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 Wisconsin will be participating in a federal summer food program for children. Governor Tony Evers says the Summer Electronic Benefits Program will help families who are eligible for free or reduced lunches during the school year. They will get food cards with 40-dollars per month per eligible child to be used on groceries. Wisconsin is one of 35 U-S states to take advantage of the program.  Nationally, it will give two-point-five billion federal dollars to the families of 21-million children.

Pregnant Wisconsinites are being encouraged to get the RSV vaccine to protect  newborns from the virus. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services says there are more than 14-hundred people in Wisconsin with RSV as of today.  Of those infected, 580 are under two years old. DHS says the RSV vaccine can be given to people between 32 weeks and 36 weeks-six days of pregnancy in order for their newborns to also get protection for the first six months of life.

A grant totaling 150-million dollars will be given to UW-Madison for a five-year Alzheimer’s and dementia study. This is the largest grant given to the Universities by the National Institutes of Health in its history. Money will go toward analyzing biological markers in people with denmentia or are at risk. Two-thousand people across the nation will participate in the UW-Madison-led study.

The Menomonie Area Chamber & Visitor Center extends a warm invitation to the community to celebrate and welcome the new business Northwoods Health Services to Menomonie. The open house will takeplace on Tuesday, January 23, 2024, from 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. at 1202 N Broadway St., Suite 5. The official ribbon cutting celebration will be held at 3:15 p.m. “By emphasizing personalized care, they provide tailored solutions to help patients reach their optimal health and wellness goals.” Northwoods Health Services

On Tuesday, January 9th, 2024 at 6:58 PM, the Barron County 911 Center received multiple calls of a 2 car accident at County Road W and 18th Street, between Cameron and Barron.  Deputies from the Barron County Sheriff’s Department along with the WI State Patrol, Barron Police Department, Mayo Ambulance, Barron Fire Department, Marshfield Medical Center Ambulance, Cameron Fire Department, Barron County First Responders and Life Link Helicopter all responded to the scene. Preliminary investigation shows that a truck being

Police in Eau Claire say the man who crashed his pick-up truck into the Regency Inn is now facing select charges. Investigators say there’s no evidence that Sean Sambell was drunk when he drove his truck into a room at the Regency Monday night. But police say Sambell fought with officers and nurses when he was taken to the hospital. He was in court yesterday to answer charges of battery to a health care provider and battery or threats to

The search for a missing Black River Falls woman has come to a sad end. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office yesterday said a utility worker found 53-year-old Stacy Shramek’s body. She’s been missing since Thanksgiving. The worker found her body in the water near the Black River Falls Dam. No one is saying yet just how she died. The sheriff’s office says it is investigating.

A La Crosse man who has a history with the police is facing charges after officers say he fired something at them on Monday. The ‘projectile’ exploded with a flash when it hit the squad car. No one was hurt in the explosion. Officers quickly arrested 30-year-old Shawn Keller. This is the fourth time in the past six months that La Crosse Police have arrested Keller for throwing something, shooting something, or spitting at officers.

The suspect in a deadly drunk driving wreck in Waupaca County apologized in court yesterday. Scott Farmer is charged with killing a brother and three sisters when he smashed into their SUV back in December. Prosecutors say Farmer was drunk, and had an open bottle of vodka by his side at the time of the crash. Farmer already has four OWI convictions on his record. In addition to another OWI charge, Farmer is looking at homicide charges for the wreck.

A judge says Racine’s mobile voting van from two years ago is illegal. The judge on Monday said nothing in Wisconsin’s elections law allows for cities or counties to drive around and host in-person absentee voting events. Racine used the van in the 2022 elections, and defended the van by saying there’s nothing in state law that specifically bans them. The judge said that doesn’t matter, and said that state laws are clear as to how absentee voting can work