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You can be part of the first ever virtual celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The UW-Eau Claire celebration — a cornerstone event of the campus recognition of Black History Month — will take place virtually, inviting campus and community members to log in and safely join in honoring and elevating King’s life and legacy. CLICK HERE FOR MORE ABOUT THIS EVENT

Absentee ballots for the April statewide primary election can be filled out in person in Eau Claire. In-person absentee drive through hours at City Hall began Tuesday at 10 a.m. The drive-through will be open Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. through February 12th. 

The Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department is offering snowboarding lessons in Eau Claire starting next week. Lessons will be given between 6 and 7 p.m. at the Pinehurst Winter Recreation Area beginning Tuesday February 9th. Registration can be completed online.  

Mother Nature is reminding us that it is winter…and we aren’t alone! Blizzards could start screaming across the Midwest and the Northeast as two storm systems blow in this week. The first is forecast to bring high winds and snow today from Iowa and Nebraska into Wisconsin and Michigan. It’ll move through the Great Lakes and interior Northeast on Friday. Here in our area, Eau Claire could see between four and six inches of snow this afternoon.  A Winter Weather Advisory is

Prosecutors in Wisconsin are seeking an arrest warrant for the now-18-year-old charged with shooting and killing two people during protests in Kenosha last August.  Yesterday, the Kenosha County District Attorney’s Office said a motion was filed for Kyle Rittenhouse to be detained for apparently violating his bond for not informing the court that he moved to a new address.  The office added that the move makes it difficult for officials to keep track of his location.  Rittenhouse was set free in November

A 25-year-old Fall Creek man is accused of sexually abusing two children at his mother’s in-home daycare. Austin Thoren has been charged on several counts, including repeated sexual assault of a child. According to the investigation, the alleged crimes happened between 2012 and 2014.

A man accused of running a snow plow scam in the Waukesha area has accepted a plea deal.  Matthew Erickson agreed yesterday to pay a 10-thousand-dollar fine and more than seven-thousand dollars in restitution in exchange for reduced felony charges.  Erickson and his company, “Snow Angels,” allegedly took advantage of over 100 people in nine states, including 28 in Wisconsin. Many of his victims were over 60-years old.

Division Three is canceling its 2021 winter championships.  The NCAA announced this is due to low participation numbers among its member schools.  Fayneese Miller, the chair of the President’s Council, released a statement that reads in part, “This was a very difficult decision to make, and we were saddened to do so.  However, none of our winter sports meet the Championship Committee’s established thresholds of participation to hold a championship.”

Budget cuts in the form of staff layoffs are expected for the Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District. District leaders say this is due to an anticipated one-point-six-million-dollar budget deficit as a result of declining enrollment. The district plans to submit a preliminary budget plan to the school board at the end of March.

A Locust Lane Elementary School teacher is being honored for her twenty-years of service with the school district. Yesterday, the Eau Claire Public Schools Foundation presented Melissa Pritchard with the 2020-21 Golden Apple Award. In addition, Pritchard and the Locust Lane School will also receive five-hundred dollars each to be used for educational purposes.