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Eau Claire County has partnered with Eau Claire Area School District, Earthbound Environmental Solutions, and the JONAH Environmental Task Force (ETF) through the county’s Schools Fight Food Waste grant program to implement composting at Locust Lane, Roosevelt, Sherman, Meadowview, Northwoods, and Robbins elementary schools. These schools each received a $1,000 grant from the County to reduce food waste in their schools. Throughout December and January schools conducted waste audits of lunchtime waste and learned how to separate their waste into

A Pepin County man pleads guilty to mistreatment of animals after more than eighty dogs were rescued last year. Those dogs were found at Bradley Richardson’s property last June with reports saying kennels were terribly dirty and lacking food and water.  Skulls were also reportedly found at the site.  Richardson pleaded guilty this week to charges of mistreating animals and acting as an unlicensed breeder.  He will be responsible for paying fines in addition to court costs of more than

Charges have been filed against an Augusta woman accused of stealing nearly 12-thousand dollars from her church.  Jessica Aichele’s husband was the treasurer of the Morning Star Lutheran Church in Fairchild and the couple was estranged when a number of checks went missing and were later found to have been cashed by Aichele.  The suspect is currently free on bond.

Accounting students at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire will soon be offering tax preparation assistance through a service sponsored by the IRS and the Wisconsin Department of Revenue.  The service will be free and available to folks who make 64-thousand dollars in income or less each year.  Appointments will be required.  More details can be found by CLICKING HERE.

Funding to support victims of crimes like domestic violence and human trafficking in Wisconsin is in danger of being slashed by congressional leaders.  If federal lawmakers fail to offer continued support for the Victims of Crime Act, the 40-million dollars victim services nonprofits in the state got last year could drop to about 13-million by October.  State Attorney General Josh Kaul says that would be “devastating” to various support programs, adding that those services already have less funding than they

The Universities of Wisconsin are aiming to boost enrollment numbers with a new website.  The site lays out the more than 200 online courses that are available across the university system, all in one place.  UW President Jay Rothman says students still won’t be able to enroll in courses from several universities at once, but, the catalog does make seeing what is available more simple.  The page will help Wisconsin “win the war for talent”, according to Rothman.

Officials with the Wisconsin Council on Problem Gambling say they expect this weekend’s Super Bowl to prompt more requests for help.  Executive Director Rose Blozinski says the increased accessibility to sports betting through Native American casinos means more people are at-risk of developing a gambling addiction.  The WCPG says gamblers should avoid betting while feeling emotional and they should not place additional bets in an effort to make up for money that is already lost.  Anyone who needs help with

The Packers Tailgate Tour is hitting the road again coming up this spring.  Current and former players will be heading out to greet fans from Green Bay to Southern Wisconsin.  Various visits with nonprofits and organizations are planned for April ninth through 13th.  The tour is scheduled for stops in Kenosha, Beloit, Platteville, Sun Prairie, and Green Bay. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Gas prices are down a bit this week in parts of Western Wisconsin.  Triple-A reports the average price of regular fuel in Eau Claire is now two-eighty-four per gallon.  That’s a dip of 4-cents per gallon from a week ago.  The average cost of a gallon of regular fuel in the Badger State is two-ninety per gallon.

A Glendale man is sentenced to life in prison for murdering his mother. Aric Way’s mother was found dead by carbon monoxide poisoning in mid-July 2021 after she had recently agreed to sell her family’s farm. Way’s son, Philip Schmidt-Way, was set to inherit the farm when she died. Way was found guilty of purchasing substances that can create carbon monoxide when combined, and his son was seen at the home the night of the murder. Schmidt-Way will be sentenced