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McDonell Area Catholic Schools President Molly Bushman is honored to announce the expansion of the MACS team with the addition of two new principals, both well known to the MACS community. Mrs. Jamie Dodge will be the new principal of St. Charles Preschool and Primary School (grades 3K-2) while Mrs. Gwen Doyle will be the new principal of Holy Ghost Elementary School (grades 3-5). Due to growth in enrollment, the position previously held by the departing principal will now be

Prosecutors in Dunn County yesterday charged an Eau Claire woman with this week’s home invasion in the Township of Dunn. She was reportedly high, and deputies say she smacked the homeowner with a 20-pound piece of metal. Investigators say Megan Dehate was likely under the influence of hallucinogenic drugs, and was having a manic episode when she forced her way into the home earlier this week. The people who live in the home stopped her, but deputies say she clunked

Eau Claire’s new transit center is at least a year away from being done. The city yesterday said the still-being-built facility won’t open until at least the summer of 2024. The building itself is nearly finished, crews expect the parking deck at the building to open later this year. The problem is the apartments that will be at the center. It took til February to find a developer willing to take-on the apartment piece of the project, and the city

Eau Claire Schools say the latest year of free school lunches has come with a cost. The city’s school district says the debt for this year’s free lunch program is about four thousand-dollars. That’s double what it was before the coronavirus. Still, the district’s Abby Johnson says there are no plans to change the free lunch program. Johnson says Eau Claire Schools will look for donations to pay-off the four thousand dollars.

A railroad overpass at the Galloway Street railroad tracks is a big step closer to becoming a reality. The city this week announced it will get 10-million dollars from Washington, D.C. to build a new rail crossing. The money is part of a half-billion dollars worth of grants in more than 30 states. Planners in Eau Claire have been talking about an overpass at Galloway Street since at least 2015. Federal officials say the new crossing will serve as a

Wisconsin teens may soon have to take a financial literacy class to graduate from high school. The Wisconsin Assembly yesterday approved a plan that would require a class on credit, credit cards, investing, and basic financial skills. State Rep. Calvin Callahan says the idea is to make sure that high schoolers in Wisconsin can make smart financial decisions once they’re off on their own. The class passed the Assembly on a 95-to-1 vote.

 Kids in Wisconsin will not have to get a meningitis shot to enter the seventh grade. Both the Senate and Assembly yesterday voted to scuttle a new rule that would have required the shot. The vote also makes it easier for parents to oppose other vaccines for their children. The vote comes after the Evers Administration tried to go-around the legislature, and impose a vaccine requirement by state rule. The legislature’s rules committee struck down that rule back in March. Yesterday’s vote

Carb loading was the strategy in Columba County. The sheriff in Columbia County says a truck carrying a load of potatoes caught fire near Lodi yesterday morning. The fire closed the interstate for a little while as crews worked to knock down the flames. No one was hurt. The sheriff is not saying just what caused the fire.

A $1,000,000 Powerball winning ticket was sold at Festival Foods on 1125 E. Johnson St. in Fond du Lac. The winning ticket matched five numbers (2-31-45-46-49) but not the Powerball (20) for the Monday, June 5th drawing. “We could not be happier,” said a Festival Foods Associate Manger. The million-dollar winning ticket is not the first for Festival Foods. The Lottery retailer sold a $1,000,000 winning scratch ticket in 2020. Festival Foods also sold large, winning scratch and lotto tickets of $30,000 and $10,000

The Eau Claire Community Foundation (ECCF) is pleased to announce that its annual Community Grant Cycle awarded $213,259 in grants to 50 nonprofits that serve Eau Claire County. This total includes an unprecedented eight grants of $10,000 or more. Grantees represent all four of ECCF’s giving categories: Create Culture (visual and performing arts, museums, literature); Form Futures (education, training); Give Green (animals, fitness, the environment); and Offer Opportunities (basic needs such as food, shelter, and medical care). Each year, ECCF’s