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With recommendation from the Eau Claire County Snowmobile Association, the Eau Claire Countywide snowmobile trails are open, effective immediately, Thursday, January 19, 2023. Any questions can be directed to the Parks & Forest Department.

The search for a missing woman in Monroe County may be over. The sheriff’s office says they found a woman’s body near the Township of La Grange yesterday morning. Investigators believe the body is Felicia Wanna, she’s been missing since the beginning of the month. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office and Medical Examiner, the Ho-Chunk Police Department, and the state are all now part of a death investigation. No one is saying when a formal ID could come in the

One group of government watchdogs says about half the people in Wisconsin want to end the state’s personal income tax. The Institute for Reforming Government yesterday released a study that says 45 percent of people in the state want to go to a zero-income tax. The survey also shows that 40 percent of people in the state want to keep the tax. IRG says 97 percent of people in Wisconsin think the income tax is too high. The survey comes as lawmakers at the

Eau Claire is starting the day under a Winter Storm Warning. The National Weather Service says heavy, wet snow will blanket the area. Forecasters expect up to seven inches of snow by the time the storm is done. The Weather Service is leaving the Winter Storm Warning in place til 3 p.m. this afternoon. Wis-DOT and local road crews are asking people to stay home if they can today. On that note, you can get updates on school delays, closings,

It’s two months in prison for a western Wisconsin man who tried to have sex with a 13-year-old in Eau Claire. A judge yesterday sentenced 25-year-old Jay Lee to two months in jail and five years probation. Lee answered an online message from someone he thought was a 13-year-old girl, but was actually a state investigator. He was arrested after he went to an Eau Claire park to meet up for sex. Lee will have to register as a sex offender

Somebody gave Altoona’s public library 10 thousand-dollars. The library announced the anonymous donation yesterday. Library director Arin Wilken says the money will most likely be spent on new self-checkout machines. She says adding a self-checkout option will free-up overwhelmed clerks at the library.

If you shop at HyVee and eat pot roast, you’re going to want to check your fridge. HyVee yesterday recalled pot roast dinners because some of them may contain an allergen. The worry is that the label does not include all of the possible ingredients. The meals were all produced between Dec. 26th of last year and Tuesday. You can find the exact UPC codes at Hy-Vee’s website. If you have one of the recalled meals, you can take it

One of Wisconsin’s Republican members of the Elections Commission says he has no plans to resign. A group of Democrats yesterday demanded Bob Spindell resign or be fired. They are upset with what he said about voter turnout in Milwaukee. Spindell told Republican leaders in the state that they should be proud that outreach efforts in Milwaukee convinced some voters not to vote for Democrats last fall. The Democratic lawmakers say that’s voter suppression. Spindell says it’s voter outreach.

 Wisconsin’s largest business group is not surprised the state is in the bottom tier when it comes to starting a new business. WalletHub released a new survey this week that ranks Wisconsin 37th in the nation for starting a new business. Scott Manley with Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce says that should be expected. He says small businesses don’t pay corporate tax rates, they pay personal income tax rates, and he says Wisconsin has the 10th highest personal income tax in the country. Manley says Wisconsin’s other costs

It will soon be a butter burger and a Coke at Culver’s. Culver’s yesterday said it is switching soda, and will drop Pepsi products. Culver’s says it is not changing anything about its line of root beer, and it is sticking with Dr. Pepper as well. There’s no word when Coke will be available, a Culver’s spokesperson says it will take some time to switch-over the soda machines at all 800-something stores in 26 states.