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 Wisconsin Health Department officials confirm 709 new COVID-19 cases reported over the past day.  The number of confirmed cases now tops 589-thousand.  There were five additional deaths reported today to raise the death toll to six-thousand-703. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS.

The average price for regular gas is down a penny a gallon statewide over the last week.  Triple-A says the price at the pump in Wisconsin is two-dollars-and-72-cents a gallon today.  Regular gas is two-63-a-gallon in Fond du Lac, two-68 in Madison and two-69 in Green Bay.  Drivers are paying 2.70-cents in Kenosha County and Janesville, 2.81 in La Crosse and here near us, about 2.73 in Eau Claire. 

Loyal High School student Olivia Piller was recognized as the Wisconsin state winner of the SIFMA Foundation’s Fall 2020 InvestWrite competition with her essay on how challenges can create opportunities in the global economy and in life. The InvestWrite national essay competition bridges classroom learning in math, social studies, and language arts with the practical research and knowledge required for saving, investing and long-term planning. Piller was introduced to the InvestWrite competition through her participation in the Draper Hills Financial

Sometimes the rewards of employment go far beyond a paycheck. CLICK HERE TO HEAR MORE WITH MORGAN MCCARTHY For this week’s Friday Feel Good we take a look back to six years ago, when the CEO of a company called Gravity Payments announced he was slashing his own salary and paying ALL of his 130 employees at least $70,000 a year.  Which a lot of people thought was nuts.  Fast forward to today, when that crazy idea paid off in

F-16s from the 115th Fighter Wing’s 176th Fighter Squadron and F-15s from the Oregon Air National Guard’s 123rd Fighter Squadron will conduct a missing man formation flyover as an aerial salute to fallen 115th Fighter Wing pilot Maj. Durwood “Hawk” Jones, who perished in an F-16 crash in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula late last year. The flyover salute will take place in the skies over Truax Field Air National Guard Base at Dane County Regional Airport April 17 at 11:30 a.m.

With plans moving forward and a the new Sonnentag Complex planned near the vibrant campus of UWEC, a lot of people are curious about what they can expect to see in the coming months and years. Below is the updated file with new images and peek into the future as the Sonnentag Center comes to life. CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE.

Breaking ground on a new apartment complex in Eau Claire is taken care of. The Eau Claire Chamber of Commerce joined Merge Urban Development yesterday for a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Andante Apartments downtown. The new apartments are one of many new things coming to downtown this summer.

A 61-year-old man hospitalized with COVID-19 since late-January is back home now. H-S-H-S Sacred Heart posted a photo of Steve who was released from their care on his birthday Wednesday. They say he had a stroke from COVID-19 and will continue physical therapy at home.

The University of Wisconsin Eau Claire is still holding Culture Fest this weekend, but it’s virtual because of the pandemic. Events start Saturday and there will be some international food dishes to sample in the Davies Center and Marketplace each day of the event. Zoom links to view the sessions are available on the UW-EC website.

No one is saying just what a Chippewa Falls High School teacher said to get him suspended from the classroom. The school district yesterday said the unnamed teacher has been placed on leave because of ‘racist’ and ‘offensive’ comments from two years ago. The district says it just became aware of the teacher’s comments this week. The school district is asking parents for time to complete a formal investigation.