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The nurses’ strike against UnityPoint Health-Meriter is over.  SEIU nurses have ratified a new two-year contract after a five day strike. The new contract includes wage increases, tuition assistance, and childcare support. Locally, the healthcare picture is changing as OakLeaf Clinics will be relocating two of its clinics this month.  The Rice Lake clinical team will operate out of a new facility at 29-hundred Wisconsin Avenue today.  The Cornell clinical team will relocate to Chippewa Falls on June ninth.  OakLeaf

The Chippewa Falls community teams up to help raise awareness for ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease.  Hundreds showed up for the third annual Walk to Defeat ALS at Urban Park.  The event raised 40 thousand dollars. CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE COVERAGE WITH WEAU 13 NEWS.

The Wisconsin Logging Museum in Eau Claire’s Carson Park is back open for the summer season.  The museum opened on Saturday with music, tours, and a scavenger hunt.  A full schedule of events at the museum is available online at with an EASY CLICK HERE.

Six-hundred Wisconsin National Guard soldiers from Oshkosh are being deployed.  A send-off ceremony was held yesterday at UW-Oshkosh.  The soldiers are traveling to eventually work with America’s NATO allies in the U.S. Central Command.  The group will help promote security and stability in the region. 

Burnout among workers is at a ten-year high.  The World Health Organization describes burnout as a “syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed,” and it includes feelings of energy depletion or exhaustion; increased mental distance from one’s job, and reduced professional efficacy.  According to a recent report by Glassdoor, burnout has escalated to unprecedented highs, with the term being mentioned in employee reviews increasing by 32-percent year-over-year as of the first quarter of

Hello and welcome to your weekend. Thanks for spending some of your time here with us. As we get ready to turn the page into a new month many folks are feeling the summer vibes return-the sun, the fun, and much to get done. If you want a peek at what mother nature has planned, CLICK HERE. As you are getting up and at ‘um, we like to take time on Saturday mornings to slow down with this simple “scroll

Police are investigating after the lawyer representing the man accused of killing a young Milwaukee woman received a death threat.  The Waukesha Police Department says someone called Anthony Cotton’s law office and threatened to kill members of his family if he didn’t drop the Maxwell Anderson case.  Anderson is accused of murdering and dismembering Sade Robinson in April of 2024 and scattering her body parts across Milwaukee County.  Anderson faces a first-degree intentional homicide charge, and his just trial started

Residents of the Chippewa Valley have the opportunity to have their voices heard in a survey about the new train service planned between Eau Claire and the Twin Cities.  The West Central Wisconsin Rail Coalition is conducting the survey to ask residents how they think the train should operate.  Questions include preferred departure and return times, as well as how much people would be willing to pay for parking.  The survey is open until June 10th and you can SEE

The Progress Pride Flag is up at the State Capitol. Governor Evers led a LGBTQ community event yesterday which celebrates same-sex marriage rights tenth anniversary. June is Pride Month and the flag will fly for the whole month.

With summer nearly upon us, soon the kids will be asking to hit the pool or lake. For this week’s Friday Feel Good we head to the Sunshine State with a story that makes a splash with a water rescue.  A guy fishing in Pensacola Beach, Florida saved a teenage girl from drowning last Thursday and didn’t even have to get his feet wet.  His name is Andrew Smith, and he can’t swim because he has a seizure disorder.  But he had his drone