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Police say an Eau Claire man accidentally shot himself outside a downtown bar over the weekend. It happened in the early morning hours of Sunday. Police say the man was outside of the bar, showing off his new gun, when he accidentally pulled the trigger. The man was hit in the arm. He’s expected to survive.

Authorities in Clark County have identified the nine people killed in Friday’s crash. The sheriff’s office yesterday said 51-year-old Daniel Liddicoat from Remey, in Iowa County died when his semi truck crashed into a van carrying an Amish family from Virginia. Both the truck and the van caught on fire after the wreck. Liddicoat was driving for his family milk company at the time of the crash. He leaves behind a wife and two children. The lone survivor in the

The reward for the missing Manitowoc County boy is now up to 40 thousand-dollars. Elijah Vue, 3, is still missing.(Two Rivers Police Department) Police in Two Rivers yesterday said they raised an extra 15 thousand-dollars for information on three-year-old Elijah Vue. He’s been missing since February 20th. His mom and her boyfriend are being held on neglect charges, but neither of them have said anything about where he is. The FBI originally offered 15 thousand-dollars for information in the case.

Wisconsin’s governor made his case for more PFAS money in one of the communities hit hardest by the so-called forever chemicals. Governor Tony Evers was in Marinette yesterday to demand that lawmakers give him 125 million-dollars to start a PFAS grant program. Republican lawmakers want to use the money to clean-up drinking water across the state, but the governor says he will not sign the new law to do that. The governor says he wants to hold polluters accountable, while

Wisconsin’s public-school managers are looking to let local schools decide if they want to start before September 1st. The state’s Department of Public Instruction yesterday said it will hold a public meeting later this month on a proposed rule that would allow local schools to set their own start dates. Wisconsin law sets the first day of school on September 1st, and schools currently need a waiver if they want to start earlier. DPI says the new rule will allow

Wisconsin lawmakers are moving ahead with new reading lessons. The powerful Joint Finance Committee yesterday approved four new reading curriculums. Schools across the state do not have to use the four chosen lessons, but the state will not pay for any reading programs not on the approved list. Republican Mark Born says the new lessons are a must because over 60 percent of kids in Wisconsin cannot read at grade level. Democrats worry about local control, and say the state

Healthcare workforce vacancies haven’t recovered since COVID in Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Hospital Association says ten percent of nursing positions are empty – about the same as four years ago when the pandemic began. WHA says the gap in filled positions could be solved with more flexible training programs and recruitment efforts aimed toward multiple generations. 

A house fire caused about 20-thousand dollars in damage in Sparta. Fire Chief Christopher Reese says responders got a call about the fire just before eight P-M on Saturday. The fire was contained to one bathroom. Reese says the homeowner closed the door to the bathroom when the fire was first seen, which probably reduced spreading flames and rising temperatures.  No injuries were reported.

Two Wisconsin Lottery tickets are worth 100-thousand dollars each. A winning Powerball ticket was purchased at a Kwik Trip on Black River Street in Sparta. Another winning ticket for the All or Nothing ticket was bought at a Kwik Trip on Janesville Road in Muskego. Both winners will have to claim winnings within three months from the Wednesday drawing.

Meat manufacturer Johnsonville is recalling more than 35-thousand pounds of meat after multiple reports of black rubber. The Wisconsin-based company recalled its ready-to-eat Polish kielbasa turkey sausage after at least two consumers reported the material. That’s according to the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service. The product was produced from October 30th and 31st and was shipped to retail distribution centers in several states throughout the country. CLICK HERE FOR FULL USDA DETAILS.