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The YMCA of the Chippewa Valley has received a $7,000 grant from the Response and Recovery Community Fund of the Eau Claire CommunityFoundation to support The STRONG Challenge – a free, 6-week community-wide wellness initiative for the entire Chippewa Valley. The STRONG Challenge will start on Monday, October 19 and last for six weeks. Participants will be challenged to be active for 20 minutes per day, five days a week, for six weeks. Each week there will be an additional

A public listening session is happening this evening at the Eau Claire City Hall to help residents learn more about a proposed county health ordinance. It’s happening online tonight at 6 p.m. Access to the meeting can be found on the City of Eau Claire Facebook page. When it comes to the meeting and your chance to chime in or ask questions, CLICK HERE FOR FULL DETAILS.

A pedestrian killed after an accident Saturday morning is identified. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office says 69-year-old Dennis Scheubel was picking up a piece of metal out of the road when he was hit by a passing car. He died on the scene. 

Reader’s Digest names Eau Claire in a list of the top 25 small towns on their rise to popularity. The list of cities was based on things like quality of life after the coronavirus pandemic rocked larger, more popular cities like Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago. Reader’s Digest says the small towns hold some of America’s best kept secret tourist spots, and praises Eau Claire for its entrepreneurism and local festivities.

Bars and restaurants in Wisconsin are looking at another order from the governor that will drastically cut their number of customers. So, what does it look like? Governor Tony Evers yesterday ordered all bars, restaurants, and shops across the state to limit their customers to 25-percent of their capacity. Grocery stores and many other places are exempt. The governor says the new crowd limits are needed to slow the spike in coronavirus numbers in the state. But, the governor has not said

The legal battle over counting absentee ballots that come-in after Election Day in Wisconsin is likely headed back to federal court. The Wisconsin Supreme Court yesterday ruled that state lawmakers can sue over a Madison-based federal judge’s order to count those absentee ballots up to six days after Election Day. The high court essentially said the judge’s order overrules state law, and lawmakers have standing to sue anytime a law they wrote is challenged. The ruling means the case is likely headed back to

The Eau Claire County Board is making it clear; it does not want to look into possible missing or misspent money at the county’s Department of Human Services. County board members last night overwhelmingly voted against an investigation into questions about theft by a DHS worker, and questions about seven-and-a-half million-dollars in overspending in the department over the past three years. Eau Claire County’s sheriff has said his office will look into DHS. Last night’s county board vote won’t change

The school calendar for Eau Claire schools is changing. Instead of having parent-teacher conferences tomorrow, kids will be in-class. Those conferences will now be next month, and they will be online. Eau Claire’s school board last night also agreed to cancel any snow days this year. Instead, kids will be expected to take virtual classes.

Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin are once again demanding the legislature come back to Madison and overrule the governor. Governor Evers yesterday ordered all bars, restaurants, and most stores in the state to limit their customers to 25 percent of capacity. Republican Senator Steve Nass says lawmakers must go back to the Capitol and strike down the order. He says the governor is once again using power he doesn’t have. Governor Evers says the crowd limits are necessary to slow the coronavirus. Meanwhile,

There may not be any fans in Lambeau Field this season. The Green Bay Packers yesterday said the team will continue to ban fans until Green Bay’s coronavirus numbers fall. Green Bay and Brown County have some of the highest coronavirus positive and hospitalization numbers in the entire state. Team President Mark Murphy yesterday said Green Bay is trending in the wrong direction. Fans were already banned until at least the team’s November 1st game against the Vikings.