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A Memorial grad can now add a Grammy to his resume. Jazz pianist, Geoffrey Keezer won the 2023 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Sunday night. Keezer graduated from Memorial High School, and his father is a former professor at UW-Eau Claire. Keezer won his Grammy for the song “Refuge” which is off his latest album “Playdate.”

 A winning ticket for Monday night’s massive Powerball drawing has been sold in Washington state.  The drawing ended up being worth more than 750-million dollars.  The win resets the jackpot to 20-million bucks.  

As the new year is underway, we get a look at bouncing back. The Main Street Bounceback grants have proven successful across our state. When Governor Evers created the program in the spring of 2021, the idea was to help communities build thriving downtowns by providing $10,000 grants to businesses and nonprofits that moved into empty storefronts. The governor initially provided $50 million in federal recovery funds, or enough to assist 5,000 businesses. As demand for the grants surged, he

Green Bay is the second-best American city for football fans.  That’s according to the latest study by WalletHub.  The financial website says the Packers are the third-best performing NFL team, have the most accessible stadium, and the most engaged fans.  Green Bay is hurt by being tied for the highest ticket prices in the NFL.  WalletHub says the best city for football fans is Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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.