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Coronavirus activity is no longer critically high in 16 Wisconsin counties, not including Dane County.  This means the coronavirus case rates in those counties are less than one-thousand per 100-thousand residents.  The Wisconsin Department of Health Services says many of the counties are in southeast Wisconsin including Milwaukee County.  Coronavirus activity is still critically high in Dane County. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS.

An Eau Claire woman is looking at charges for using fake 20 dollars bills. Police say they found the crudely made fake 20s at the Midwest Home Supply last month. Investigators say 38-year-old Chelsie Riebe tried to spend the phony money again just a few days later. Prosecutors are charging her with felony forgery and bail jumping. She’s due back in court later this month.

The latest voter fraud charges in Wisconsin are in Fond du Lac County for five people who registered to vote from a P.O. Box.  The county’s district attorney, Eric Toney, filed the charges yesterday.  It is against the law to register to vote from a P.O. Box in Wisconsin.  All five used a local UPS Store as their voting address.  Toney, who is also running for attorney general this year, said he is pushing ahead with the charges to protect the integrity of

They are already talking about flood season in Eau Claire.  Wisconsin’s insurance commissioner led a meeting yesterday to talk about flood insurance and flood preparedness. This is Flood Awareness Week in the state. Leaders say insurance is the only way that most homeowners will be covered if there’s a flood and their homes are damaged. The federal government will pay for public costs, but individual costs are almost entirely reliant on insurance.

Wisconsin could very soon be under one thousand coronavirus hospitalizations. The state’s Hospital Association yesterday said just over 11 hundred people are in the hospital with the virus. That includes 228 in the ICU. The state’s hospitalizations have been steadily falling since their peak of over two thousand people last month. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS.

Wolf hunting in Wisconsin is on-hold after a federal judge in California said gray wolves should be placed under the endangered species act once again. Judge Jeffrey White says states failed to show how opening-up wolf hunts would protect the wolves. The wolves were delisted from the endangered species act back in January of 2021. That led to a wolf hunt the next month. Environmentalists and activists have been fighting to stop the hunt ever since. The judge’s order means there will

The state of Wisconsin is putting nearly 200-million dollars toward child care.  Earlier today the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families announced it will direct 194-million dollars in American Rescue Plan money to nearly a dozen groups and programs.  Over half the money will go to the Child Care Counts program, which provides monthly payments to eligible Wisconsin child care providers.  Information about receiving future funding is available on the Department of Children and Families website.

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has confirmed that two white-tailed deer at a Waukesha County farm have tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD). The samples were confirmed by the National Veterinary Services Laboratories in Ames, Iowa. Both affected animals were 3-year-old bucks. The 9-acre farm had been under quarantine since November 2021 after white-tailed deer moved from its herd tested positive at an Eau Claire County ranch. It will remain under quarantine while DATCP

If you are staying UP on the Downtown, then this is for you! A chance to chime in on your favorites and enjoy the fresh, fun, vibrant Eau Claire scene. The Downtown Awards and Celebration is scheduled for Thursday, 2/17. Get your tickets and celebrate WITH AN EASY CLICK HERE.  

Eau Claire’s latest homeless count finds more people living on the streets.  Western Dairyland, one of the groups in charge of the count in Eau Claire, says teams found 26 people who don’t have homes in the city.  The last time Eau Claire counted, in January of 2020 they found nine homeless people. Eau Claire’s homeless count will be used for policy decisions, as well as possible funding from the state or federal governments.