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The Post Office’s new mail trucks will not be made in Wisconsin. Oshkosh Defense yesterday said they will make the new trucks in South Carolina. Oshkosh Defense President John Bryant says the decision to build the trucks in Spartanburg, South Carolina came after a look at the company’s supply chain and worker needs. Oshkosh has said the contract to make the new mail trucks will mean one-thousand new jobs.

Alcohol is believed to be a factor in a crash. It was on Tuesday, June 22, 2021 at approximately 12:10 p.m., the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call reporting a motorcycle accident with an unresponsive male who wasn’t breathing  and was lying in the ditch approximately a quarter mile south of State Highway 64 on County Road E in the Town of Hammel, Taylor County. The caller further indicated it appeared the accident occurred sometime during the night.

On June 22, 2021, at 10:45am, the Sawyer County Communications Center received a 911 call from a woman who was hiking with a group of others along Peterson Road in the Town of Lenroot. The caller reported a male driving a white car had pulled up to them asking to borrow money. When told they didn’t have any money, the subject pulled out a gun and threaten harm. The subject then fled southbound on US Highway 63 toward the City

Governor Tony Evers will consider a bill that changes the age young Wisconsin drivers can get their learner’s permit.  The bill passed today would allow instructional permits at age 15 which is six months earlier than the current age.  The probationary license age would remain 16.

The times and locations have not yet been released but the White House says President Joe Biden will visit Wisconsin next week.  The president will be joined by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on a visit to Southwest Wisconsin next Tuesday.  Biden is expected to talk about the needs of the agriculture community and rural economies.

The Wisconsin Lake Michigan coastline is expected to be designated as a National Marine Sanctuary.  Governor Tony Evers tweeted today he’s excited that NOAA is advancing the designation of the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary.  If approved the designation would protect 36 shipwrecks off the Wisconsin Coast.

Free COVID-19 testing services will be available next year for all schools in the state.  Governor Evers and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services made that announcement today.  Schools and school districts need to complete a survey available on the DHS website by July 9th.  There will be a variety of testing available and schools can choose which one is best for them.  The program is federally funded and will allow the Department of Health Services to connect public, private and charter

The Eau Claire Area School District is forming an Equity Steering Committee to help achieve the goals and commitments made in the Equity statement adopted by the School Board and District on March 1, 2021. The purpose of the ECASD Equity Steering Committee is to guide and advise ECASD in how to fulfill the tenets of the adopted Equity statement, guide and advise ECASD in policy review and revisions to create more equitable policies and practices, and advise the 3-5

This Sunday, June 27th is National HIV Testing Day. HIV Testing Day is dedicated to reducing stigma surroundingHIV and encouraging people to get tested, which is the first step towards HIV prevention and care. When HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) was first discovered in the United States in June 1981, there was no effective treatment available, and people who received an HIV diagnosis were often discriminated against byfamily, friends, and medical providers. Now, 40 years later, advances in HIV prevention, care,

The Eau Claire City Council will consider a 186-million-dollar infrastructure improvement plan at its meeting tonight. The Eau Claire Capital Improvement Plan proposes a new parking deck near City Hall and a replacement parking ramp at Gibson Street. It also includes a plan to expand public transit, relocate a fire station, and make improvements at Hobbs Arena. The money won’t be made available until January 1st 2022.