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The latest plan from Eau Claire County leaders is to cut the number of new hires at the Department of Human Services in half. County supervisor on Friday voted to hire just six new people for the department, as opposed to the 12 that County Administrator Kathryn Schauf suggested. Supervisors say there was just too much overlap with the 12 new hires. Hiring just six new workers would also save the county money.

Far fewer people are getting sick after getting the coronavirus shot in Wisconsin than first reported. The MacIver News Service over the weekend said Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services revised its illness after vaccination numbers down by 60 percent. DHS had reported breakthrough infections of 61 per-100 thousand back in February. The revision changed that to just 21 per 100-thousand. DHS also revised its hospitalization numbers to show far fewer people who are vaccinated ended-up in the hospital with the virus. DHS did

Crews are heading to Lakeview and Forest Hill cemeteries this week for their annual cleaning. Eau Claire asked people to get any personal items from the graves over the weekend. Any flowers or such will either be donated or thrown away. The city’s parks department says you can return next week and leave new flowers or personal mementos.

Public schools in Wisconsin continue to lose students. The state’s Department of Public Instruction released enrollment figures for the state on Friday, they show an overall half-a-percent drop in the number of students. That’s far less than last year’s three-percent drop, but larger than the decline in enrollment from before the coronavirus outbreak began. Some of the decline is demographics, there are simply fewer school-aged kids in Wisconsin. But the decline is also happening as private and charter school enrollment in the state

The back-and-forth over Wisconsin’s DNR board and the state’s wolf hunt is not easing. The board, which is still run by a Governor Walker appointee, is going to meet today and could hire outside lawyers to represent it in the coming legal fight over Wisconsin’s wolf hunt. The DNR board set a wolf hunt quota of 300 wolves this year, but the Department of Natural Resources staff undercut them and set the quota much lower. Wisconsin’s attorney general is supposed to represent both

It’s the time of year, time for frost. The National Weather Service has the Chippewa Valley under a frost advisory to start the day. Forecasters say temperatures will dip into the 30s overnight, and some folks will wake-up with a glaze of frost on their yards.

A newly commissioned U.S. Coast Guard ship is named after a former Green Bay Packer. On Friday, the USCGC Emlen Tunnell was commissioned in Philadelphia.  Coast Guard Admiral Karl Schultz said Tunnell is being remembered for his heroism when he saved the lives of two Coast Guard men on the high seas, one during and the other after World War Two. After the war, Tunnell played for the Packers and the New York Giants.  He is the first black player

Former President Donald J. Trump says Sean Duffy would make a great Governor of Wisconsin.  WisPolitics-dot-Com reports that yesterday Trump said he is encouraging the former U.S. Congressman to run.  Duffy was elected to Congress in 2010 and resigned in 2019.  The report says, so far, Duffy has not announced a run for Governor although he is considering Trump’s recommendation.

Hello. Welcome to your weekend. We are glad you took time to stop by. Each Saturday morning we like to start the day with a little “scroll down memory lane.” It’s a look back at headlines and moments that have happened on this day in the years before this. So, snag your favorite sippin’ drink and let’s go… Today is Saturday, October 16th, the 289th day of the year.  There are 76 days until the end of the year. On

U.S. Congressman Mark Pocan calls for Michael Gableman’s removal from the state assembly’s election probe.  Pocan said yesterday someone other than the former state supreme court justice should be in charge of the 2020 election investigation proceedings.  Pocan characterized Gableman as showing a lack of professionalism.  Assembly speaker Robin Vos says Gableman and the investigation into election integrity will continue and should be an issue with bipartisan support.