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It’s here! In a year where so many things look different, Christmas came just the same. If you are celebrating Christmas this year, we wish you the Merriest of days. Christmas is one the most significant holidays in Western Christianity as it commemorates the birth of Jesus.  The traditional Christmas narrative says that Jesus was born in a stable in Bethlehem to Mary and Joseph.  Pope Francis is celebrating Christmas Eve in Rome with coronavirus restrictions in place. Midnight Mass started earlier than usual at

The latest coronavirus numbers in Wisconsin show some good news. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday reported that nearly 92- percent of people who’ve ever tested positive for the virus have now recovered. DHS also reported that the state’s seven-day positive average fell below nine-percent. But DHS, however, is also reporting an uptick in deaths. The state’s death rate is now at one-percent. However, nationally the trend isn’t the same.   More than 120-thousand Americans spent Christmas Eve in

Chippewa Falls Police are using 10-thousand-dollars from some former officers to upgrade their cameras. The Chippewa Falls Police Department Alumni Association donated the money this week. The department will use it to buy a new pole camera. Pole cameras are used to keep an eye on high crime areas. The money came from donations to Chippewa Falls’ Back the Blue campaign.

On Thursday, December 24th, at little past 9 in the morning, The Eau Claire County Sheriff’s Office responded to multiple crashes and slide-ins on HWY 53 northbound, near the Eau Claire County and Chippewa County line. The first call involved a vehicle that had spun out and was partially blocking the right lane. A subsequent chain reaction of crashes and slide-ins occurred from people attempting to avoid the initial vehicle on the snow/ice covered roadway. One vehicle, driven by a

The NORAD Santa Tracker is up and running.  The North American Aerospace Defense Command has activated its annual Santa Tracker website at NORADsanta.org, and there are Santa Tracker apps available for iOS and Android devices.  It’s the 65th year that NORAD, which protects North American airspace, has kept track of Santa as he delivers toys on Christmas Eve.  The tradition started in 1955 when a Sears store in Colorado Springs listed a phone number for their Santa Hotline and accidentally printed the number to NORAD’s

Wisconsin Health officials say 28-hundred COVID-19 cases are confirmed since yesterday.  The total number of cases now tops 466-thousand.  There were 60 deaths reported over the last 24 hours which raises the state death toll to more than four-thousand-600.  CLICK FOR MORE FROM WI DHS

A big donation to Marshfield Children’s Hospital will make it easier for kids undergoing an MRI.  The money will go towards buying a new movie system for the hospital’s new MRI scanner.  Officials say the visual distraction will cut down on the need for children to be sedated for the test.  The Christmas in July Charity donated 43-thousand-dollars to the Marshfield Hospital yesterday.

Charlotte and Jack are the top girls and boys names of 2020 at SSM Health Saint Mary’s Hospital.  Officials unveiled the top five names for newborn boys and girls yesterday.  The boys list is led by Jack followed by Henry, Theodore, Mason and Calvin.  The top girls’ names after Charlotte are Eleanor, Madeline and a tie with Quinn, Olivia and Evelyn.  Last year’s most popular names of Grace and Owen didn’t make the top five this year.

 House Republicans are blocking an attempt by the House to pass the two-thousand dollar stimulus checks President Trump wants. Speaker Nancy Pelosi tried to pass an amendment doing just that today, but the unanimous consent request required the approval of the Republican caucus.  Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy did not give it.  Under House rules, the body was not able to consider the increase at this time. Virginia Representative Rob Whittman announced House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s decision on passing an

Black River Memorial Hospital is receiving Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine this week. In a news release, the hospital says the first doses will be given to some of its staff who are frontline healthcare workers. CEO Mary Beth White-Jacobs says they strongly encourage people continue with current health recommendations like wearing masks, social distancing, limiting gatherings, and washing hands until the vaccine is widely available.