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Students and staff at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire are outlining their environmental goals for the next 30 years. The university’s Sustainability and Climate Action Task Force sent their recommendations to make campus carbon neutral by 2050 to Chancellor James Schmidt and the Student Senate this week. The task force hopes to have their recommendations approved by Spring.

The City of Eau Claire wants public input on what to do with the outdoor space between the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library and City Hall. The city says they want the plaza to reflect the community. The survey is available on the City of Eau Claire-City Hall Facebook page, which you can get to with AN EASY CLICK HERE.

Prosecutors are moving ahead with a child pornography case against a former Eau Claire North teacher. The D.A. in Dunn County yesterday filed formal charges against Todd Williams. Investigators say they found nearly 40 images of child pornography on his computer. Williams used to teach at North, and he was suspended immediately after his arrest two weeks ago. Eau Claire schools say none of Williams students is involved in his case.

They are hiring at Nestle in Eau Claire. The company yesterday announced plans to add 70 jobs as part of a 50-million-dollar expansion. Nestle says it needs mechanics, engineers, and people in packing and processing. Nestle says it has already started hiring for some of the jobs. You can apply at the company’s website and UNWRAP MORE DETAILS WITH A CLICK HERE.

Students and families are planning to return to the hybrid school model. Below is an update from Eau Claire Schools regarding the plan to shift some students back to classrooms next week. The Eau Claire Area School District will return to a blended learning model starting Thursday, December 10. The district had implemented a short-term shift to 100 percent virtual learning for the period of November 30 to December 9, as a result of a large number of staff quarantines

Parents with kids learning from home in Wisconsin could be in-line for a check from the state. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos yesterday suggested the state cut parents with kids in remote learning programs a 371-dollar check. The money, Vos says, will help cover the cost of teaching kids from home. The checks would be per-child, so some families would get more than just 371 dollars. We will show you different sides so you can decide, and on the other side. some are

Wisconsin’s governor is asking for another round of coronavirus help from Washington D.C. Governor Tony Evers yesterday said Wisconsin needs a second CARES Act to continue testing and tracing the coronavirus. Evers says Wisconsin may not be able to keep-up without more federal money. The governor is not saying how much he’d like. Wisconsin is on deadline to spend the last of the two-billion-dollars it got in original CARES Act money by the end of the month.

President Donald Trump is making good on his promise to challenge Wisconsin’s vote total. The president yesterday asked a judge to toss out over 200 thousand votes in Milwaukee and Dane counties. The president’s lawyers say the Wisconsin Elections Commission denied them an opportunity to formally challenge last month’s election results and recount. The president’s beef continues to be with mail-in, absentee, and indefinitely confined votes in Milwaukee and Madison. As expected, Wisconsin’s governor has zero tolerance for President Trump’s lawsuit challenging the state’s

Wisconsin’s public health managers are hoping to have a way to track people who’ve tested positive for the coronavirus, or who’ve come into contact with someone who has, by the end of the month. The app uses bluetooth to track phones for about two weeks. If someone tests positive for the virus, the app can then ping those phones and alert people that they may have been in contact with someone who’s tested positive. Department of Health Services Secretary Andrea

There’s a big change coming for Republicans at the Wisconsin Capitol. Joint Finance Committee co-chair John Nygren yesterday said he is resigning from the Assembly to take a job in the private sector. Nygren is not saying where he is going. Nygren has helped write the past four state budgets, and was set to craft a new budget next year. Governor Evers now has to set a special election so voters can pick Nygren’s replacement.