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It’s going to cost more to build a new highway facility in Eau Claire County, but the board is planning to move forward on the plan.  The county board voted unanimously to move forward with the project, although it’s going to cost about six-million-dollars more to build it.  The new facility is supposed to go up on Eau Claire’s south side.

A free food bank is available today from 10-to-11 a.m. in Eau Claire.  Feed My People Food Bank is hosting a pop-up pantry on Alpine Road.  They’ll be out there every Wednesday through August.  The food bank says pre-packaged meals will be loaded into cars.

You can ditch the mask in and around Eau Claire. Both the city council and the county board last night voted to end their mask mandates, effective immediately. We will show you different sides so you can decide, as City-County Health Director Lieske Giese said the coronavirus has not disappeared, and last night warned about another surge in cases. City and county leaders still voted to end the mask requirement. People, of course, can continue to wear a mask if

A former Eau Claire bookkeeper isn’t heading to prison for stealing over 100-thousand-dollars from her boss. Sarah Girard pleaded guilty yesterday to stealing 156-thousand-dollars from Don’s Sheet Metal in Eau Claire. The judge, however, said Girard will avoid prison and see her felony charge erased if she repays the money, does 200 hours of

The Missouri man accused of killing two brothers from Shawano County is facing new charges. A federal grand jury yesterday indicted 27-year-old Joey Nelson on mail fraud charges. The federal charges cover the bad cattle deal that brought brothers Nicholas and Justin Diemel to Missouri back in 2019. Garland is facing the death penalty for state charges that allege he killed the brothers, then disposed of their bodies.community service, and doesn’t take a job as a bookkeeper ever again.

It will cost the owner of Double Days Bar and Grill a 100-dollar fine and just about 600 dollars in court costs to settle the case that he violated Wisconsin’s coronavirus order last year. Owner Kevin Patterson pleaded guilty yesterday to misdemeanor disorderly conduct charges. Police say they caught him serving drinks to customers last March. He was supposed to be closed at the time.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s latest ruling may make people think twice about trying to break-up a fight or deal with an unruly customer. The court ruled 4-1 yesterday that a man who was kicked out of a Saukville bar back in 2014, and hit his head, can sue the man who kicked him out. Jacob Tetting worked at the bar but wasn’t working that night. He claimed immunity from the lawsuit because he said the other man was trespassing. The court shot

Wisconsin’s coronavirus vaccination numbers show more people are getting their second shot. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday said nearly 40-percent of people in the state are now fully vaccinated against the virus. DHS says 45-percent of people in the state have had at least one dose. The numbers show the gap between one shot and both shots is closing. But that also means fewer people are getting a shot. DHS says just over 14-thousand doses have been handed-out

Wisconsin’s governor wants to spend some of the state’s billions in federal stimulus money on faster internet. Governor Evers yesterday announced a plan to spend 100-million of the state’s two-point-five-billion-dollars in American Rescue Plan money on broadband internet. Republican lawmakers say they support internet spending but want to make sure that the money is spent wisely. The governor says ‘unserved’ and ‘underserved’ communities can start applying for the money in June.

Arson investigators in Menasha say the fire at the old Whiting Paper Mill wasn’t an accident. The fire department said on Facebook yesterday that the fire was ‘not caused by an act of nature.’ Investigators are not saying what caused the fire, but they say their probe is still ongoing. The fire gutted the old and abandoned mill earlier this month. Crews are waiting to tear down what’s left.