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Members of the Dunn County Community Recovery Teamissued a joint statement to encourage community members to continue to take all the steps necessary to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 virus during the holiday season. YOU CAN READ IT BELOW: We are in the middle of the holiday season, with Thanksgiving behind us, and Christmas and New Year’s ahead. As members of the Dunn County Community Recovery Team, we are imploring community members to continue take the necessary steps to prevent yourself and your loved ones from

A mother and son accused of murdering their father and bringing his body to Barron County say they thought animals would get to him before anyone else. You may have seen the reports on WQOW-TV that 62-year-old Connie Herbst and 26-year-old Austin Herbst of Minnesota are charged with one count of hiding a corpse. They’re accused of killing 63-year-old Gary Herbst. A criminal complaint filed recently says Austin admitted to shooting his father in the back of the head in

The Eau Claire Parks, Recreation and Forestry Division is inviting the community to view and weigh-in on the new plans for Carson Park. The department is hosting a virtual open house this Thursday evening at 5:30 p.m. In a Facebook Event, the department says the public should register for the open house through Zoom. A link is posted on the event page. 

Hospitals in Milwaukee and Madison are getting ready to offer the first doses of the coronavirus vaccine, hopefully by the end of the week. The Medical College of Wisconsin over the weekend said it is working on a plan to get the vaccine to doctors and nurses who’ve been treating coronavirus patients for months. But the hospital says it will take time to get everyone a vaccine. UW Health will serve as the regional hub for the vaccine out of Madison.

Time is running-out for President Trump’s legal battle in Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Supreme Court is expected to deliver a ruling this morning on President Trump’s lawsuit that wants to toss over 200-thousand ballots. The court heard arguments in the case on Saturday. Wisconsin’s presidential electors are supposed to vote today. The president says Wisconsin skirted state law last month, and that opened the door to massive voter fraud. Wisconsin’s usually perfunctory Electoral College vote has a bit more to it this year. Electors are supposed to

What was predicted as a post-Thanksgiving coronavirus spike is now looking like a different direction. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday reported 27-hundred positives and 15 new deaths. But DHS also reported a large drop in the state’s positivity rate. Wisconsin’s seven-day positivity rate is now just under 11 percent. That number was 13 percent last week, and 18 percent at the beginning of November.

Not everyone at Menomonie High School is happy to be back for in-person classes this week. A group of students called the Menomonie Student Union says they will strike today. The group says school leaders have not done enough to protect students and teachers from the coronavirus. Kids in Menomonie have been learning from home since mid-November. They are back in school this week, and part of next, then it is Christmas break.

Hudson, Wisconsin is not what most people think of when they think of nightlife. But in 2020, particularly during the coronavirus outbreak, Hudson has become a hotspot. The small town is the first city in Wisconsin once you cross over from Minnesota, and a lot of people from Minnesota are leaving that state to eat or drink in Hudson. Business owners in Hudson say they are enjoying the boom in customers. But not everybody is. Hudson’s mayor ordered a 10 p.m. curfew last week,

The holidays are a bit brighter for some military families at Fort McCoy. The group Trees for Troops handed out Christmas trees at the fort over the weekend. The trees are donated, and free. Fort McCoy is one of nearly 80 bases in the U.S. to get some trees this year.

The Badgers will play for Paul Bunyan’s Axe after all. The Big Ten yesterday rescheduled the Wisconsin-Minnesota game. The two teams were supposed to play back over the Thanksgiving weekend, but the game was canceled because of a coronavirus outbreak on the Minnesota team. The new Axe game is scheduled for this Saturday at 3 p.m.