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You could get a sunburn within 20-minutes of being outside today if you don’t cover your skin.  The Environmental Protection Agency is giving today’s U-V Index a 9, which puts people at risk for very high exposure to damaging sun rays.  The E-P-A says people should wear sunscreen with at least an S-P-F-30, brimmed hats, long sleeved-shirts, and pants.  They also say it’s best to limit sun exposure all together by seeking shade or staying inside.

A financial website puts Wisconsin in the middle of the pack when it comes to pandemic recovery.  Jill Gonzalez with WalletHub.com says the state still has a ways to go. Jill Gonzalez with Wallet-Hub says Wisconsin ranks in the top 20 because it’s still struggling to recover its COVID health numbers.  She says the state’s economy is recovering well, which helped its rank. Iowa is ranked number one and Nebraska is number two.

A partial solar eclipse will be visible in Eau Claire early tomorrow morning.  The Moon will pass between the Sun and Earth tomorrow at 5:19 a.m.  Its peak visibility in Eau Claire is at 5:23 a.m., and it all ends by 5:45 a.m.  The 26-minute eclipse is not recommended to view without protective glasses.  It also won’t be seen again in Eau Claire until October 2023.

If you are looking to welcome folks to the Valley, Chippewa has options. The Chippewa Falls Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department is looking for volunteers to staff the new welcome center at Irvine Park.  They say anyone interested in speaking with park-goers about history, arts, and animals should email them. Information in the link below. Prospective volunteers must be 16-or older. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO OR TO CONTACT OFFICIALS ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES

At approximately 1:30 am the Wisconsin State Patrol took a report of a semi fire on I-94 just east of Hixton. When the Trooper arrived on scene the driver of the semi had been able to separate the tractor from the trailer, which was loaded with soda cans and now fully engulfed in flames on the right shoulder. Fire crews were able to get the fire extinguished within 30 minutes after arriving on scene. The right lane remained closed, while

We now know names of those involved in that April drive-by shooting in Eau Claire. Officers arrested 20-year-old Lefon Cantrell and  Xavier Luce last Friday. Police say they were involved in the shooting on the city’s south side on April 8th. No one was hurt in the shooting. Both men are facing first-degree reckless endangerment charges, and they were in court yesterday. CLICK HERE TO READ THE ECPD PRESS RELEASE.

A former worker at the Molson Coors brewery in Milwaukee is facing felony charges for talking about shooting-up the place. The D.A. is moving ahead with terrorist threat charges against 28-year-old Jamal Jury. Milwaukee Police say Jury first made a comment about shooting co-workers at the brewery back on February 26th of last year, that’s the same day another man shot and killed five brewery workers. Milwaukee Police took Jury into custody in that case but cleared him. Molson Coors

A special education and inclusive practices professor is Eau Claire’s newest city council member. The council appointed Roderick Jones last night. He will serve-out the rest of former council member Mai Xiong’s seat. City Council President Terry Weld said the professor resonated with the council. and in addition to looking forward to future work, he hopes Jones will help improve the city’s relationship with the university.

Forecasters are looking to see whether yesterday’s storms produced a tornado or just some rotating clouds. Someone filmed a funnel cloud near the Village of Conrath in Rusk County last night at about 7:30. There are no confirmed reports of a tornado touchdown, but the video clearly shows rotation off in the distance. Parts of western Wisconsin were rolled by a storm system that moved through the area.

Wisconsin’s public health managers hope to hit President Biden’s Fourth of July vaccine goal. Department of Health Services Deputy Secretary Julie Willems Van Dijk yesterday said it’s likely that 70-percent of adults in the state will have at least one dose of the vaccine by July 4th. Willems Van Dijk yesterday said right now, about 63-percent of adults in the state have gotten a shot. Nothing is guaranteed though. Willems Van Dijk said vaccination numbers in the state have steadily