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New license plates are available in Wisconsin.  Today the Wisconsin Department of Transportation unveiled the Ice Age Trail license plate, a baby blue plate with a yellow stripe on the bottom and a woolly mammoth on the side.  The plates cost 15 dollars, plus an annual 25 dollar donation to the Ice Age Trail Alliance.  More information is available WITH AN EASY CLICK HERE.

Wisconsin is one of the best states for working moms according to a new study.  That’s according to the latest study by WalletHub ranking each state on 17 key metrics including child care costs, professional opportunities, and work-life balance.  Wisconsin ranks fifth overall and third in professional opportunities.  WalletHub says the best state for working moms is Massachusetts.

The City of Altoona is progressing with its container park project that will be called “The Yard,” in honor of Altoona’s railroad heritage and recognizing that the container park will be a place to gather, play and socialize just like our own back yards. “The City had an excellent field of applicants…” The Altoona City Council, along with a group of local entrepreneurs, met with container park applicants last week and heard them pitch their business ideas. Following the business

ABOVE PHOTO: A graduate celebrates during a spring 2022 commencement ceremony at UW-Stout. This year’s ceremonies will be on Saturday, May 6.  Spring commencement will be held for 1,173 graduates on Saturday, May 6, at University of Wisconsin-Stout. A total of 946 undergraduate and 227 Graduate School students will receive degrees. Three ceremonies will be held in Johnson Fieldhouse: The ceremonies also can be seen via livestream on the UW-Stout commencement website and at the Memorial Student Center. Provost Glendali Rodriguez will

A crash heading into the weekend marks the first traffic fatality in Barron County this year. On Friday, April 28, 2023, at 10:05 p.m., the Barron County Sheriff’s Department received a 911 call of a one vehicle crash on County Road D/7th Ave west of County Road K/2nd St, south of Turtle Lake. An investigation of the crash shows the vehicle was traveling west on County Road D/7th Ave at a high rate of speed and failed to stop at

 General Mills is issuing a recall for some of its bags of Gold Medal flour.  The FDA issued the announcement, saying the possible presence of salmonella in several batches of flour prompted the voluntary recall.  Specifically, the two, five, and ten-pound bags of bleached and unbleached all-purpose flour that have a “better if used by” date of March 27th or March 28th, 2024.  All other types of Gold Medal flour are not affected by the recall.  General Mills says salmonella was detected in a sample from a

It is going to be a cool start to May for the Chippewa Valley. Forecasters say temperatures to start the day will be in the mid-30s, and likely won’t break 50 degrees. It’s a similar story tomorrow. There are warmer days ahead, forecasters say Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls should hit almost 70 degrees by Thursday. Meanwhile, it’s another one in the books for the Eau Claire marathon! The race saw some cold temperatures and a good crowd. Runners had

 The University of Wisconsin says it is ‘gathering information’ about the weekend arrest of a Badger football player. Madison Police arrested wide receiver Markus Allen on Saturday for suspicion of being drunk and armed. Allen was one of 44 people arrested at the Block Party this weekend. Madison Police say they found a stolen gun in a backpack, but stopped short of naming Allen in the arrest. The university says it’s aware of the situation and is trying to process the information.

The Republicans who will write Wisconsin’s new state budget aren’t wasting much time. The legislature’s Joint Finance Committee will meet this week to start voting-out pieces of Governor Evers’ plan. Lawmakers tomorrow are expected to slash spending for the governor’s office, the state’s Election Commission, and the State Fair among other things. The committee is looking to finish a new, two-year state budget by the end of the month. It’s still not clear just what all will be prioritized, or just

Governor Evers says he’s impressed with the local response to western Wisconsin’s train derailment. The governor went to De Soto on Friday to see the scene for himself. A train jumped the tracks last week, sending two rail cars into the Mississippi River and scattering a few others along the bank. The governor says it’s too early to look for blame or talk about more regulations. He says the local emergency response has handled the derailment, and the clean-up well.