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Wisconsin drivers are paying a little less for gas as the weekend begins.  Triple-A reports the state average for regular was down one cent Friday, to three-52 a gallon.  The average was three-40 a gallon in Dane and Sauk counties.  The national average was flat at three-58 a gallon Friday.

It wasn’t long ago that we were celebrating the dads in our life on the official Fathers Day. For this week’s Friday Feel Good we dial up a story of connection that reminds us that any day is a reason to celebrate a family connection.  After over a dozen years of looking, a Wisconsin woman was finally able to find her biological father by using 23andMe.   Melissa Kelly talks about her journey and connecting with her biological father Ron over the phone, and instantly feeling

The Chippewa Valley Technical College District Board approved the 2023-24 budget as proposed during its meeting on Thursday. This approval comes just a day after the state Assembly indefinitely postponed the vote on Assembly Bill 2, which posed a threat to the technical colleges’ ability to levy property taxes for operating and maintenance expenses. CVTC’s budget calls for total expenditures of $113,626,637, a reduction of 2.59 percent from the 2022-23 budget due mainly to the completion of referendum projects. General fund

 A man is facing charges in connection with a shooting in Tomah earlier this week. Yesterday several charges were filed against 23-year-old Krimzen Perea, including first-degree attempted homicide. Police say early Monday morning, Perea followed a man to the nine-hundred block of East McCoy where he allegedly shot him. The victim then managed to fight Perea for the gun. He was able to get the gun and run to a Super 8 Hotel on Berry Avenue for help. The victim

Eau Claire Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a runaway juvenile. Police say 14-year-old Coiya Olson was last seen on June 11th and last spoke with her family on June 14th. A photo of Olson is available on the Facebook page of the Eau Claire Police Department. Anyone with any information is asked to call Eau Claire Police. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO.

With the mercury rising, Eau Claire Police remind not to leave your pet in a hot car. Police say they receive a call at least once a week during the warm weather months of a dog being left in a hot car. In 2018, the department reports they received over 100 calls of animals being left in hot cars. So far this year, the department has received thirty calls for animals being left in a hot car.

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