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Parents across Wisconsin have a chance to change their kids’ school starting next week. The state’s open enrollment period begins on Monday. Open enrollment allows some students to move to other schools, as long as there’s room. The state’s Department of Public Instruction says parents can apply to change schools between February 1st and April 30th. The change would then start next year.

The State Department of Health confirms fewer than a thousand cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours.  The 946 cases reported today increases the total number to nearly 534-thousand since the beginning of the pandemic a year ago.  There are eight deaths confirmed today, raising the death toll statewide to 57-hundred residents. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS.

Marshfield police are asking for help finding a missing teenage boy.  Authorities say 16-year-old Wyatt Canon is suspected of stealing a blue 2003 Jeep Liberty with North Carolina plates from relatives on Thursday.  His family says he is not taking needed medication for serious mental health issues and they believe he could be in crisis.  Marshfield police have posted a picture of Canon who could be traveling to Minnesota or the Dakotas where he does have family.

 A second child is dead from injuries suffered in a fire in the Village of Blue River.  The Grant County Sheriff’s Office said today 14-year-old Barbara Hurley has died from injuries sustained in a house fire on Saturday.  A man and 12-year-old boy were also killed in the blaze.  A 15-year-old boy remains hospitalized in Madison in critical condition and two other adults were treated and released from the hospital.

Free rapid-response COVID-19 surge testing will be available to the community in February on the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire campus. The community surge testing, which was conducted at Memorial High School the past two months, will now take place at Zorn Arena on UW-Eau Claire’s lower campus. Antigen testing for UW-Eau Claire faculty, staff and students is also being conducted at Zorn Arena, but community members will be tested at different times than the campus community. MORE INFO WITH A

We now know the name of the teenager killed in a crash heading into the weekend. Eau Claire Police responded to a crash with injury in the 1600 block of Meadow Lane on Friday, January 22nd just before 10:30 at night. Due to injuries sustained in the crash, one passenger has died. There were four occupants in the vehicle. As a result of the crash, a14-year-old female died. The driver was a 16-year-old male and the other two passengers were

The Eau Claire City-County Health Department is releasing revised COVID-19 Community Expectations. These Community Expectations were last revised in November 2020 when we were experiencing a significant and dangerous surge in cases. The local data does still show that we need to keep up our basic safety precautions of keeping 6ft distance, wearing masks, frequent hand washing, and getting tested if experiencing any symptoms. However, our rate of positive tests and number of total positive cases each week have improved

A report of stalking leads to a chase and eventual arrest. It was on Sunday, January 24th a little before 3 a.m., when the Barron County Sheriff’s Department received a call from a female that her ex-boyfriend was stalking her and following her around the City of Chetek. A Chetek Police Department officer attempted to stop the suspect vehicle and the suspect failed to stop for him. A short chase ensued in the City of Chetek and the Chetek officer

Visit Eau Claire, along with Wintermission and Eau Claire Healthy Communities, have teamed up to promote fun and engaging winter challenges that encourage locals and visitors alike to get out and stay active this season. The challenges can be found on the Wintermission Facebook page as well as WITH A CLICK HERE.

People 65-and-older in Wisconsin will begin receiving COVID-19 vaccines today. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services says that includes about 700-thousand people. They say the state currently gets about 70-thousand first-dose vaccines per week from the federal government. They say it could be a while before everyone in this population gets their first shot.  The University of Wisconsin-Madison is inviting about 18-hundred faculty members to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The school announced this week they’ll begin making appointments for the