation shows a tractor pulling two trailers was westbound, traveling through a construction zone where traffic is moving bi-directional in the eastbound lanes. As the traffic lanes moved from the bi-directional back to the westbound lanes of travel, the CMV failed to negotiate the transition and struck an impact attenuator connected to jersey barriers dividing traffic. The

ABOVE PHOTO: Nolato Contour employees, from left John Eisenmann, Carlene Manske, Lucie Roe and Joe Dravland, are in the workforce training certificate program at UW-Stout.  A new program aimed at supporting workforce development in Wisconsin was praised by Gov. Tony Evers on March 7 when he visited University of Wisconsin-Stout. Evers learned about a first-of-its-kind collaboration that began last fall between the university and state Department of Workforce Development. The university is offering a three-course certificate program, the Workforce Development Specialist

They say Grandma’s are like moms with extra frosting. They get to do the fun stuff, be the friend, sneak the sweets, whisper the secrets.  And for this week’s Friday Feel Good we meet a Granddaughter and Grandma who stitch the days, weeks, months, and years together in a special way.  A grandma left an amazing gift to her granddaughter . . . 20 years worth of saved voicemails from granddaughter to grandmother.  The little girl would call over the years and leave voicemails

The Wisconsin Sport Show is returning for its 15th year in Eau Claire on March 15, 16 and 17, 2024.  This is the biggest show to date with over $8,000 in door prizes, including: pheasant hunting trip, wolf hunting trip, fishing equipment, hunting equipment and more. The weekend will be full of fishing and hunting seminars by national professionals, such as: CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE AND PLAN YOUR DAY

A former western Wisconsin teacher is headed to prison for sexually assaulting a student two years ago. A judge in Trempealeau County yesterday sentenced Nicholas Bergeron to one year behind bars. Prosecutors say he inappropriately touched students while working at Osseo-Fairchild High School.  A 15-year-old girl told police he touched her knees, thigh, back, shoulders, hands and back side. Other students made similar claims.  Bergeron will not be allowed back in a classroom once he serves his sentence.

Eau Claire is asking people to remove their decorations from the Lakeview and Forest Hill Cemeteries before spring cleaning begins.  Crews with the city’s Parks Department will start in a little more than a week.  Parks manager Steve Plaza says now is the time to remove Christmas decorations and other things that will eventually become trash.  American flags and flower pots, however, can stay.

The University of Wisconsin is officially moving forward with its guaranteed admission program.  The school unveiled the Wisconsin Guarantee program yesterday. State lawmakers approved a plan this year that guarantees a spot at UW-Madison to all Wisconsin high schoolers who finish in the top five-percent of their class.  Kids who finish in the top ten-percent are guaranteed a spot at other UW schools. Students will have to apply to be part of the program, even though some will likely also

The state of Wisconsin is offering people a chance to learn how to hunt a bear.  The DNR kicked off its Learn to Hunt Bear Program this week.  The class will cover things like bear habitats, health, hunting techniques and regulations.  Bears are common in parts of Wisconsin, particularly the northern part of the state.  Hunting them has become popular enough that the DNR says there’s a need to teach people the rules and best practices. CLICK HERE FOR MORE.

Wisconsin has some great cheeses, but apparently it doesn’t have the best cheese in the world. That goes to a Swiss cheesemaker who won this year’s World Championship Cheese Contest for its Hornbacker cheese. The Mountain Dairy Fritzenhaus in Bern, Switzerland also took top honors in 2020 and 2022. Wisconsin cheese makers took top honors in 39 of the 142 categories. The contest has been hosted by the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association since 1957 and had over three thousand entries