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A new adjustment may bring masks down for some in the halls of Eau Claire schools. Below is a copy of the letter sent to ECASD families this afternoon: Dear ECASD Families,   The ECASD began the 2021-22 school year with masks required inside of all district buildings. We are now announcing a shift from a mask requirement toward recommending masks, allowing families the option to decide.  The following factors helped guide our decision to shift from a mask requirement to

The sixth annual Sustainable Eau Claire Awards will be issued by the City of Eau Claire’s Sustainability Advisory Committee (SAC) on February 16, 2022 at 3:30 p.m. The awards ceremony will be held virtually during SAC’s regular monthly meeting. These awards recognize individuals, businesses, and organizations that are making a difference and creating a more sustainable Eau Claire. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO

One of the rites of passage for a college student is to wait in line to pick up textbooks, then stuff the often heavy, hardcover tomes into a backpack. And lug them around campus and beyond all semester. At University of Wisconsin-Stout, the lines at the textbook rental center have all but disappeared. It’s a new age for textbooks — the digital age. CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS AND FULL STORY. If students’ backpacks look a little less full on

Mother Nature did not serve up slam-dunk potential, but John Crews leveraged a stellar start and paired it with steady productivity to win the AFTCO Bassmaster Elite at St. Johns River with a four-day total of 75 pounds, 4 ounces. “I’ve said it 100 times, ‘When it’s your time, it’s your time,’” Crews said. “This week, it was just my time.” -CREWS Edging Bob Downey of Hudson, Wis., by 1 1/4 pounds, Crews won the top prize of $100,000 and added another blue trophy to the

The man accused of running down more than 60 people at the Waukesha Christmas Parade wants his trial moved out of Waukesha.  Darrell Brooks Junior was in court on Friday to plead not guilty to all 77 charges he is facing, then he asked for his trial to be moved.  Police say Brooks killed six people in the parade attack.  They have not yet announced a motive in the case.  Brooks is being held on five million-dollars cash bond.

The sheriff in Polk County says alcohol may have been a factor in a deadly weekend snowmobile crash.  Deputies say a 71-year-old man was thrown from his snowmobile about 11 a.m. Saturday morning.  Investigators say the man was on a marked trail at the time.  The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is helping with the investigation.

After tomorrow, voters won’t be able to use ballot drop boxes in Wisconsin.  The state Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the unmanned drop boxes won’t be allowed in the April or November elections.  The court earlier gave voters one last election, tomorrow’s primary, as to avoid any confusion.  The court’s conservative justices drove the decision.  But this is not the last time the issue will come-up.  The Supreme Court is waiting for a case on whether the drop boxes violate Wisconsin’s

 Wisconsin could hit a milestone in its coronavirus hospitalizations. The state’s Hospital Association on Friday said there were just over one thousand people in the hospital with the virus. That number could drop below a thousand when the latest numbers are reported later today. It was just last month that Wisconsin set a record with over two thousand people in the hospital with the virus.

Wisconsin’s Republican U.S. Senator says he doesn’t see the United States sending troops to Ukraine if there is fighting in the country.  Senator Ron Johnson on Saturday said it is unfortunate that Vladimir Putin has chosen isolation from the west.  Johnson said if there is war in Ukraine, Russia will pay a price through sanctions and international rebuke.

Wisconsin’s Supreme Court will decide if Governor Tony Evers’ plans to release a list of bars, restaurants, and businesses that saw coronavirus cases can move forward.  The court is set to hear arguments from the governor and the Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce today.  WMC sued the governor last year after he announced plans to release the list as part of his push to keep people safe from the virus.  WMC and other business groups in the state say releasing the names would