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Halloween is normally an occasion we all look forward to together: costumes, decorations, parties, and of course Trick-or-Treating. This year, with the threat of COVID still in our community, there are certain guidelines that will be different than in years past. The City of Eau Claire is working towards a safe, healthy, and Happy Halloween so, for those who will be taking part in Trick-or-Treating this year, October 31 from 5:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., here are a few reminders

 In response to increasing cases of COVID-19 in the communities it serves, Mayo Clinic Health System in Northwest Wisconsin will implement a no visitor policy at all inpatient and outpatient facilities, beginning at 6 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 12. This includes hospitals in Barron, Bloomer, Eau Claire, Menomonie and Osseo, as well as all Mayo Clinic Health System clinics in the region. Exceptions to this policy for inpatient care include one visitor for pediatric and end-of-life patients, as well as

The Facilities & Parks Committee met and they reviewed the status of the Public Firearms Range Reopening Plan. The Committee was informed that the following recommended corrective actions items will be completed by the end of the day on Friday, October 9, 2020:• Installation of multiple surveillance cameras at the Public Firearms Range• Reworking the shooting stations at the long gun range• Installation of a gate at the long gun range and all appropriate signage The Public Firearms Range will

Unemployment continues to fall in Eau Claire County. The latest numbers from Wisconsin Workforce Development show around 200 fewer people filed for weekly unemployment benefits last week. Just over 111-thousand people filed for unemployment in Wisconsin this week, which is down around eight-thousand from last week.

A Chippewa Falls man injured in a workplace accident is dead. Chippewa Falls police say the 54-year-old man died in the hospital after an accident at plastic fabricator Berry Global. Police say video from the plant shows it was an accident. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is now investigating.

Fire danger remains high in Eau Claire County today. Eau Claire County Emergency Management says burning is allowed, but only within guidelines from local fire departments. They say residents can burn certain things from 6 p.m. to midnight and any excess burning requires a permit from the local Department of Natural Resources Ranger station. 

The Trump Campaign is returning to southeast Wisconsin. Vice President Mike Pence yesterday announced that he will be in Waukesha on Tuesday. The vice president will speak to a crowd at Weldall Manufacturing. There are tickets for the event online.

The legal fight against Wauwatosa Police Officer Joseph Mensah is not over. The attorney for Alvin Cole’s family yesterday said she plans to file a civil rights complaint against Mensah. Attorney Kimberley Motley says she wants to show that the Wauwatosa Police Department is racist, and that racism played a role in Mensah’s decision to shoot Cole back in February. Both Cole and Mensah are black. Prosecutors in Milwaukee this week said Mensah shot Cole because Cole had a gun

All ballots in Wisconsin are due by the end of the day on Election Day. A federal appeals court yesterday ruled that a Madison-based federal judge should not have said absentee ballots that come-in up to six days late would be counted. The appeals court says judges are not supposed to change election laws so close to Election Day. The new decision means the nearly two million people who are expected to vote absentee in Wisconsin must get their ballots in the mail with

On the same day that Wisconsin saw a record number of new positive coronavirus tests, the state saw its death rate drop and the number of people declared recovered increase as well. We will look at all of the numbers. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday said there were just over 32 hundred positive tests. That’s the most in one day ever. DHS also reported that Wisconsin’s coronavirus death rate is down to one percent. TO FOLLOW MORE FROM WI DHS CLICK