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Reserve Component Maternity Leave (RCML) is now available to Wisconsin National Guard Soldiers. RCML authorizes traditional Soldiers to be paid for 12 unit training assemblies (UTAs) post childbirth, and they may use it flexibly in the year that follows. This leave is available for future drills and can be applied retroactively back to June 9, 2022, for any Soldiers who gave birth, did not attend drill and did not get paid by their unit. CLICK HERE FOR FULL DETAILS.

Visit Eau Claire is still accepting grant applications from organizations through the semi-annual Tourism and Cultural Arts grant programs. The deadline for application submission is April 15, 2023. The tourism grants are intended to encourage tourism development and promotion through events that will generate overnight stays and/or extend visitor stays while creating a positive image of the Eau Claire area. It is appropriate for new and expanding festivals, sports tournaments, conventions, and other special events that have a room night

Today is the first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere.  In the U.S., we can officially say goodbye to winter at 4:24 p.m. our time.  South of the equator, it’s the first day of fall.

 A Milwaukee firefighter is recovering after falling off a roof during a fire on Saturday. The fire happened at an apartment complex near 80th and Oklahoma. Family members say firefighter Jeff Rothmeier has concussion, memory loss, a bruised lung, a spinal fracture and 10 broken ribs. The union for Milwaukee firefighters say he is stable, awake and talking. Rothmeier also has a young daughter who is dealing with kidney failure. There are GoFundMe’s set-up for both dad and daughter for

A pair of deaths in Winnebago County is being called suspicious. Two people were found dead in a home in the small town of Wolf River early Saturday morning. The Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office says there is no danger to the public. The sheriff also says a person of interest was arrested in Outagamie County on Saturday. The county medical examiner could have some answers in the case later today.

Police in Milwaukee are looking for whoever pulled the trigger in a couple of weekend shootings. Two people were wounded in a double shooting at the Vibe Lounge on the city’s north side just after midnight on Saturday. That shooting came after two other people were shot and wounded in separate shootings on Friday. Milwaukee Police say all of the victims are expected to survive. There’s no word on suspects or motives.

A plea deal could mean 26 years in prison for a former Eau Claire man in a 2020 overdose death. Trenton Wik pleaded guilty to first-degree reckless homicide by delivering drugs. This comes after police found a man dead in his car on Cochrane Street back in December of 2020. Wik gave the man who died the drugs that killed him. Wik also pleaded guilty for a jailhouse fight in 2021 that injured another inmate.

The Eau Claire Fire Department responded to a structure fire Sunday evening at the Banbury place complex on Wisconsin St. On arrival, fire crews found fire within an exhaust/chimney system near the American Phoenix business. The exhaust system runs from the street level to the roof; 5 stories high. Fire crews also found fire on the first floor manufacturing area and on the rooftop penthouse. All visible fire was extinguished as crews checked each level of the structure to ensure

The only debate in Wisconsin’s record-breaking race for Supreme Court is tomorrow. Liberal Judge Janet Protasiewicz will finally appear alongside conservative Justice Dan Kelly at the debate hosted by the State Bar of Wisconsin and a Madison TV station. Tomorrow’s debate is set for 12:45 tomorrow afternoon in Madison.

The University of Wisconsin’s president says most of the 38 million-dollars he wants from a new tuition hike will go for pay raises for university employees. President Jay Rothman was on Capital City Sunday on Madison TV over the weekend. He said the UW isn’t paying as much as other universities, and he wants to change that. Rothman says inflation is also driving prices higher at the university. Rothman wants a five percent tuition increase, starting next fall.