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Three young women say an Eau Claire man sexually abused them when they were young children. Chantavy Lee is facing charges in both Eau Claire and Dunn counties. The Eau Claire case is sealed, but the Dunn County case states that three young women all say Lee abused them when they were children. One young woman says she was five-years-old when Lee abused her, the other young woman says she was about nine-years-old. Lee is in custody. He faces a

The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire is expanding its coronavirus testing. The school is now inviting students who live off-campus to get a test as well. Testing is, and has been, mandatory for students who live on campus. UW-Eau Claire says testing is not mandatory for students who live off campus.

There’s a good chance there will be basketball at Eau Claire’s high schools this year. Superintendent Michael Johnson says they are working with the WIAA to make sure winter sports can happen this year. Johnson says something more formal will likely come in the next few weeks.

The Facebook page for Sawyer County Health was hacked on Friday, October 16, and is currently offline.  For daily updates, you can CLICK HERE TO VISIT THE the Sawyer County COVID-19 Response page. Beginning on Friday, October 16, the Wisconsin Electronic Disease Surveillance System (WEDSS) began system improvements and routine maintenance. The updates are scheduled to go live Monday, October 19.  That means no updates for Sawyer county will be available before Monday.

Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren campaigns for Joe Biden in Madison.  WKOW reports that Senator Warren was in Madison yesterday for a drive-in rally in support of the former Vice President’s 2020 Presidential bid.   Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes and U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin took part in the drive-in rally at Olbrich Park to the sound of honking horns instead of clapping.  Senator Warren later held a similar event in Milwaukee.

President Trump brings his 2020 Campaign to Janesville where he spoke before thousands during a rally.  The event took place yesterday evening outside the Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport.  Staffers took rally goers’ temperatures and distributed facemasks.  According to multiple media outlets, not many people at the rally wore the masks nor observed social distancing.  During the rally, President Trump was criticizing the Democratic governor of Wisconsin, Tony Evers, for coronavirus restrictions at the same time the state is seeing a spike in cases. 

Good morning and welcome to your weekend. Each Saturday, we start the day with a peek at the days before this one to see what has happened on this date in previous years. So, grab your favorite morning sippin’ drink as we take a “scroll down memory lane.” Today is Saturday, October 17th, the 291st day of the year.  There are 75 days until the end of the year. On this day: In 1863, General Ulysses S. Grant is named

The state’s COVID-19 electronic data management system is to be upgraded over this weekend.  The Department of Health Services says there will be an outage in the system to allow for some improvements to be made.  The Wisconsin Electronic Disease Surveillance System is used by local and tribal jurisdictions, health care providers and public health officials to collect and keep track of COVID-19 info.  The system shutdown started yesterday evening.  The upgraded system will roll out Monday and Tuesday.

 Trump supporters are getting ready for a 2020 Trump campaign rally in Janesville. The President is bringing his re-election campaign to the Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport this afternoon.  The rally gets underway at 6:00-p.m.  But as the COVID-19 pandemic continues, Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse Doctor Rob Freeland says he wants the President to cancel the rally because rally goers don’t generally observe social distancing.   Freeland also claims the President spreads COVID-19 misinformation which places the listeners in danger. On

Madison based non profit the Foundation for Black Women’s Wellness receives a million dollar grant.  The grant money comes from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health through its Wisconsin Partnership Program.  Yesterday, WMTV reported that the grant money will go toward the launch of the Well Black Women Institute which will train black women on how to establish unencumbered health access in Dane, Rock and Milwaukee counties.  The first group of trainees will be established in 2022.