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Eau Claire County’s sheriff is not saying who died in Sunday’s officer-involved shooting in the Town of Washington, who pulled the trigger, or why any of it happened., but we do know there will be further investigation. Sheriff Ron Cramer yesterday said the St. Croix County sheriff’s office will handle the specifics of the investigation. One man died when police shot him about 4 p.m. on Sunday. The sheriff originally said officers and deputies were called to the home where

President-elect Joe Biden is announcing picks for his cabinet, including the first Latino and immigrant to head Homeland Security. Biden’s camp says the President-elect will nominate Alejandro Mayorkas as Homeland Security Secretary. Biden is also picking former Deputy CIA Director Avril Haines as Director of National Intelligence and wants former Secretary of State John Kerry to be the Climate Change Czar. A peek around the country shows us that President-elect Joe Biden is now officially the winner in Michigan as

It is the latest sign that Wisconsin’s coronavirus numbers are falling. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday reported that there are 19-hundred-99 people in the hospital with the virus. It is the first time in weeks that Wisconsin’s hospitalization numbers have dipped below two-thousand. There are still 438 people in the ICU, and another 13 people at Wisconsin’s overflow hospital at the state fairgrounds in West Allis. Wisconsin has now shipped one million N95 masks to hospitals, care centers, and other frontline workers

Wisconsin’s governor and attorney general are once again trying to get around the 2018 laws that limit their ability to settle lawsuits. Governor Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul yesterday filed a lawsuit to strike down the state’s lame duck law that requires the attorney general to get permission from the legislature before settling cases. Republicans passed the law to stop Kaul from withdrawing the state from cases, or ending legal fights on his own. The court has upheld

The city of Eau Claire is looking to spend more on homelessness. The city council is looking to send 26 thousand-dollars more to Catholic Charities to help with the costs of the temporary shelter at the old Hansen’s IGA on Clairemont Avenue. The new money would be used to build an area for isolation or quarantine. Audrey Boerner with the city-county health department says a quarantine area could help slow the spread of the coronavirus among Eau Claire’s homeless.

There will be some fans in the stands at Lambeau Field this weekend, just not any members of the public. The Packers yesterday said they will allow a small number of employees and their families to attend Sunday’s game against the Bears. The Packers say the idea is to test their coronavirus protocols. About 500 people are expected to be in Lambeau. The Packers have not allowed fans at any home games this year because of the coronavirus numbers in

A new report says there may be a new task for Foxconn’s plant in Mount Pleasant. Bloomberg reported yesterday that Foxconn has agreed to start making servers for Google at the plant. Foxconn originally was going to make screens for iPhones, then shifted to larger LCD screens. Bloomberg reported that Foxconn got the contract because of its state of the art assembly line at the plant. Work is expected to start sometime early next year.

 It looks like President-elect Joe Biden’s transition can finally begin.  The head of the General Services Administration just signed off, more than two weeks after the race was called.  Her refusal to acknowledge Biden as the winner was holding up his team from accessing critical information and resources.  President Trump tweeted his thanks to her, saying his case “strongly continues” and they’ll “keep up the good fight.” Meanwhile, President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in Michigan is now official.  The state’s board

We now have more details about an officer invoved shooting. It was on Sunday, November 22nd, at approximately 3:53 p.m., the Eau Claire Communications Center received a 911 call regarding a domestic disturbance in the 2500 block of Corona Avenue in the Town of Washington. It was reported that there was an active disturbance at the residence. The Eau Claire County Sheriff’s Office, Eau Claire Police Department and Wisconsin State Patrol responded to the scene. While on scene Law Enforcement

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services confirmed six new deaths and 31-hundred positive COVID-19 cases over the last day.  Nearly 16-thousand people have been hospitalized statewide since the pandemic began with the total number of cases topping 280-thousand.  The coronavirus has claimed over three-thousand Wisconsin lives. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM WI DHS