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The number of coronavirus patients admitted to hospitals is a little lower over the last two days.  Health officials today say 84 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 in the last 24 hours in Wisconsin.  Ninety-five were hospitalized yesterday and 199 new hospitalizations were recorded on Saturday.  Ten additional deaths due to COVID-19 reported today brings the number of Wisconsinites killed by the coronavirus to nearly 18-hundred. Locally, a number of cases are reported in the Chippewa Valley including a new daily records

Vice President Joe Biden is widening his lead over President Trump in Wisconsin.  A new University of Wisconsin poll of likely voters today shows Biden ahead in the Badger State, Michigan and Pennsylvania.  The Democratic challenger has doubled his lead in Wisconsin from four points to nine points since September.  The poll indicates Biden’s additional edge is coming from undecided voters and those considering a third-party candidate. When it comes to voting in our state, Attorney General Josh Kaul says he joins all of America’s

Gummy Bears are coming to Madison.  Governor Tony Evers announced today that the Haribo candy company is building its first U.S. production plant in Pleasant Prairie. The 300-million-dollar production campus is being built along I-94 in Kenosha County and is the largest project in the company’s 100-year history.  Nearly 400 jobs are expected to be created. 

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Eau Claire County Sheriff’s Office has been unable to partner with Marshfield Clinic and the Eau Claire City-County Health Department to participate in the bi-annual drug take back programs, typically held every spring and fall, at the Eau Claire MarshfieldClinic. However, with the assistance of the Eau Claire City-County Health Department there are still secure disposal options for unused, unwanted, and expired prescription medications. Outside door C1W, on the west side of

Visit Eau Claire announced that it is once again teaming up with the Town of Union to promote more tourism to the region. On Monday, October 12th, the Town of Union renewed a 5-year regional partnership with Visit Eau Claire. Other city partners include the City of Eau Claire, City of Altoona and the City of Osseo. The Town of Union will have an expanded tourism microsite featured on VisitEauClaire.com that will be focused on providing both locals and visitors

50 year old Robert Arthur Truitt, from Chippewa Falls Wi has been arrested by the Wisconsin State Patrol Spooner Post for operating a motor vehicle under the influence, 7th offense. It was just past 7 on Sunday night, October 25th when a Wisconsin State Patrol Trooper had contact with a vehicle stopped in the lane of traffic on Keller road in Washburn County. A subsequent investigation including standardized field sobriety tests were conducted. The driver was arrested for operating a

A new University of Wisconsin-Madison poll shows support for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is higher than President Trump in the 2020 election.  With millions of votes already cast, a new election survey shows higher support for Biden in three battleground states: Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Surveyed voters identified the coronavirus pandemic as the most important issue in the election.  But overall, regardless of what the polls say more than two-thirds of Americans say the upcoming 2020 general election is a significant

All we know so far is that the stabbing that sent four people to the hospital in Chippewa Falls was not random. Police say two of the four people stabbed near Marshall Park last night have serious injuries. Investigators say they believe they know who the suspects are, and say the victims know the suspects as well. Chippewa Falls Police are not saying what led to the stabbing or just who was injured.

It is online-only classes for kids at Regis Schools for the next couple of weeks. The principal for both the middle school and high school says coronavirus numbers at the school have been ticking-up. Principal Paul Pedersen made the decision to move online-only on Friday. He hopes to bring kids back for in-person classes in two weeks. Eight Regis students have tested positive for the coronavirus, more than 160 others are being quarantined to be safe.

The next round of coronavirus testing will take Wisconsin over the two-million mark. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday said nearly two million people have been tested for the virus since March. Nearly 200 thousand have tested positive since then. That means nearly 90 percent of tests were negative. DHS says nearly 80 percent of the people who’ve tested positive have been declared recovered. The patient count at Wisconsin’s overflow hospital is at two. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday said