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There will soon be two Jersey Mike’s in Eau Claire. The company’s website says two stores will be open soon. One will be on Clairemont Avenue next to the ShopKo Optical, and the other will be near the mall. There’s no word on just when the new shops will open.

A Madison man is headed to federal prison for his role in a multi-state drug trafficking ring.  Charlie Goodwin was sentenced this week to eleven years in prison for distributing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.  The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Madison says Goodwin was arrested back in 2021 after he sold a pound of meth to a confidential source.  The attorney’s office says officers found over 16-thousand dollars, guns, and drug packaging material at his girlfriend’s house where he

The Wisconsin Department of Human Services wants suggestions on how to spend the state’s money from a recent opioid settlement.  The department says it’s getting eight-million dollars to invest in statewide projects and programs.  You can provide input on the Department of Human Services website.

An early morning crash leads to an OWI. Alan Jay Willis, 54 years of age, from Black River Falls WI has been arrested by the Wisconsin State Patrol Eau Claire Post for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 4th offense. Alan Jay Willis, 54 years of age, from Black River Falls, WI. has been arrested by the Wisconsin State Patrol Eau Claire Post for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 4th offense. On 01-26-23, at approximately 4:40 a.m.,

 A pair of adults in Barron County are looking at charges for running a ‘party house’ and tattooing two teenagers. Prosecutors say 27-year-old Chase McCarty and 24-year-old Hannah Rhodes gave local teens alcohol and marijuana and let them get drunk or high at the house. The teens would sometimes do chores for the two. Investigators started looking into McCarty and Rhodes after one of the teenagers who partied with them said something to authorities about a six-year-old who lived at

There’s some fear that a powerful animal tranquilizer has made it into the drug supply in La Crosse. Authorities in the city are investigating nine deadly overdoses since the beginning of the year. The worry is that the animal tranquilizer xylazine, also known as ‘tranq,’ is now being included in fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine in the city. Investigators say it will take a while to get the final toxicology reports on all nine overdoses, so they may not know anything

There’s a search for a 13-year-old Sheboygan boy who’s been missing since the day after Christmas. Authorities say Colt Klinzing left his foster home on December 26th, and hasn’t been seen since. They are looking in both the Sheboygan and Manitowoc areas. Klinzing’s pictures are online, as is the number that the Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Office wants people to call if they know anything about his whereabouts.

Wisconsin’s DMV managers want to continue to allow some new drivers to skip their road test. The DMV yesterday suggested making its driving test waiver permanent. The DMV says 87 percent of new drivers since May of 2020, when the DMV closed because of the coronavirus, have been given a waiver. That comes to over 108 thousand drivers. There are worries though. Some drivers ed teachers say not testing new drivers behind the wheel will make the roads more dangerous.

A lot of people have changed their minds about the U.S. Supreme Court after the Dobbs decision. The latest Marquette Law School Poll shows the court’s reputation has renounced since last summer. Immediately after the Dobbs leak, pollsters say people said they lost faith in the high court. Back in July, 61 percent of people said they disapproved of the Supreme Court. In the poll released yesterday, that number was 53 percent. The change is more noticeable when you look

Wisconsin’s record budget surplus is growing, again. The Legislative Fiscal Bureau yesterday said the surplus will now hit seven-point-one billion-dollars this July. That’s a half-billion dollars more than expected. Almost 90 percent of that increase comes from money that was set aside during the past two years, but wasn’t spent. Republican lawmakers yesterday once again said they, and their budget decisions, are responsible for Wisconsin’s record-surplus. Lawmakers and Governor Evers are now talking about what to do with that money.