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The Eau Claire Area School District along with the School Board has adopted an official Equity Statement, reflecting its commitment to policies and practices that promote an equitable and inclusive school community. The statement, approved at the school board’s March 1 meeting, emphasizes the district’s efforts to eliminate the systemic racism present in society and schools—understanding that oppression is manifested in racism, sexism, homophobia, heterosexism, transphobia, ageism, ableism and other forms of exclusion. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT THE

In a time when many people are struggling to make ends meet, this week we meet a woman who is feeling the love after a couple of generous customers. Click to hear the story with Morgan McCarthy: There is a single mom at a restaurant in Florida who recently got not just one, but two big tips on the same day.  First, someone left her $1,300.  Then one of her regulars heard about it . . . got competitive .

33 year old Evelyn L Baron, from Menomonie has been arrested by the Wisconsin State Patrol Eau Claire Post for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 2nd offense, with three children in the vehicle under the age of 16. A a phone call from a concerned citizen came in advising that Evelyn Baron was intoxicated and driving with three children in a motor vehicle. Troopers were dispatched in an attempt to locate the vehicle. Shortly after the concerned citizen

The judge in the Derek Chauvin murder case is rejecting a request for a change of venue.  Judge Peter Cahill said he doubts the former Minneapolis police officer accused of killing George Floyd can find any place in Minnesota that has not heard about this case.  He admitted there was pre-trial coverage that was biased against the defendant.  Cahill is also rejecting a delay of the trial.  He said they’ve been able to seat 12 jurors so far, and they

Two men are facing charges in Chippewa County for allegedly breaking into someone’s home with a gun. The Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office says 23-year-old Quinnten Schug and 25-year-old Antonio O’Brien of Dunn County broke into the home intentionally in connection to illegal drug use. Both men have previously been found guilty of theft in separate cases.

Eau Claire police are training to help people with mental health crises. This week officers went through hours of classroom instruction and event training to help them when these situations happen. Police say they respond to calls for mental health every day. They say the training helps them deescalate situations.

We know who died in Oconomowoc on Wednesday, and how they died, but we do not know why. Waukesha County Sheriff Eric Severson yesterday identified the victims at the Roundy’s warehouse as 51-year-old Kevin Kloth from Germantown and 39-year-old Kevin Schneider from Milwaukee. Both men were shot. But the sheriff is not saying what led to their deaths. There are also few answers about the suspect, 41-year-old Fraron Cornelius. We also learned that there was a couple-hour gap between Kloth

There’s a push to get people who are currently eligible for the coronavirus vaccine to get the shot as quickly as possible. Eau Claire’s city-county health department says 70 percent of people in the county will become eligible for the vaccine as of Monday. That means that people who are eligible now will have to wait longer for an available shot. Monday is the day when anyone 16 to 64 with a pre-existing medical condition becomes eligible for the vaccine

Wisconsin could hit the key milestone in its fight against the coronavirus by the Fourth of July. DHS deputy secretary Julie Willems Van Dijk yesterday said the state could reach herd immunity by July. Herd immunity would mean vaccinating 80-percent of people 16-and-up. Willems Van Dijk says the state should have enough vaccine doses by then. It may be trickier, however, to get all of those doses into people’s arms. Willems Van Dijk said last week that a lot of people

Wisconsin is adding nearly a thousand deaths to the coronavirus death toll in the state’s nursing homes. The Department of Health Services yesterday ‘updated’ its coronavirus data. The deaths were already part of the nearly 65 hundred deaths reported over the past year, but they were not linked to nursing homes or group homes until this week. The update means that 45 percent of Wisconsin’s virus-related deaths can be traced back to nursing or group homes. Almost 92 percent of people who