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The Clearwater Parade of Lights is on until the end of the month, but the winners of the contest are decided. There were 25-total entries this year from residences and businesses around the city. The winners were announced yesterday, but the People’s Choice Award is open for voting until December 13th. To see MORE CLICK HERE.

The Eau Claire City-County Health Department is warning the public of a potential COVID-19 exposure. On Facebook, the department says it’s possible anyone at the VFW on Starr Avenue last Thursday between 7:15 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. could have been exposed. They say anyone who could have been exposed should contact a healthcare provider to get a COVID-19 test and self-monitor for symptoms. 

We are used to the border battle on the field when it comes to the Packer and Viking rivalry, but now there is a border battle of a different kind. The mayor in Hudson, Wisconsin is considering a curfew to keep people from Minnesota from flooding into the bars and restaurants in his town. Hudson is the first community on the Wisconsin side of the St. Croix River, and is about a half-hour drive from Minneapolis-St. Paul. Mayor Rich O’Connor says people from Minnesota

One of the proposed solutions to Eau Claire’s parking problems is more regulation. The city is studying what to do about parking downtown and by Randall Park. One of the suggestions is ‘more enforcement,’ which means more tickets. The study also suggests hiring a full time city parking administrator, though there’s no word just how much that will cost.

It’s back to in-person classes for some kids in Eau Claire’s public schools. Superintendent Michael Johnson last night said kids will return to their hybrid schedule on Thursday. Eau Claire schools have been online-only since Thanksgiving. It will be a short return to the classroom, however. Eau Claire schools are set to go on Christmas break on December 23rd.

Wisconsin’s latest coronavirus snapshot shows fewer people are in the hospital with the virus in the state. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday said just over 15-hundred people are in the hospital with the virus. Of them, 326 are in the ICU. Those numbers are much higher than in the summer but are down by hundreds from Wisconsin’s peak in early November. DHS says it’s too soon to tell if there will be a post-Thanksgiving spike in hospitalizations. CLICK HERE

Wisconsin’s proposed state spending could outpace the state’s tax dollars by about two billion-dollars according to a new report. The Wisconsin Policy Forum yesterday said Wisconsin will be at least 373 million-dollars short in the next state budget. The group also says there are about a billion-dollars in new Medicaid costs that are ‘unavoidable,’ as well as requests to spend more on schools, the UW System, and state employees. The Policy Forum says added all together, that comes to two billion-dollars. The report doesn’t

The University of Wisconsin System is asking for nearly 100 million-dollars more for pay raises in the next state budget. The university yesterday asked for a two percent pay bump next year, and a two-and-a-half percent bump the year after that. UW employees just got a two percent raise this year, and a four percent raise last year. University leaders say they need to increase pay to keep-up with other Big Ten universities. There’s no word from the legislature on the request

 There’s a coronavirus vaccine summit at the White House today.  Mark Mayfield explains. Here in our corner of the country, the plan is to give Wisconsin’s first doses of the coronavirus vaccine to healthcare workers and people in nursing homes, but just who that includes and when they will get a shot is not yet known. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday said Wisconsin will get 65-thousand doses of the vaccine, which includes about 50-thousand from Pfizer and 16-thousand from Moderna. DHS

There’s a good chance fans will be back in Lambeau Field before the month is over. A number of reports yesterday said the team is making preparations for fans to return for the final two home games, on the 19th and the 27th. Packer sources say fans will ‘most likely’ be allowed in. There is no word on just how many fans will be allowed to attend the games, or how many fans will be allowed in the Titletown area.