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Downtown Eau Claire and the city Parks and Recreation department are looking for volunteers for the annual city cleanup.  The Amazing Eau Claire Cleanup is being held Saturday April, 24th from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.  They say volunteers will clean up garbage, get a free t-shirt, and get the city ready for the summer.

It is a switch from a search to a recover effort. Ed Steinacker’s family yesterday said he didn’t return from walking his dog Saturday morning, and they fear the worst. The family says the search for Steinacker is now a recovery effort. Eau Claire police and firefighters spent the weekend looking for Steinacker, even searching the river. But they have not yet found him.

Wisconsin’s bars and restaurants may soon be able to sell cocktails to go. The Wisconsin Senate yesterday approved a plan to allow for to-go wine and alcohol sales. The plan already passed the state Assembly. The idea is to help bars and restaurants make-up for some of the business that they’ve lost during the coronavirus. The proposal only allows for cocktails in original containers, so no to-go cups. The plan now goes to the governor.

Wisconsin needs some rain, so the soggy ground is a welcome sight today.  The state’s Department of Natural Resources yesterday reported 100 wildfires across the state over the past five days. All of the fires are west and north of the Milwaukee-Madison-Green Bay triangle. DNR says many of them were in the Northwoods. DNR says dry brush and high winds made the fires and the state’s fire danger worse.

A plan scoots forward. The city council is considering a set of rules for the scooters, as a number of companies want to bring them to town. Deputy city engineer Leah Ness says the first rule would be a limit of just 300 scooters. She says Eau Claire doesn’t want a flood of scooters dumped on the town. There’s no deadline for when the city council could vote on new scooter rules.

It’s the latest milestone number for Wisconsin’s vaccination effort. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday said that 15-percent of people in the state have now been fully vaccinated. That comes to just over 874-thousand people. Another 25-percent the state, or one-point-four-million people, have gotten one dose of the vaccine. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS.

Republicans at the Wisconsin Capitol want some say in how Governor Tony Evers will spend over five-billion-dollars in stimulus money, but Democrats don’t. Lawmakers yesterday disagreed on the plan to have the legislature weigh-in on Wisconsin’s stimulus spending. Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says someone needs to make sure the money is not being wasted. Democrats say they trust Governor Evers, and they accuse Vos and the Republicans of trying to politicize the stimulus money.

Republican lawmakers in Madison say they hope they don’t have to subpoena anyone as part of their election investigation, but they’re not ruling it out. State Rep. Joe Sanfelippo yesterday said the Assembly’s election committee will start an official investigation into last year’s elections. He says the goal is to make sure that everyone followed the law, and to return some trust into the state’s electoral process. Sanfelippo says he expects every witness who will be called will answer the

Milwaukee’s ballpark has a new name, and Milwaukee’s mascot has a new home. The Brewers yesterday unveiled Bernie Brewer’s new Chalet at American Family Field. The little home is a throwback to the Chalet that used to sit at County Stadium. The new home has a slide, just like in years past. Fans will get their first look when the Brewers open their season on April 1st.

Miller Lite is offering three candles that smell like your favorite bar.   The company says the candles are all supposed to remind people of their favorite place to grab a beer. The three are; Dive Bar, Beer Garden, and Game Day Bar. You can buy them online, and they each cost 20 dollars.