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On January 31, 2024, at 5:45 pm, the St. Croix County Emergency Communication Center received a call reporting a pedestrian had been struck by a vehicle on County Road N near Baker Road, in the Town of Hudson. Upon arrival, deputies found a 2009 Dodge Ram pickup in the roadway with front-end damage. There was a pedestrian lying in the roadway that had been struck, and lifesaving measures were being performed. The pedestrian was identified as Jason J. Asp, age

The City of Eau Claire is recognizing Transit Equity Day on Monday, February 5, 2024. Transit Equity Day. This a national day of action held each year in honor of Rosa Parks’s birthday (February 4) to elevate the message that public transit should be safe, sustainable, and equitable for all people and communities. On Monday, February 5, 2024 at 12 p.m, a ceremony will be held at the temporary Transfer Center downtown. City, County, and State proclamations recognizing Transit Equity

In this month of love, we see a lot of hearts around, but for this week’s Friday Feel Good we actually focus on a different organ…kidneys.  Joely Sanders of Arizona found out that she couldn’t donate her kidney to her brother Frank because she wasn’t a match.  So she decided to donate it anyways to someone who WAS a match in Chicago.  That man, Tony Gonzalez, found out his wife Tracey was a match for Frank!  So she sent her kidney to

In the aftermath of major announcements that medical heavy hitters in the area, HSHS Sacred Heart and Prevea clinics will be closing and leaving Western Wisconsin, there could be a potential next step for the landscape with Oakleaf Medical Network extending an offer to negotiate with HSHS to “purchase HSHS hospital properties with the intent of creating an independent community hospital.” If you would like to read more about the letter sent and what that could potentially mean for the

An investigation is underway after two people ended-up being shot to death inside an Elkhorn sports bar. Police found 33-year-old Emerson Weingart and his 37-year-old wife Gina dead inside the Sports Page Barr early yesterday morning. Investigators are not sure if the shooting was a robbery gone wrong or something else.  Walworth County Sheriff Dave Gerber says there have been no arrests yet. The city’s police chief says their killings are a senseless act of violence. Investigators say the suspect

A former Green Bay Packers player could be looking at jail time. Brown County authorities say Letroy Guion was booked into the county jail Wednesday on a probation violation. He was given a suspended sentence back in 2022 for a 2021 aggravated battery case. He pleaded guilty. As part of that suspended sentence, though, Guion had to stay out of trouble.

Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources is asking for help in finding whoever shot two elk in Jackson County. Both of the elk were cows, and both were shot back in November of 2022. The DNR says it was monitoring the elk with radio collars. The original plea for help back in 2022 produced some tips, but DNR investigators say they need some more information. Wisconsin allows elk hunting, but the DNR says the two elk were killed illegally.

Kids who don’t go to school would be held back under a new plan at the Wisconsin Capitol. State Representative Bob Donovan is pushing the idea. He says far too many kids, particularly in Milwaukee Public Schools, skip too many classes. His proposal would hold kids back if they miss more than 30 days in a school year. The state’s Department of Public Instruction says nearly one-in-four kids in Wisconsin schools are ‘chronically absent.’ Donovan introduced the legislation this week,

The experts hired by Wisconsin’s supreme court to redraw the state’s political maps say there won’t be anymore Republican gerrymandering. The court’s outside experts yesterday rejected maps drawn by Republican lawmakers and the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty. The experts said both maps continued to gerrymander the state for Republicans. The pair, however, did not recommend any of the maps drawn by Democrats. They do have the option of drawing maps on their own, which they told the court

It’s the latest measure of just how warm it is across western Wisconsin. You can click on the links below for the latest updates from the courses. A number of golf courses in and around Eau Claire are opening this weekend.  Mill Run and Wild Ridge both say they’ll open tomorrow, and expect to stay open into next week. The folks at Princeton Valley Golf in Eau Claire may also open, they’re telling golfers to check their Facebook page for