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Wisconsin fourth and fifth grade students can learn about emergency preparedness through the Student Tools for Emergency Planning program. In addition to curriculum, Andrew Beckett with Wisconsin Emergency Management says students can get free materials to make emergency kit Schools interested in offering the STEP program this spring can register AND GET MORE INFO WITH AN EASY CLICK HERE.

The County Highway M Bridge over the Chippewa River will have a 30-ton weight limit placed in effect immediately. During a recent bridge inspection, distortion was found in several of the bridge’s steel connection plates. Chippewa County Highway Department bridge inspection staff are working closely with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Structures and structural engineers from a private consultant to evaluate the extent of the damages and determine any necessary repairs. Conditions will be monitored closely for any

A fire at Chippewa Valley Airport yesterday that burned a small plane is under investigation.  Eau Claire firefighters raced to the airport yesterday afternoon for a report of a plane on fire.  Crews found the single engine plane engulfed.  Crews quickly put the fire out.  No one was hurt.

A Milwaukee man is going to prison for a decade-and-a-half for shooting at kids who were throwing snowballs.  Police say William Carson started shooting at the kids who threw snowballs at his car back in 2020.  No one was hit, and no one was hurt.  Milwaukee Police say Carson was drunk at the time.  A judge on Friday sentenced him to 16 years behind bars.

The young man who stabbed an Oshkosh school resource officer with a barbecue fork could be headed to prison.  It took a jury about four hours Friday to find Grant Fuhrman guilty of attempted first-degree intentional homicide.  He stabbed the officer at Oshkosh West High School back in 2019.  Fuhrman was 16-years-old at the time, he is 20 now.  Fuhrman’s lawyers argued it was an attempt at suicide by cop.  He’s due to be sentenced in May.

Part of the Hillside Trail is closed because of falling rocks.  Eau Claire city leaders say there are no reports of any injuries, but they are closing the trail just in case.  The state of Wisconsin is actually planning to move the trail because of the threat of falling rocks.  The plan is to move the trail’s path farther away from the Hillside, and dig a trench to catch any rocks that may fall in the future.

Wisconsin lawmakers are going to spend some time this week getting answers about why some people are having a hard time getting a license to work in the state.  There’s both a public hearing and a committee meeting this week to deal with the delays at the Department of Safety and Professional Services.  People from dozens of professions say they’ve been waiting weeks or months to get a license from the state.  Republican lawmakers have been asking questions about the delays

We’re due for an update on Wisconsin’s wolf hunting plan this week.  The state’s Department of Natural Resources is holding a public hearing tomorrow afternoon to get feedback on the new plan.  DNR’s updated wolf plan removes a specific number for the state’s wolf population, and would make other changes for hunting and trapping.  The plan must go before the public before it can go to the DNR Board for a vote.

There are no longer any deer at a Vernon County deer farm.   Wisconsin’s Department of Agriculture on Friday said it ‘depopulated’ the farm because of a CWD outbreak.  In all, 32 animals were put down.  The state first quarantined the farm back in September after a buck tested positive.  DATCP says three others would also test positive.  The state will pay the farm owner for the deer, but the farm is also banned from having more deer for five years

There’s another chance to be a lot richer tonight.  No one won Saturday’s Powerball drawing, so the jackpot for tonight is now 747 million-dollars.  The lump-sum cash payout for that would be 403-million-dollars.  It is the fifth largest jackpot in history. Your odds of winning are about 292 million-to-one.