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WI Company Issues Voluntary Recall

By Morgan McCarthy | March 25, 2021

Heritage Meats LLC in Butternut, WI, is issuing a voluntary Class II recall for a variety of prepared/precooked meal items, as well as a raw beef product, sold under the name Bayfield Foods South Shore Meats. The recalled products, which were sold through the Bayfield Foods Co-op, include: Travis’s Famous Chili, 2-lb. packagesHam and potato soup, 2-lb. packagesBacon mac & cheese, 2-lb. packagesItalian lasagna , 2-lb. packagesPizza mac & cheese, 2-lb. packagesCharro beans, 2-lb. packagesChicken alfredo pasta, 2-lb. packagesBeef stock,

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Sex Offender to Be Released in EC

By Morgan McCarthy | March 25, 2021

The Eau Claire Police Department has been notified Sex Offender Demetrius J. Simmons DOB 05/30/1973 willbe released from prison on March 30, 2021. Simmons will be under supervision by the Wisconsin Departmentof Corrections (DOC). Simmons’ previous convictions include: Possess w/ Intent – Amphetamines; Disorderly Conduct; Bail Jumping – Felony; OWI; Manf/DeliverSchedule I, II Narcotics (6/18/2014; 7/22/2015; 9/16/2015; 01/12/2018) – Eau Claire County; St. CroixCounty Sexual Assault of a Child (01/22/2007) – Denver County, CO Aggravated Criminal Sexual Assault (08/07/1997) –

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WI Ranks Low in Unemployment

By Morgan McCarthy | March 25, 2021

The latest U.S. unemployment numbers will be out today from the Department of Labor. The Bureau of Labor Statistics says Wisconsin has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country at three-point-eight-percent. The state is ranked ninth.

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Fire Risk Downgraded

By Morgan McCarthy | March 25, 2021

A high risk for fire danger across the state has been downgraded. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says the risk across the state today is low as rain makes its way across the Midwest. The National Weather Service says it’ll be sunny and in the low 50s today, but some rain could return tomorrow into the weekend.

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WI Joins States in Lawsuit Settlement

By Morgan McCarthy | March 25, 2021

Wisconsin will get more than three-point-seven-million-dollars as part of a surgical mesh lawsuit settlement. Attorney General Josh Kaul says the nearly 187-Million-dollar multistate settlement with Boston Scientific accused the company of deceptive marketing. Kaul says 47-states and the District of Colombia are involved in the suit.

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Local Flim in “Prime” time

By Morgan McCarthy | March 25, 2021

A movie filmed in Eau Claire is now streaming on Amazon Prime. According to it’s synopsis, the film is about a father rediscovering himself after a loss. Several online reviewers gave it five stars.

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Cardinals Fly Back to the Nest

By Morgan McCarthy | March 25, 2021

Kids in Chippewa Falls are going back to class five days a week. The school district yesterday said they will get back to a normal, in-person, full-week schedule starting April 5th. Superintendent Jeff Homes sent a note home to parents yesterday. He says nearly 90 percent of teachers in the district will be vaccinated by then, and it will be safe for students to fully return.

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New Carson Park Plan Swings for Fences

By Morgan McCarthy | March 25, 2021

Carson Park is going to become more of a sports hub under Eau Claire’s new master plan. Click to hear more 715 Newsroom coverage with Jon DeMaster: City leaders approved the plan last night. The new design keeps the park’s baseball field, and adds soccer fields and a lighted football field. City Council President Terry Weld says Eau Claire will add elements to the park as they can, and when the money is available. There’s no timeline for just how

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WI Coronavirus Cases Continue Downward Trend

By Morgan McCarthy | March 25, 2021

You have to go back almost a year to find the last time Wisconsin’s coronavirus hospitalization numbers were this low. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday said 248 people are in the hospital with the virus. Just 62 are in the ICU. DHS yesterday said the state’s seven-day positivity rate is just over two-and-a-half percent. That too, is as low as that number was at this time last year. Half the prisoners in Eau Claire County’s jail have gotten their

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From Government to Personal Piggybanks

By Morgan McCarthy | March 25, 2021

There’s a plan to give everyone in Wisconsin a thousand-dollars. The Institute for Reforming Government yesterday suggested that Governor Evers use Wisconsin’s five billion-dollars in federal stimulus money to cut checks to everyone in the state. The Institute’s CJ Szafir said people know how to spend their money better than the government. Szafir said Wisconsin’s share of the stimulus could provide everyone in the state with one thousand dollars. Or would be enough to send everyone making less than 75 thousand-dollars-a-year a 26 hundred

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