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The University of Wisconsin System is asking for nearly 100 million-dollars more for pay raises in the next state budget. The university yesterday asked for a two percent pay bump next year, and a two-and-a-half percent bump the year after that. UW employees just got a two percent raise this year, and a four percent raise last year. University leaders say they need to increase pay to keep-up with other Big Ten universities. There’s no word from the legislature on the request

 There’s a coronavirus vaccine summit at the White House today.  Mark Mayfield explains. Here in our corner of the country, the plan is to give Wisconsin’s first doses of the coronavirus vaccine to healthcare workers and people in nursing homes, but just who that includes and when they will get a shot is not yet known. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday said Wisconsin will get 65-thousand doses of the vaccine, which includes about 50-thousand from Pfizer and 16-thousand from Moderna. DHS

There’s a good chance fans will be back in Lambeau Field before the month is over. A number of reports yesterday said the team is making preparations for fans to return for the final two home games, on the 19th and the 27th. Packer sources say fans will ‘most likely’ be allowed in. There is no word on just how many fans will be allowed to attend the games, or how many fans will be allowed in the Titletown area.

Wisconsin’s Democratic U.S. Senator is proposing an unemployment extension that would guarantee millions of people across the country an extra 600 dollars per-week until next October. Senator Tammy Baldwin yesterday said the Worker Holiday Relief Act would extend federal unemployment help til the fall, and expand its reach to cover gig workers and freelance workers. Baldwin said while the extension would last til next October, some workers would continue to get paid as long as the national unemployment rate averages

City of Eau Claire Engineering staff invite the public to an online Open House on Wednesday, December 9, 2020 from 4 to 6:30 p.m. to learn about the first phase of a project that will create a new public space between City Hall and the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library. The Open House period will consist of a short presentation by Engineering staff and project architects at 4:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m., and 6:00 p.m. Each presentation will be followed by

The Eau Claire Police Department is warning the public and updating a case. UPDATE: Regarding the catalytic converter thefts, the pictured vehicle is believed to be involved. It is a silver 2006 Volvo S40 with a sunroof and MN plates. This is in regard to a string of thefts. So far today the ECPD has received multiple reports of thefts of catalytic converters from Toyota Priuses. The thefts have occurred on the upper west side of Eau Claire. If you

If you’re missing certain foods during the pandemic, you’re not alone.  When asked by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo what he could send him for Christmas, Dr. Fauci said comfort food from his youth in Brooklyn. Cuomo laughed that Fauci didn’t want any meatballs or cannolis.  Dr. Fauci grew up in Bensonhurt where his father ran a local pharmacy. 

A new design, a local crafter, and a passion for fabric come together for a new mask in town, and all for a good cause. For a suggested donation of just $5, folks can purchase a handmade face mask this Saturday – and support Stepping Stones of Dunn County. At 11 a.m., Shari Hainstock Johnson will be displaying and selling a selection of 300 masks in adult and children’s sizes in front of Menomonie’s Mabel Tainter Center for the Arts

Wisconsin Health officials confirm over 21-hundred new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours.  That brings the total number of confirmed cases since the pandemic began to over 414-thousand.  Nineteen additional deaths reported today pushes the total number of Wisconsin residents killed by COVID-19 to three-thousand-838. CLICK FOR MORE FROM WI DHS

Health officials say when the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is available, UW-Health in Madison will be a regional hub for distribution.  UW Health and the Wisconsin Department of Health Services will distribute the vaccine to hospitals and long-term care facilities first.  Pfizer and Moderna filed applications with the FDA for emergency use of the vaccines, which are ready for distribution and just awaiting approval.  The CDC has said it could be sometime next summer before the general public could be inoculated and in