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Madison has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country.  Out of the 180 largest cities in the U.S., WalletHub says Madison’s unemployment rate is the 16th-lowest at two-point-four percent.  WalletHub says Madison’s unemployment rate went down nearly a tenth-of-a-percent from July to August.

It’s time to open doors in Bloomer. “Our caregivers will provide a helping hand with everyday activities so our tenants can live as independently as possible. ..” Dove Healthcare – Bloomer Assisted Living is now open with tenants scheduled to start moving in next week. The assisted living residence on Duncan Road features 24, one-bedroom apartments, and tenants can also access the services provided in the therapy gym and hair salon at the attached skilled nursing and rehabilitation center. Administrator

It’s a 350-thousand-dollar bond for the man accused of burning down his own bar in Lyndon Station.  A judge yesterday set Heath Fjorden’s bond.  Prosecutors say he poured gasoline into the basement of Beagle Bar back on September 1st, then lit a match.  The fire and explosion damaged the bar and burned Fjordsen.  He was hospitalized because of his burns.  He’s due back in court next month.

Wisconsin’s attorney general is among those asking for more money in the next state budget.  A-G Josh Kaul yesterday asked the governor for nearly a half-billion dollars for his agency.  Kaul says he wants to use the money, including an extra 175 million-dollars in new money, to hire more people for the state’s crime lab and open a 24 hour hotline for hate crimes in the state.  Most other state agencies are also asking for more money in the state

You might want to grab the heavy hoodie or even reach for the coat this morning! Don’t be surprised by frost across the Chippewa Valley. Eau Claire and a large part of northwestern Wisconsin are under a Freeze Warning until 8 o’clock this morning. Forecasters say temperatures could bottom-out as low as 30 degrees.  This is the coldest morning of the forecast, things warm-up for the rest of the week.

Eau Claire County wants to hear from the community as to how it should spend its opioid settlement money. County supervisors last week agreed to create a commission that will help decide how to spend the two-point-six million-dollars the county is getting as part of the national opioid settlement. The idea is to focus on treatment and help for people dealing with addiction. Eau Claire County hopes to get the first 300 thousand-dollars from the settlement by the end of

The city of Eau Claire is moving ahead with a 220 million-dollar building and spending plan. The city council last night approved the latest five-year capital improvement plan. The list of projects includes a PFAS filter system, new squad cars and fire trucks, and upgrades at the Fairfax Pool. You can find the full list of projects at the city’s website and learn more with an easy click here.

We’re going to have to wait a bit to find out if Wisconsin’s Assembly Speaker will be forced to testify in front of the January 6th Committee. A judge yesterday set a hearing for October 24th in the case. Democrats on Capitol Hill want to hear from Robin Vos about what he and former President Trump talked about in connection to the 2020 election. Vos says any conversations he had with Trump came long after January 6th, and had nothing to

The wish-list for the next state budget is at least seven-and-a-half billion-dollars larger than the current spending plan.  The Institute for Reforming Government yesterday said their analysis of the budget requests from state agencies and the UW System shows a potential massive increase in state spending.  The largest potential increases are a three-point-seven billion request from the Department of Health Services and a two-and-a-half billion-dollar request from the Department of Public Instruction.  The UW System is asking for nearly a

We will soon see the evidence from Michael Gableman’s probe into the 2020 election.  An attorney with Wisconsin’s Office of the Special Investigator told a judge in Madison yesterday that all of the records from Gableman’s investigation have been handed over to the legislature and are being uploaded to a website where everyone can see them.  Gableman’s investigation ended last month when Assembly Speaker Robin Vos fired him.  The records from that investigation have been at the center of a handful