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Altoona is going to pay more for EMS service from Eau Claire. Eau Claire’s city council on Tuesday agreed to charge Altoona 15 dollars per-person for ambulance service for the next four years. Back in 2018, the two cities agreed to a deal that charged Altoona 12-dollars per-person. The new deal ends talk of Altoona striking-out on its own for EMS service. Eau Claire’s city attorney says the city needs to charge more, because Altoona is using more of Eau

Wisconsin’s governor is going around the state to look for potholes. Governor Tony Evers yesterday launched what his office is calling the Pothole Patrol for 2023. The idea is to highlight Wisconsin’s roads. The governor is also using the tour as a way to criticize Republican lawmakers who have dismissed his budget plan that looked to spend hundreds of millions of dollars from Wisconsin’s surplus on new roads. The governor ran for office back in 2018 by promising to ‘fix the damn

 At least a half-million dollars in coronavirus grants went out the door in Wisconsin without any proof that the money was needed. A new audit blames Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services for mismanaging COVID grants and the state’s ventilator program. About a third of the grants the auditors reviewed didn’t have any documentation ‘to support their applicants or the amounts requested.’ Auditors also found that DHS didn’t track many of the 15 hundred ventilators the state bought for 39 million-dollars during the early

Wisconsin lawmakers are taking another look at new rules for licenses to work in the state.  A Senate panel today will hold a hearing on five different plans to study how Wisconsin’s professional licensing system is working, and what can be done to make it better.  Republican lawmakers have been demanding answers from the state’s Department of Safety and Professional Services for over a year about the months-long delay people face when trying to get or renew their license to work.  One

Kohl’s is reporting a profit from the first fiscal quarter.  Today’s report says Kohl’s had a net income of 14-million dollars in the first quarter, compared to 14-million dollars in profit all last year.  Net sales decreased, but CEO Tom Kingsbury says the company reduced inventory and delivered margin expansion.  Kohl’s stock price jumped over 12-and-a-half percent in pre-market trading after the report was released.

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) announced 10 Wisconsin companies will receive a DATCP Buy Local, Buy Wisconsin (BLBW) grant in 2023. BLBW is a competitive grant program designed to strengthen Wisconsin’s agriculture and food industries by helping farms and businesses more efficiently process, market, and distribute locally grown food products. BLBW grants pro​vide consumers with access to more Wisconsin-grown food products, including organic fruits and vegetables, hazelnut products, locally grown grain, and other value-added products.

A longtime local business gives back to the community. Chilson Subaru has announced it will help support food resources, and beyond! They will donate over $23,000.00 to the Feed My People Food Bank in Eau Claire and over $6500.00 to Family Promise of the Chippewa Valley homeless shelters. Chilson Subaru nominated the local charities as part of the Subaru Share the Love Event for 2022.   CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS LONG RUNNING EVENT.

A Monroe County deputy is out of a job after his K9 partner died from the heat earlier this month. The sheriff’s office yesterday said Detective Alex Maas resigned from the department. He’d been on administrative leave since his K9 partner, Kolt, died from the heat last week. The dog was rushed to the vet on May 10th after being locked in a hot car, he never recovered. The Vernon County Sheriff’s Office and Juneau County District Attorney’s Office are

 Police in Chippewa Falls are fed up with the mess at the Chippewa Falls Senior Center left by illegal dumpers. Police Chief Matthew Kelm took to Facebook yesterday to warn would-be thieves and dumpers that officers are going to step-up their patrols. The Senior Center hosts a scrap drive each year as a fundraiser, but the chief says the site has turned into a dumping ground for everything from old couches to people’s unwanted junk. To make matters worse, the

There’s an expectation that Minnesota’s legalization of marijuana will lead to more pot busts in western Wisconsin. Police in Eau Claire yesterday said with legal weed now just an hour-or-so away, more marijuana could find its way into the city. Minnesota became the 23rd state in the nation to legalize pot on Monday when the governor signed the new law. Eau Claire Police reminded everyone yesterday that marijuana possession is still illegal in Wisconsin.