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 Bernie Sanders is going viral on social media for his inauguration day attire.  Nikka Magahis has more.  Sanders PHOTO CREDIT: billboard.com

A new webpage is available today that lists where Eau Claire County residents ages 65 and older (and other eligible groups) can sign upfor a COVID-19 vaccine appointment with a local vaccine provider. If you would like more information, CLICK HERE.

A new OnePoll survey puts Wisconsin at the bottom of a list of the most stressed-out states. Topping the list at number one is Missouri, followed by Mississippi and West Virginia. Wisconsin is the 46th most stressed-out state, or the fifth least stressed out. Neighboring Midwest states follow Wisconsin with Minnesota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Iowa in the bottom five most stressed-out states, or top five least stressed out. 

The county health department is warning of a potential coronavirus exposure at a bar in Fall Creek. The Eau Claire City-County Health Department posted to Facebook saying the potential exposure could have happened at Brackett Bar on Saturday, January 16th. They say anyone who was there between 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. and is now experiencing symptoms should schedule a COVID-19 test.

Sick and tired of feeling sick and tired in these COVID-19 times? The YMCA of the Chippewa Valley invites all in the community to participate in a free six-week Reset Challenge designed to help transform spirit, mind and body. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE RESET PROGRAM “Now, more than ever before we need to recharge and refocus,” saidYMCA of the Chippewa Valley CEO Theresa Hillis. “The pandemic hasworn us down and isolated us in so many ways. This

Assembly Republicans want the Department of Health Services to hurry up with COVID-19 vaccinations.  State Representative Joe Sanfellipo says there needs to be a centralized method of people to sign up for their vaccinations. Click below to hear more 715 Newsroom coverage with Jon Demaster:

If you buy your lotto tickets at the Mega Co-op in Lake Hallie, you might want to get them and check the numbers! The store said on Facebook that someone bought a million-dollar winning Mega Millions ticket in Lake Hallie last Friday. No one has stepped forward to claim the prize yet. The next Mega Millions jackpot is almost a billion-dollars. That drawing is tomorrow night.

The D.A. in Barron County says a mom there offered her young daughter to an accused sex offender in exchange for drugs and cash. Prosecutors filed child trafficking charges against 34-year-old Amanda Eyman from Cameron. Investigators say she offered her daughter, who is younger than 10, to 34-year-old Paul Osterman back in 2019. Osterman is facing charges in two other Wisconsin counties for attempting to rape underage girls. He has not been charged in Barron County yet.

Wisconsin’s coronavirus count is at its lowest point since October. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday reported just 15-hundred new positives, and a seven-day positive-average of just above seven-percent. That is the lowest number since before the state’s peak in early November. DHS says just 834 people are in the hospital with the virus. CLICK HERE FOR MORE WI DHS INFO

Some people over 65 in Chippewa County will get the coronavirus vaccine next week. The county’s health department announced a new vaccine clinic that will open Monday. Public health director Angie Weideman isn’t saying how many vaccine doses the clinic will have, but she says Chippewa County has been vaccinating about a thousand people per-week. Details on when, where, and how to sign-up for the shots will come either today or tomorrow. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO FROM OUR LOCAL