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They say a heart makes a home, but for this story we see it from a different angle. A lot of heart was involved in creating a special home for a special lady. There is a cleaning lady in New York lost her job during COVID, and had to move in with her sister after working at the same upscale apartment building for 20 years.  But everyone who lives there loves her.  So they decided to pool their money and

Beginning Monday, Feb. 1, the public will again be able to receive free, rapid COVID-19 testing at University of Wisconsin-Stout. Testing will be on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.  The tests are being offered through a partnership between the UW System and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to help address the current surge in the COVID-19 virus in Wisconsin.

Eau Claire police say someone opened a package they had been waiting for yesterday to find a pound of marijuana instead of what they ordered. Police say the person opened the package once they got to work and called the police. There are currently no suspects. 

Several residents at Chippewa Manor are celebrating a birthday over 90. For the last 49-years, staff members at the nursing home have hosted a birthday party for the 90-plus club. This year, the event was virtual. The eldest of those celebrating their birthday turned 105. 

Cheers Pablo is closing for a while beginning tomorrow. The art center is moving to a different location. They say they’re only moving two doors down. They plan to reopen February 20th. 

The man who ran down three Girl Scouts in Lake Hallie wants to change his guilty plea. Colten Treu is asking a judge to withdraw his plea. Treu’s lawyers say he didn’t understand that he was giving-up a chance to appeal his sentence by pleading guilty. Treu pleaded guilty to running down the three girls in 2018, and he also killed one of their mothers. Police say Treu was high at the time. He is serving a 54-year sentence for

A teenager is not going to prison for attacking her brother’s girlfriend back in 2016. A judge in St. Croix County yesterday sentenced Kali Bookey to probation in the attack. Bookey was 14 at the time she rode her bike to the 16-year-old victim’s home, placed a pillow over her head and beat her up. The victim says Bookey slashed at her throat with a broken bowl. The judge said if Bookey can stay out of trouble for her five

You are going to have to keep wearing your mask in Wisconsin, at least for a little while. Republicans in the state Assembly yesterday paused their effort to override Governor Evers’ emergency order and that includes the state’s mask mandate. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said lawmakers are trying to figure out the ramifications of an override, specifically what that will mean for 50-million dollars-a-month in enhanced food stamp money that would be lost without an emergency order. Democrats said the pause

It’s not surprising that a lot of people in Wisconsin want the coronavirus vaccine. With 715 Newsroom coverage Jon DeMaster looks into the reaction on a state level from Wisconsin lawmakers: But local health department managers say it is overwhelming the number of people who are being turned away. Greenfield Health Department director Darren Rausch yesterday said demand for the vaccine is about four-times the state’s supply. Rausch says people are learning that just because they are eligible for the shot, that

Eau Claire’s superintendent isn’t sure when kids will return to full time in-person classes. Superintendent Michael Johnson last night said they are unsure about so many things dealing with a return to school and are working through the details of those questions. Most kids in Eau Claire schools are in class two days a week, and learning from home the other three. Johnson says one of the biggest challenges to returning to class is space. He says there’s simply not