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The two men wanted for last week’s shooting at the Mall of America are now in custody.  Bloomington, Minnesota Police Chief Booker Hodges yesterday said 21-year-old Shamar Lark and his accomplice 23-year-old Rashad May were arrested in Chicago. The chief says the FBI arrested the two after they were spotted getting haircuts. Lark is accused of opening fire after a fight at the Nike store in the mall, police say May encouraged him to pull the trigger. It’s not clear

Voter turnout for Tuesday’s primaries hit a 40-year high.  The unofficial results from Election Day show 26 percent of voters cast a ballot, that’s a near-record for an August primary.  Over 690-thousand Republicans and over a half-million Democrats voted on Tuesday. The campaign for governor is in full swing. Governor Tony Evers made a campaign stop in Eau Claire yesterday. He talked-up his priorities of abortion and education. The governor is trying to show the difference between him and the

Milwaukee County has seen a 170 percent increase in fentanyl deaths over the past five years.  The county’s medical examiner yesterday said there have been 211 confirmed fatal drug overdoses this year as of June 15th. Last year saw 613 deadly overdoses.  Not all of them are related to fentanyl, but a growing number of them are. The M-E says this year is on pace to break last year’s drug-death-mark.

Wisconsin is ending the week with 540 people in the hospital with the coronavirus. The state’s Hospital Association yesterday said the 540 people in the hospital with the virus is up over 30 people from the start of the week. Wisconsin is seeing the kind of coronavirus hospitalization numbers that it saw earlier this spring. Wisconsin may be about to drop its close-contact quarantine rules. The CDC yesterday said people in the country no longer need to quarantine after coming into contact with someone

Packer fans got a 102-year slideshow from the team on social media yesterday.  The Packers celebrated their 103rd birthday by highlighting every team photo from 1919 up until last year.  It was on August 11th, 1919 that the Packers were created as a team.  The Packers begin their 103rd season tonight with a preseason game against the 49ers.

Wisconsin transportation officials have filed a plan with the federal government for funding to build charging stations for electric vehicles across the state.  Officials say the program would cost 78-million dollars and funding would come from the federal infrastructure act.  Under Wisconsin’s plan,. charging stations would be located every 50 miles and no more than a mile off the exits of major fuel corridors in the state.   

A federal program that provides an academic, financial and individual support system for 28 students each year has been renewed at University of Wisconsin-Stout. Funding for the McNair Scholars Program has been awarded by the U.S. Department of Education for another five years beginning Oct. 1, 2023, for $261,888 annually, totaling $1.31 million. One year remains on the current grant cycle. UW-Stout’s McNair program, which began in 2009, has supported about 150 first-generation, limited income and underrepresented college students. It provides dedicated advisers

The Chippewa Valley Regional Airport (EAU) announced Sun Country Airlines’ service to and from EAU is now on sale. Sun Country Airlines will begin service to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) December 1, 2022, and to Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) in Ft. Myers, FL starting December 19, 2022. “We are pleased that Sun Country will be expanding their offerings from their original proposal…” Travelers interested in making reservations can visit www.suncountry.com or call SunCountry reservations at 651-905-2737. “Travelers in

The Eau Claire City-County Health Department is asking for your help to find a dog that bit a woman on, Friday, August 5th, 2022, at 2:30 p.m. The bite occurred at the Otter Creek Dog Park in Eau Claire, WI.The person with the dog was described as a white male with short black or dark brown hair, around 5’ 7”, and in his 60’s. He was described to be wearing a blue shirt and blue shorts. The dog was described

There’s no pause in the political ads in Wisconsin. Republican candidate for governor Tim Michels yesterday launched a new ad calling Governor Tony Evers and President Joe Biden ‘two peas in a pod.’ The content of the ad is nothing new, but the ad itself is a sign of how strong Michels campaign against Evers will be this November. Michels spent 12 million-dollars of his own money on the primary, and is expected to spend millions more for the November election.