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The ECASD School Board will host an Interested Candidate Informational Session on Thursday, November 19, 2020, 6:30 p.m. at the Administration Building, 500 Main Street. Presenters will be Dr. Tim Nordin, School Board President, and Steve Weld, Attorney. The event is intended for those interested in running for School Board during the Spring 2021 election. Dr. Nordin and Mr. Weld will discuss the role of the Board, its governance structure, and provide instructions on how to run for office. The

The Chippewa Valley Regional Airport has continued to make health and safety improvements to our facilities in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The latest enhancement is the installation of bi-polar ionization equipment in the airline passenger terminal building air handlers. Bi-polar ionization produces a high concentration of positive and negativeions. Bi-polar ionization works to constantly disinfect surfaces without human intervention by sending out ions to destroy viruses; anotherstep in the cleaning process. The Airport has also made other modifications

Today is Veterans Day, a national holiday set aside to honor the armed services past and present.  Veterans Day became a legal holiday in 1938. It was originally known as Armistice Day, and was meant to commemorate the day in 1918 when an armistice went into effect near the end of World War One.  That armistice went into effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of that year.  However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, celebrations might look

Wisconsin’s governor is urging, but not ordering, people to do more to try and limit the coronavirus. The governor used a statewide speech last night to ask people to stay home, stay away from others, keep Thanksgiving small this year, and continue to wear a mask. More coverage with Jon Demaster: The governor is only asking because his past attempts to order new restrictions have failed in the courts. Evers says the virus has put thousands of people in the

A teen from Kenosha, Wisconsin faces felony charges for giving Kyle Rittenhouse the gun he used to shoot and kill two protesters in August.  Nineteen-year-old Dominick Black also drove Rittenhouse back to his home in Illinois after the shootings.  He faces two counts of giving a dangerous weapon to a minor that was used in causing death.  The men showed up armed at a protest over the shooting of Jacob Blake, who was shot in the back by a police officer as

An  Eau Claire tavern owner could be looking at four years in prison for illegal gambling. Prosecutors say Terry Luer, who owns Big T’s Saloon on 3rd Street, ran a “shake of the day” dice game. The pot, they say, was 40 thousand-dollars. It’s not clear how long the game was running, or how many people took part. Luer is facing felony charges in Eau Claire County court.

Public health managers in Barron County are asking deer hunters not to come north this year. County Public Health Specialist Sarah Turner says the risk for coronavirus is just too high. She says Barron County has reported 531 positives in just the past seven days. Barron County, along with other parts of western Wisconsin, draw plenty of hunting tourists each year. It’s not the hunting she’s worried about, it’s deer camp.

In a year when Wisconsin lawmakers expect to be two billion-dollars short, the state’s superintendent is asking for nearly a billion-and-a-half dollars more. State Superintendent Carolyn Standford-Smith yesterday submitted her budget request. It includes one-point-four billion-dollars more for schools. More than half of the money would go toward school aid, but there’s also hundreds of millions that she’d like to spend on everything from mental health and teacher supports to Drivers Ed and public libraries. Governor Evers had asked state agencies not

Addressing the state this evening, Governor Evers acknowledged the struggles of 2020 and urged Wisconsinites to continue to take stricter measures to stop the spread of COVID-19 as our state hits record cases. Ahead of the holidays, sheltering at home was encouraged and the order continues to stress the importance of wearing a mask and limiting gatherings. CLICK HERE TO READ THE LATEST ORDER FROM GOVERNOR EVERS

Governor Tony Evers will deliver a statewide address on COVID-19.  The governor’s office says he will deliver his speech around 6:00 this evening.  The state reported nearly 71-hundred new COVID-19 cases today, breaking the previous one-day record set on Saturday.  There are also a record 66 deaths reported today.