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Eau Claire is joining the National Civics Bee. The city’s Chamber yesterday said it will participate in the competition that tests how well kids know their government, the constitution, and how voting works. The first round is a set of essays for middle schoolers. Those are due January 8th. From there, the top 20 students will move to a live quiz competition. You can find out more at the Chamber’s website WITH AN EASY CLICK HERE.

Governor Evers says expanding the state’s train service will bring Wisconsin’s economy into the 21st century. The governor yesterday touted the two million-dollars the state will receive to expand Amtrak service as a way to move the state forward. The federal government is giving the state money to look at a train line that connects Madison and Eau Claire, connects Milwaukee and Green Bay, and increases the number of trains between both Milwaukee and Chicago, and Milwaukee and Minneapolis.

Blame it on the first half turnovers, or on the last minute drive, but either way the Packers came-up short on Monday Night Football. Green Bay lost last night, 24-22, to the New York Giants. Jordan Love threw a touchdown to Malik Heath with just 1:42 left on the clock. But the Giants drove down the field and hit a game winning field goal as time expired. The loss snaps Green Bay’s three-game winning streak, and keeps them from moving

Badger fans are going to get a chance to watch both the women’s volleyball team try for another national championship, and watch the men’s basketball team play lowly Jacksonville State. The university yesterday said it is moving the men’s basketball game back to accommodate fans who want to watch the volleyball game against Texas. The Badger men will now tip-off at 6 p.m., one hour earlier than first scheduled. The school says that will allow fans to then watch the

This week, the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs (WDVA) was awarded grants totaling $732,628 from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to support the hiring and retention of nursing staff at WDVA’s three veterans long-term care homes. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Wisconsin’s decline in nursing staff is more severe than the national level, with an 18.3 percent decrease in staff at nursing care facilities throughout the state from February 2029 to May 2023, compared to 11.6 percent

Some of Wisconsin’s lawmakers are looking to change the state’s constitution to protect same sex marriage. The legislature’s LGBTQ plus caucus will introduce two plans this week that would enshrine same sex marriage in the state. One plan would erase language from the state constitution that defines marriage in Wisconsin as between a man and a woman. The other would make similar changes to state laws. Same sex marriage has been legal in Wisconsin since 2014, after the Wisconsin Supreme

The Packers can pick-up some ground in the NFC North with a win against New York tonight. The Packers take-on the New York Giants on Monday Night Football. Green Bay is on a three game winning streak, and is currently in third place in the NFC North. A win tonight would move the Packers into a tie for second place with the Minnesota Vikings. Kickoff is 7:15 p.m.

ABOVE PHOTO: Steven Krueger and his wife Paola Astudillo both enlisted in the Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 115th Fighter Wing during a joint enlistment ceremony at Truax Field in Madison, Wisconsin, Nov. 22. Krueger — a prior Army Reservist and 115th Fighter Wing Airman — joined his wife for her first oath of enlistment after which his father, retired U.S. Army Col. Roy Krueger, administered his son’s third. 115th Fighter Wing photo by Senior Master Sgt. Paul Gorman Taking the

ABOVE PHOTO: Graduates celebrate during a recent commencement ceremony at UW-Stout. This year’s ceremonies will be on Saturday, Dec. 16. Fall commencement will be held for 526 graduates on Saturday, Dec. 16, at University of Wisconsin-Stout. A total of 440 undergraduate and 86 Graduate Studies students will receive degrees. Two ceremonies will be held in Johnson Fieldhouse: The ceremonies also can be seen via livestream on the UW-Stout commencement website and at the Memorial Student Center. Provost Glendalí Rodríguez will host the ceremonies. Chancellor

“It’s difficult to care about something you know nothing about,” The Wisconsin Water Library (WWL) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Wisconsin Library Association (WLA) today announced plans for Great Lakes, Great Read, a basin-wide community read program scheduled to launch in 2024.  Water Library Director Anne Moser says the program is based on the need for greater education about the Great Lakes as an important natural resource. While approximately 34 million people in the U.S. and Canada live