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Hello. Thank you for making a stop by our 715 Newsroom today. We’re glad you’re here! As the week can occasionally feel long, difficult, or challenging we are here for our Saturday morning “scroll down memory lane.” It’s just a simple way to ease into your new day by looking back at events that have happened on this day in the pages of history. So, grab your favorite sippin’ drink and let’s scroll! On This Date: In 1789, the Constitution

The Eau Claire Fire Department responded to a structure fire Friday evening on the West side of Eau Claire. 2 Engine companies, 2 Truck companies, 1 Medic company, and 2 Chief officers were called to the scene. Medic 9 was first on scene and reported heavy smoke throughout a 1 1/2 story garage and directed operations until the arrival of Engine 9. Fire crews made entry into the structure finding high heat conditions and zero visibility, however were able to

 A nearly 800-thousand dollar grant from the Defense Department will help prepare Madison for the deployment of F-35 fighter jets at Truax Field this spring.  The funding Senator Tammy Baldwin’s office announced on Friday will go toward initiatives including town halls and multilingual education efforts.  It also will pay for a study to determine what the state’s Department of Military Affairs can do for surrounding neighborhoods affected by the noise. 

When lacing up for a marathon, you usually plan to run the race to the finish line, but for this week’s Friday Feel Good we have a different path to victory.  A surgeon ran through a half-marathon in Philadelphia to retrieve an organ that was stuck in traffic and needed for a time sensitive surgery.  The half-marathon was the reason the transport driver couldn’t get the liver to surgery.  Here is Dr. Adam Bodzin and patient Charles Rowe talking about the life-saving

 Wisconsin gas prices are back on the rise.  According to Triple-A the statewide average is three dollars and 22 cents a gallon.  That’s up four cents overnight and up 12 cents since this time last week.  The average is the same in Madison, up 13 cents from a week ago.

The Wisconsin Department of Revenue (DOR) is sending $3.9 million to unclaimed property owners in March, and for many, the delivery of a check will come as a surprise.  DOR annually matches tax records against the state’s unclaimed property roll.  If DOR can definitively match tax records to an owner on the unclaimed property roll, the agency sends out checks automatically for those owed property valued at $2,000 or less and will send letters to those owed property valued at greater

“It has been a great privilege and honor to serve the citizens of Eau Claire as a firefighter for the past 26 years and as the Fire Chief for the past 6 years.” -CHIEF BELL After 26 years of dedicated service, City of Eau Claire Fire Chief Chris Bell has announced his retirement from the City of Eau Claire Fire Department, effective April 30, 2023. “It has been a great privilege and honor to serve the citizens of Eau Claire

 Governor Evers was in Eau Claire yesterday to talk about new buildings at the UW-Eau Claire campus. The governor wants to spend about two billion-dollars on new projects at UW campuses across the state. In Eau Claire that would mean a new science building. The Eau Claire campus has been working to replace Phillips Hall for years, the campus needs 231 million-dollars more to do it. But it’s not clear if the legislature will go along with the governor’s proposal.

The University of Wisconsin is asking for its first tuition increase in nearly 10 years. UW President Jay Rothman told lawmakers yesterday that the school would like to raise tuition five percent next fall. Wisconsin froze tuition at UW campuses back in 2013, and only lifted that freeze back in 2021. Rothman says even with a tuition increase, the UW System will be one of the most affordable colleges in the Midwest. Tuition varies from campus to campus, but in-state students pay just under

Altoona has the gear to start taking sand out of its lake. A new bed load sediment collector arrived this week. The collector does just what its name suggests, it clears sediment out of the water. All of the gear cost just one dollar because the city of Cleveland couldn’t make it work for them. Altoona says it needs to remove tons of sand from Lake Altoona in order to keep the lake in good shape.