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The Wisconsin Addiction Recovery Helpline is celebrating five years of service. 31-thousand calls, texts, and chats have been received and answered since it started in 2018. The free, anonymous service is supported by grants from the Department of Health Services to decrease drug overdoses. The Helpline has referred nearly 79-thousand people to substance use agencies for counseling, inpatient care, medication-assisted treatment, and other services since it began.

The Volunteer Partners of HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital and HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital will honor and memorialize loved ones during the annual Love Lights tree lighting ceremony in December. Love Lights is a special way to honor loved ones who may be receiving care at the hospital, or who are wished continued good health and happiness, or those who have passed and are dearly missed. Community members who purchase a Love Light will see those lights glow from the trees outside the front entrances of

The Cumberland Police Department recently updated the public in an incident at 3M. Below is the statement from authorities in that area.

On November 1st , 2023 at 12:29pm the Barron County 911 Center received a call of a grain bin accident, with a subject trapped inside just south of Barron. Deputies from the Barron County Sheriff’s Department along with the Barron Fire Department, Mayo Ambulance, Barron County First Responders and Life LinkHelicopter all responded to the scene. Lifesaving measures were conducted by deputies and continued with Mayo Ambulance and Life Link but efforts were unsuccessful. A 58 yr. old male was

Pablo Center at the Confluence works to educate and explore William Shakespeare’s writing through the Wisconsin Shakespeare Festival, slated to present its second season throughout the Summer of 2024.   Wisconsin Shakespeare Festival is thrilled to announce the return of Improbable Fiction: A One-Act New Plays series, an initiative built to celebrate and uplift playwrights and their craft. Playwrights from across the region and country are invited to submit in one of three categories: “Young Voices” (for writers ages 16-24), “Diverse

On October 29, 2023, Menomonie Police Department received 9 reports of smash and grab thefts from locked vehicles near parks. Two suspects used financial cards belonging to victims at the local Walmart. The suspects were observed operating a Grey, newer Dodge Durango RT, with unknown plates. This alert is sent statewide due to recent similar incidents being posted across the state. The suspects and vehicle have not been identified at this time. If you have any information you are asked

Trick, treats, and snow on the feet! You were part of history if you braved the weather to dress up! Yesterday’s snowfall topped previous records in Eau Claire.  The National Weather Service reports two-point-one inches of snow fell in Eau Claire, breaking the previous record of two inches set in 1932.  Since records began being kept in the late 19th century, there has been measurable snowfall in Eau Claire on Halloween only three times. 

City officials in Eau Claire have decided to join an intergovernmental agreement to widen the County’s Highway T corridor.  Eau Claire and Chippewa Counties have also joined the regional compact for the project.  City officials say it would be the biggest project in the area since Highway 53 was completed.  Under the plan, County Highway T would expand from a two-lane road to four lanes along the corridor that stretches from North Crossing in Eau Claire County to Highway 29

A reminder to Eau Claire motorists that alternate side parking restrictions take effect today. The rules are in effect each year from November first through May first.  The city uses the restrictions in late winter and early spring for extensive city-wide street cleaning.  Details on the alternate side parking rules are available on the City of Eau Claire’s website WITH AN EASY CLICK HERE.   

The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire has been ranked among the most affordable colleges in the United States.  The ranking comes from the scholarship site called Scholarship 360.  The study places UW-Eau Claire among the top six percent of colleges in the country.  The website says it bases its rankings on the affordability of schools and outcomes for students.