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Eau Claire couple recovers quickly from COVID-19 after receiving experimental monoclonal antibody therapy One of the most remarkable things about COVID-19 is how quickly physicians and scientists were able to respond and develop effective treatment for the disease in less than one year. This is something that Eau Claire couple Bob and Joyce Wachsmuth knows firsthand. In early January, Bob Wachsmuth felt like a winter cold was coming on. “I didn’t pay much attention to it. I just felt that

The Flying Eagles Ski Club will host their 89th Annual Invitational on February 20 and 21, 2021 at the Mt. Washington Ski  Complex and Silver Mine Hill.  The tournament is set to start at 12:00 PM on Saturday after  the opening ceremonies. A Nordic Combined race with 7, 15,  and 30 meter hills will be held immediately following the ski  jumping in the afternoon with awards to follow. The Junior  National Qualifier for Nordic Combined for the 55 meter class 

Buffalo County Public Health is checking in with their weekly Coronavirus snapshot. You can find data on the Buffalo County vaccination efforts WITH AN EASY CLICK HERE. You can also fill out a vaccine interest form if you are 65 and older and would like to be vaccinated, or help your parents, grandparents, friends and neighbors sign up! COVID-19 interest form YOU CAN FIND BY CLICKING HERE.

Not all hero’s wear capes and for this weeks Friday Feel Good we unwrap a story sure to serve up smiles! CLICK BELOW TO HEAR THE STORY WITH Morgan McCarthy: An elementary school in Florida encouraged kids to dress up like “everyday heroes.”  And a nine-year-old named Harper wanted to dress  go as a Chick-fil-A worker, because they always make her happy.  So her local Chick-fil-A made her an honorary employee for a day.  She even got to serve her

The CDC will announce guidelines today on reopening schools in the U.S.  The guidelines are expected to recommend protective masks, social distancing, proper hygiene and building ventilation, and could also address whether teachers need vaccinations.  President Biden has vowed to reopen schools within his first 100 days in office.  He has also proposed 130-billion dollars for school reopening’s in his COVID relief bill. 

The search for a missing Barron County man continues. The sheriff’s department says a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources aerial search couldn’t locate 22-year-old Ben Jacobson’s missing truck. Police say Jacobson was last seen Monday and didn’t show up for work Tuesday.

It may be too cold this weekend to go snowmobiling, but the trails around Eau Claire County are open for the season. You may have been paging through the The Leader-Telegram and read that the 181-mile network of trails opened Wednesday. The National Weather Service says temperatures will feel like 30-and-40-below with bitter cold wind chills expected all the way through Tuesday morning. 

Green Bay is number ten on a list of Midwest cities with high salaries and a low cost of living. According to personal finance experts at The Ascent, Des Moines, Iowa, residents’ income to expense ratio is the best on the list. St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota follow. The report says Green Bay residents work in unusually high numbers in fishing, forestry, farming, and production industries.

Much like national health leaders, our local public health boss says herd immunity is so far away, she’s not even guessing at a month. City-County Health Director Lieske Giese yesterday said Eau Claire has a while to go before the community develops a herd immunity to the coronavirus. She says vaccinations are going smoothly, though she says there are not enough doses. Giese says Eau Claire County has received only about 20 percent of the doses she’s requested from the

Prosecutors in Oshkosh are not charging the mother and brother of the teenager suspected of gunning down another teen at the Fox River Mall late last month. The D.A. yesterday said no charges are being filed at this time against Shirina Willis and her son Ralph Ellis. Police arrested them for lying about shooting suspect Dezman Ellis’ whereabouts during this month’s manhunt for him. The D.A. is not offering a reason as to why there will be no charges.