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The final COVID-19 vaccine clinic at UWEC Zorn Arena will be on Wednesday, June 30th from 3pm-7pm. Community vaccine clinics in July are moving to the Health Department and the UWEC Water Street Parking lot, which will be operated as a drive-through and walk-up clinic. From April 8 to June 23, more than 14,400 vaccine doses were given at Zorn Arena. This includes 634 dosesof Johnson & Johnson vaccine and 13,781 first and second doses of Pfizer vaccine. CLICK HERE

The Fairfax Pool is getting million-dollar upgrades. The Eau Claire City Council approved the city’s Capital Improvement plan that includes infrastructure and land upgrades in the next five years. Nearly one-point-five-Million dollars is going into the pool’s upgrades. The city hopes to make it a year round recreation site.

No walleye until 2025 in Minocqua lakes. The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board approved the plan to extend the harvest ban in the chain of lakes to continue rehabilitating walleye populations. The D-N-R says fishers will only be able to catch one walleye per day beginning in April 2025.

Summerfest is getting 10-million-dollars for not having their shows last year. The money is coming from the Shuttered Venue Operators grant program, which is part of the national coronavirus stimulus relief package. The Rave and Eagles Ballroom will be getting nearly six-million-dollars from the same program. In all, theaters, festivals, and other live entertainment venues in Wisconsin will get over 35-million-dollars.

The new owners of the Princeton Valley Golf Course say they chased a couple of would-be thieves out of their shop and through a neighborhood. Joshua Walberg and his fiancé, Ally Weyer, say someone tried to steal the golf course’s ATM by yanking it out of the lobby with a truck early yesterday morning. Weyer jumped in the back of the thieves’ truck, and Walberg chased them down in his truck. Police say the thieves got away when they ditched

No one is being allowed on or even near the High Bridge in Eau Claire. The historic High Bridge, which serves as a scenic pedestrian trail crossing over the Chippewa River, will be closeduntil further notice in order to address a significant structural issue. The High Bridge was initially closed to the public on Monday, June 21, in order to repair a section of railing thatwas damaged by fallen tree limbs. Meanwhile, a heave had been observed in the bridge

There are criminal charges in Rusk County for school leaders in Flambeau schools over a grade fixing accusation. Prosecutors are moving ahead with misconduct in office and disorderly conduct charges against Superintendent Erica Schley. Her husband, Jeff, is facing disorderly conduct charges. And, Flambeau School Board President Julie Hauser is charged with two counts of misconduct in office. The charges accuse the superintendent and school board president of not holding a meeting to hear a complaint from a teacher that

Wisconsin’s largest business group says nearly 90-percent of businesses in the state can’t find workers.  Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce yesterday said their latest Wisconsin Employer Survey shows that 86-percent of business owners say they struggled to hire people this year. WMC’s Kurt Bauer says Governor Evers has taken a worker shortage in Wisconsin and turned it into a workforce emergency. Bauer wants the governor to immediately end the enhanced federal unemployment benefits that WMC says are keeping people from returning to work. He also wants

About half of the 13-thousand people in jail in Wisconsin can vote, but a new study says just 50 of them did in the last election. The League of Women Voters and the group All Voting is Local yesterday released a report that says more people in jail can, and in their opinion, should vote. The report says sheriffs and jailers have improved access to voting. The groups say there’s more than can be done. Wisconsin law says anyone who is behind bars and

The Democratic race for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin may soon be more crowded. Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes this week hired former Democratic Party of Wisconsin executive director Kory Kozloski as a political adviser. Many politicos say it’s a sign that Barnes is getting closer to entering the race for Senate. Five candidates, including Alex Lasry who is the son of the Bucks’ owner, are already in the race. Barnes has not declared anything about his political intentions next year.