Home

New details are being released about a Wisconsin man accused of making threats toward Governor Tony Evers.  An affidavit that was unsealed this week accuses Michael Yaker of Windsor of posting death threats toward Evers on social media.  Yaker is also accused of sending Evers threatening emails.  So far he’s not facing any charges.

Kohl’s CEO Michelle Gass is stepping down to become the new president of Levi Strauss.  Levi Strauss says Gass’ last day at Kohl’s will be December 2nd and she’ll take over for them on January 3rd.  Reports say Senior Vice President of Information Services Tom Kingsbury will serve as interim CEO at Kohl’s until a permanent replacement is found.

On Monday, November 7, at 7:30 p.m., the Barron County Sheriff’s Department received a call of a suspicious male on a property south of Barron. Deputies from the Sheriff’s Department responded to the area but did not locate any suspect. While deputies were on scene of the first call, a second call came in reported a suspicious male on another property a few miles away. Deputies were advised there was a small red car in the area. Deputies located where

James Anthony Angst, 63 years of age, from Arcadia, WI has been arrested by the Wisconsin State Patrol Eau Claire Post for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 6th offense. On 11-07-22, at approximately 3:28 p.m., a WI State Patrol Trooper stopped a vehicle for speeding and an equipment violation. The driver was identified as James A. Angst and showed signs of impairment. A subsequent investigation, including standardized field sobriety testing, showed that Mr. Angst was operating a motor

Today is Election Day here in Wisconsin. Voters will decide everything from U.S. Senate to governor to dozens of local referendum questions. Both the city of Eau Claire and Eau Claire schools have tax hike questions on the ballot today. The polls are open from 7 a.m. til 8 p.m. You can find out just where you vote at the state’s MyVote website WITH AN EASY CLICK HERE.

There are new questions to answer about last month’s fire at an apartment in Hartland that left a family of six dead.  The Waukesha County Medical Examiner’s Office yesterday said the mother who died in the fire also had a self-inflicted gunshot wound.  Investigators quickly last month said that the dad, Connor McKisick, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.  The M.E. now says the mom, Jessica McKisick, also took her own life.  They are basing that on both the physical

Eau Claire schools are boosting pay for substitute teachers. The city’s school board last night approved 20 dollar per-day raises for subs. The bump will take subs from 140 dollars per-day to 160 dollars per-day. That is more than both Chippewa Falls and Altoona pay. Eau Claire schools also approved a 38 cent per-hour raise for special education assistants, that takes them to 16-38 per-hour.

Leinenkugel’s has made USA Today’s list of top brewery tours in the country. The paper yesterday announced the results of the national vote on brewery tours, and the Leinie’s tour came-in at number eight. Leinenkugel’s is the only Wisconsin brewery on the list. USA Today voters give the Leinie’s tour high marks for its history, and for the option for a personalized tour with a Leinenkugel’s family member.

The Red Cross is asking people to donate blood now, before the need and the flu season become too much. The Red Cross yesterday said it needs to replenish blood supplies here in Wisconsin. The Red Cross says the CDC is anticipating a bad flu season, and they want to be stocked-up. There are several blood donation opportunities between now and the beginning of December, check the Red Cross’ website to see the closest one for you.

No one won the latest Powerball drawing because the latest Powerball drawing has been delayed.  California Lottery officials last night said two of the 48 states that participate in Powerball didn’t finish their security checks in time, so there was no drawing last night. As of early this morning, the California Lottery said the delay is still in effect due to an issue in another state.  Last night’s Powerball jackpot was supposed to be worth just under two billion-dollars.