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City leaders in Eau Claire are ready to approve the city’s new budget, even though no one is certain just what it will cost taxpayers. The city council is scheduled to vote on the new, 50 million-dollars city budget today. Last week, city officials said they were still working out how much the new budget will cost property tax payers. Voters in Eau Claire okayed a one-and-a-half million-dollar tax increase earlier this month. That new money is earmarked to hire

Wisconsin lawmakers are going to have to decide what to do with another record surplus. The Department of Administrator yesterday said the state’s budget surplus is expected to hit six-point-six billion-dollars next summer. The Republicans who will write the state’s next budget says the extra money will give them ‘flexibility,’ and could help pay for tax cuts. Governor Evers’ administration is looking to spend some of the money. State agencies have asked for an extra three-and-a-half billion-dollars in new spending next

Wisconsin’s attorney general says a new abortion law in the state would scuttle his lawsuit over the state’s near-total ban on abortions, but it wouldn’t end all legal challenges. Attorney General Josh Kaul sued over Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion law back in July. Yesterday he said if lawmakers approve a new law next spring, that new law would end his legal challenge immediately. Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said he’s open to a new law that allows for abortions in cases of

Arrests are made in connection with a deer theft in Columbia County.  The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says a buck was stolen from a property near Portage and Wisconsin Dells Saturday.  The DNR says it used tips from Facebook to track down the deer.  The suspects’ charges haven’t been announced and they haven’t been identified.

Wisconsin gas prices are down big time to start Thanksgiving week.  Triple-A says the statewide average is three dollars and 36 cents a gallon, down over 30 cents from this time last week.  In Madison the average is three-44 a gallon, down 22 cents from last week.

Approximately 20% of the U.S. population suffers from Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) according to the National Library of Medicine (NLM). GERD results in chronic heartburn, gagging and backflow of fluid from the stomach into the esophagus. Other symptoms may include: Alex Boettcher, nurse manager of post-operative care at HSHS Sacred Heart and St. Joseph’s hospitals says there’s no known single cause of the disease, but the reflux happens when the muscle barrier between the esophagus and the stomach malfunctions or

It is the desire of Hope Gospel Mission for everyone to enjoy a special meal on Thanksgiving Day! We will offer the meal as a curb side pick-up/ drive-through as well as a dine in option. For those that wish to dine in, there will be a short program at 11:30am with the meal to follow. No reservations needed. The traditional meal is free to everyone and will include turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, green beans, cranberries, dinner rolls and

Waukesha will pause at 4:39 this afternoon to remember the one-year anniversary of the attack on last year’s Christmas Parade that left six people dead and dozens more injured. Today marks one year since Darrell Brooks Jr. plowed through the crowd. There will be a ceremony in Cutler Park. Leaders in Waukesha say it is important to remember what happened last year, as the community continues to try and heal. After today, the next step will be this year’s Waukesha

2022 is now the deadliest year on record in Milwaukee, and there’s more than a month before the end of the year. Police in the city say a killing on Saturday, near Hopkins and Hampton, was Milwaukee’s 194th of the year. That beats last year’s record of 193 homicides, and 2020’s record of 190. Milwaukee Police say homicides are up 13 percent compared to last year. Time Magazine last year ranked Milwaukee third in the nation for its homicide rate

Dane County is ready to spend another three-quarters of a million-dollars on opioid awareness. County Executive Joe Parisi announced the plan on Friday. The money will pay for more Narcan and fentanyl test strips, as well as new lessons for school kids on the dangers of opioids and fentanyl. The county is also looking to hire a new prevention coordinator at the OutReach LGBTQ+ Community Center.