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Dave Bartlett, Chairman of the Dunn County Board of Supervisors, and Diane Morehouse, Dunn County Board Supervisor and Chair of the County’s Health and Human Services Board, have issued an appeal to all residents of the County to get vaccinated for COVID-19, and to wear masks when out of the home. The appeal comes as Dunn County is experiencing a significant rise in COVID-19 infections. Dunn County is currently at a “High” rate of transmission per the CDC. A High

Being an unruly passenger on an airplane comes with a steep cost.  The FAA is proposing more than half-a-million dollars in fines against almost three dozen passengers.  Most of the fines are for passengers not wearing a mask.  That policy is mandated by the federal government while anybody is on an airplane.  Other incidents involve passengers drinking alcohol they brought onto the plane.  Only alcohol offered by airlines is allowed on board and some airlines have stopped those sales altogether. 

There’s a push to let the jury know everyone who gave money to pay the lawyers for the then-17-year-old accused of killing two people during a protest last year in Wisconsin.  The D.A. in Kenosha yesterday asked the judge to force Kyle Rittenhouse’s defense to turn over the donor list for the ‘Free Kyle’ fund.  Donors gave two-million-dollars to that fund to help pay for Rittenhouse’s defense.  Prosecutors also want to be allowed to show the jury a video they

A new fiber optic network will bring fast internet to Eau Claire. The Eau Claire City Council voted to install fiber cables that will reach about 33-thousand residents and businesses. Taxpayer money will not be used to build the new network. The installation of the fibers will begin next year and could take up to three years to complete.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison will allow fans to come cheer on the football team. The Badgers are Back to Back event shows fans the football team for the year and then allows fans to see the volleyball team scrimmage. The event is this Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium. Masks will be required inside campus buildings.

Six Dunn County supervisors have tested positive for COVID-19. The members met in late July for a meeting and then tested positive. A video of the meeting shows 29 people in attendance and none of them are masked. A Dunn County manager says the six members also infected members of their households.

Investigators say images of young girls were found on an Eau Claire man’s computer. Eau Claire County deputies arrested 24-year-old Brent Nicolet at the earlier this week. He used to work at Metropolis, but resort managers say they fired him when they learned of his arrest. Investigators say Nicolet admitted to ‘finding’ the pictures of the teens online. No one is saying who took the pictures or when. Nicolet is out of jail on a signature bond and has been

The latest estimate is that as many as two-thousand Afghan refugees will arrive at Fort McCoy. Governor Evers said the numbers fluctuate, but he expects anywhere from a few hundred to two-thousand people to arrive at the base. Commanders yesterday once again didn’t say when the refugees will arrive. There are also few answers about where the refugees will go once they get to Wisconsin. The Pentagon says 21-thousand refugees will be split between Fort McCoy and military bases in Texas

Local schools in Wisconsin have the governor’s blessing to require their teachers to get the coronavirus shot. Governor Evers told reporters yesterday that he supports local vaccine requirements. The governor is not looking at a statewide mandate, but said he supports local schools that want to make that decision on their own. The governor’s comments came one day after Milwaukee Public Schools leaders set the table for a vaccine mandate for their teachers. Meanwhile, on the level of higher education students and

Wisconsin is closing-in on its next coronavirus vaccine milestone. The state’s Department of Health Services says just under six-million doses have been handed-out since December. The state is on pace to cross the six-million dose mark next week. Wisconsin has been averaging about 50-thousand doses per-week for nearly a month. At that rate, DHS says the state will pass six-million doses sometime next week. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO.