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This week’s Friday Feel Good takes us nearby to Minnesota, where instread of “passing the buck” a group of kids decided to pass ON the bucks. It starts with theft. Someone at a restaurant in Minnesota recently stole an envelope with around $300 in tips inside.  So a group of five kids stepped up to help.  They’d made some money over the summer helping on their family’s farm.  So they pooled it together and gave the staff $200 bucks. CLICK BELOW

 President Trump will not attend President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on January 20th.  He made the announcement in a one line tweet.  No president in the modern era has refused to attend the inauguration of his successor.  It happened three times in the 18-hundreds.  A statement from Mike Pence’s office says the Vice President has not decided whether to attend Biden’s inauguration.  President Trump has long-insisted that the presidential election was “rigged.”  He has lost dozens of court challenges in battleground

To mask or not to mask? That could soon be the question here in our area. The following is more information from Eau Claire leaders: As our community continues to respond to the ongoing pandemic, Eau Claire City-County Board of Health, Eau Claire City Council, and Eau Claire County Board have partnered to identify actions that may be needed to protect the well-being of our residents, businesses, educational institutions, healthcare, and other community partners. One evidence-based community strategy is the

With the Mega Millions jackpot at $510 Million and Powerball at $470 Million, the multi-state Lottery games have combined jackpots of nearly $1 Billion. This is the highest the combined jackpots have been since October 2018 when the dueling jackpot runs produced a $1.537 billion Mega Millions jackpot (South Carolina win) and a $687.8 Million Powerball jackpot (Iowa, New York wins). The Mega Millions jackpot is the eighth largest jackpot in the game’s history. The estimated jackpot for the Friday, January 8 drawing is $510 Million annuity ($377.4 Million cash). The Powerball jackpot is

The Downtown Eau Claire, Inc. (DECI) Board of Directors released a second round of grant assistance to downtown businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.  The DECI Grant Committee reviewed applications and awarded 23 applicants with grants in the amount of $1,500 each, for a total of $34,500. In June of 2020, DECI awarded $46,500 in assistance grants to members. In total, the organization has distributed $81,000 in direct relief grants to downtown member businesses and organizations. Recipients of the DECI

Wisconsin is among a list of states where new cases of COVID-19 are higher and staying high. New York Times’ Data from John’s Hopkins University puts Wisconsin among 48-states in the same position. The U.S. has set a second coronavirus death record this week, with two-straight days of around four-thousand-deaths. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS

An Eau Claire company is being contracted to make COVID-19 vaccine deliveries to California more optimal. Elite EXTRA was contracted by a start-up to create better routes to deliver the vaccines to around three-thousand nursing homes in Los Angeles County. In a news release, the company says this work is critical to ensure when vaccines will arrive in real-time.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is giving Eau Claire County good ratings. Emergency Management says the county’s risk index gets a very low rating for overall hazard risk and very high for community resilience. The department says the index helps identify the nations’ most at risk communities for natural disasters. 

An Altoona man is charged with repeatedly sexually assaulting a young girl from the time she was five until she was 12. An Eau Claire County judge set the bond for Victor Bellomy at 25-thousand dollars cash yesterday. Bellomy is accused of sexually assaulting the child for years, and the girl told investigators he gave her reasons not to report it. Bellomy is set to return to court next month. 

Federal prosecutors in Milwaukee say they will charge anyone they can identify as from Wisconsin from the pictures of the chaos at the U.S. Capitol earlier this week. U.S. Attorney Mathew Krueger yesterday said his office will prosecute federal offenses related to civil unrest to the fullest extent possible. He says anyone who traveled from Wisconsin to Washington, D.C. who took part in the chaos could face charges. Washington, D.C. Police are offering a thousand dollar reward for anyone who can identify people from