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It is not a buyer’s market in western Wisconsin. The latest report from the Wisconsin Realtors shows home sales in the western part of the state are down 38-percent from this point last year. Sales are down nearly 40 percent in Eau Claire County, and down over 55-percent in Chippewa County. The Realtors blame a lack of homes for sale, high prices, and high interest rates for the drop in sales.

One of Wisconsin’s largest dairy groups says the Waters of the United States ruling is a win for all farmers. The Venture Dairy Cooperative says the ruling puts a check on ‘unelected bureaucrats in Washington’ who ‘have run amok.’ The unanimous ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court struck down an Obama-era regulation that gave the EPA broad power over any place that could hold water, including wetlands and some farm fields that regularly flooded. Farm groups complained for years that those

Hunters in Wisconsin have today and tomorrow to apply for an elk hunting permit. The Department of Natural Resources says the application period closes at the end of the day tomorrow. Elk hunting season is scheduled for October, then again in December. Only four people will be given an elk hunting permit, four others will go to the Ojibwa Tribes. The drawing for those lucky four licenses will be held in early June according to the DNR.

Lawmakers are looking to follow-up on reports of sexual harassment and sexual abuse in the National Guard with some new laws. There’s a hearing scheduled for tomorrow in the State Assembly to hear three new proposals that would add new requirements for the Guard in Wisconsin. An investigation into the Air Guard unit in Madison showed a pattern of abuse, harassment, and misconduct over a number of years. One of the new laws would require a report from the Guard to

The Packers’ CEO is hopeful the state will help pay for the NFL Draft to come to Green Bay. CEO Mark Murphy was on UPFRONT over the weekend. He said hosting the NFL Draft is going to be a boom for the entire state. He expects hundreds of thousands of people to attend, and he expects them to spend millions of dollars while they are here. Two Green Bay lawmakers are asking for two million-dollars to help offset the Packers’

It’s not the opening day that Eau Claire’s baseball team hoped for. The Express lost their first game of the season last night, falling 8-3 to La Crosse. La Crosse scored four runs in the second inning, and had the game under control from there. The two teams will play again tonight in La Crosse.

Wisconsin’s public school managers are reminding people about summer breakfasts and lunches. The Department of Public Instruction is signing people up for its summer meal programs. DPI says it serves about two-and-a-half million meals to kids each summer. Communities qualify if there are enough low income families, and some adults with disabilities can also qualify for meals. DPI says you can get more information online, or by call 211. CLICK HERE FOR MORE.

As many head home from Memorial Day travel, Wisconsin gas prices remain higher than they were this time last week.  Triple-A says the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded in the Madison area is three dollars and 51 cents, up eight cents from last Monday.  The statewide average is a little higher, three-53 a gallon.

 We may not know them all, but we owe them all. It is Memorial Day. A day to honor the lives of those lost in the line of duty while in service to our country. When it comes to honoring our fallen hero’s, The Highground Veterans Memorial Park is a place to do that today and every day. It is a 155-acre Park whose mission is to “Honor, Educate and Heal” our Veterans, families and all who visit. Located three

One person is dead after a weekend crash in Eau Claire. It happened Friday evening on Highway 93. The State Patrol says 30-year-old Brandon Nabok of Eau Claire was riding his motorcycle when he crashed into another car that was turning on to the highway. The other driver was not hurt. The State Patrol says the investigation is on-going.