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TDS Telecommunications has set up shop in Eau Claire. A ribbon cutting ceremony was held yesterday for the company’s new location on Mall Drive. TDS, which provides fiber internet, TV, and telephone services, announced last fall plans to expand in Eau Claire, Altoona, and Chippewa Falls.

 Wisconsin’s Republican lawmakers are proposing sizeable income tax cuts.  Yesterday, the state budget committee introduced measures to reduce the income tax burden on residents by a total of three-and-a-half-billion dollars.  The plan would shift tax brackets, going down from four brackets to three, with all seeing a rate reduction.  GOP legislators are also holding their position on the University of Wisconsin System budget; planning to cut funding by 32-million dollars over UW leaders’ intended investments in diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.

Department of Children and Families Secretary Emilie Amundson says planned budget cuts are likely to hit the child care industry hard.  She addressed the topic while visiting and touring the Yahara River Learning Center in DeForest yesterday.  Amundson says the choice by GOP lawmakers in the state budget committee to pass on renewing the Child Care Counts program is eliminating three-hundred-40-million dollars in financial support for care and education centers.  She adds that facility closures and rate increases may be

Prices are up for residential real estate in Wisconsin despite a significant drop in sales.  Data from the Wisconsin Realtors Association shows the median price for a home in the state went up by nearly seven percent between May of 2022 and last month, from two-hundred-75-thousand to around two-hundred-94 thousand.  The report also shows a sizeable decline in overall sales during that time period, down by more than 21 percent.  Experts believe higher interest rates and a slow down in new home construction are

The football Badgers are taking their first week of training camp on the road.  The team is holding closed practices at the UW-Platteville campus from August first through eighth.  Head Coach Luke Fickell says he believes the camp will help players focus on coming together on and off the field.  The Chicago Bears held summer training camp at Platteville’s Pioneer Stadium from the mid-80’s until 2002.

The Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra and Lake Louie Brewing are introducing a new beer for the Concerts on the Square series.  Called “Blanket Bier”, the Vienna-Style lager will be available on draft only for this summer’s performances.  Lake Louie and Wisconsin Brewing president Paul Verdu says the company is excited about the collaboration.  The lineup for the 40th concert season is posted HERE.

 The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are joining in the investigation into a small plane crash in Waunakee.  The plane crashed into the back of a minivan sitting on Knightsbridge Road yesterday afternoon.  No one was in the van at the time and two people in the plane suffered minor injuries.

Wisconsin’s drought conditions are worsening, especially in parts of southern Wisconsin.  The latest U.S. Drought Monitor map shows areas along the Wisconsin River from about the Mississippi River to Wisconsin Dells are under severe drought.  None of Wisconsin was seeing that bad of drought conditions this time last week.

The remains of a World War Two soldier from Jackson County have been identified and are headed back to Wisconsin.  Clinton Koloski was killed in France back in 1945 and his remains weren’t positively identified until last September.  He’ll have a full military burial in Beloit next Friday.

Regis High School has named Nolan Fadness as the next Head Softball Coach. Fadness graduated from Eau Claire Memorial High School in 2007 where he was a three-year varsity starter and a two-time 1st Team All Big Rivers Conference player for the Old Abes in baseball. He was voted team MVP during his junior and senior seasons. He continued to play collegiate baseball at UW-Oshkosh where he was a four-year starter and was named 1st Team All WIAC each of his