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During week one of October’s National Cybersecurity Awareness Month(NCSAM), consumers and businesses are encouraged to review the security of their connected devices. If you connect it, protect it. That’s the message from DATCAP. Evaluating and updating the security on electronic devices is a great first step to cybersecurity. Below are some easy ideas to help you remain secure. Take an inventory of web-connected devices in your home such as gaming devices, smartwatches, thermostats, smart TVs, routers, and voice assistants (Google

The Health Department is addressing the posting of signs on area businesses over the weekend. Mainly in downtown Eau Claire, individuals have been posting generic isolation and quarantine placards on area businesses. None of these placards were placed by the Eau Claire City County Health Department. The Health Department has not placed any isolation or quarantine placards on any establishment, residence, or facility during the COVID-19 pandemic. The early investigation indicates that this “spamming” is part of a misinformation campaign

Chippewa Falls Main Street is getting ready for Halloween. The Main Street board and some local businesses are hosting a drive-thru Trick-or-Treating event from 3-to-5 p.m. Friday, October 30th at the Northern Wisconsin State Fairgrounds. Kids will receive a pre-made bag of candy and toys from several businesses and individuals. They’re posting updates on the Main Street Facebook page which YOU CAN CLICK TO FROM HERE.

Micon Cinemas is now offering Ghost Tours. The tours are every Friday and Saturday night in October starting at 7 p.m. They’re two hours long and the theater isn’t showing any movies during that time. Tickets can be reserved online. 

We are on day four of President Trump being treated at Walter Reed Medical Center after contracting COVID-19 and we now know that the virus is continuing to spread throughout his inner circle.  Over half a dozen people who attended a recent event at the White House where Trump introduced his pick for the Supreme Court have now tested positive.  Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has had to be hospitalized after confirming his diagnosis over the weekend.  Meanwhile, the

Eau Claire has a new COVID-19 regional community testing site. The site is offered to residents in northwestern Wisconsin free of charge. Testing is available Mondays and Fridays from eleven in the morning until 7 in the evening and on Saturdays from 9-5 in the afternoon. The site will be open through December 7th. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION TESTING TIMES AND LOCATION: Mondays & Fridays: 11am – 7pmSaturdays: 9am – 5pmThrough December 7, 2020FREE. No insurance is needed. WHERE 6697 US

Heads up that you may want to plan to lay your head down today if you want to stay awake for the football game tonight. The Packers game has been moved back to a later start time tonight after the NFL had to flex another game to Monday night.  Green Bay and Atlanta will kickoff at 7:50 tonight to accommodate the Patriots – Chiefs game that had to be moved from Sunday.  On Saturday, New England quarterback Cam Newton tested

The cause of a major fire at a Janesville farm is being investigated. More than two-dozen fire departments were called to Saturday’s fire at Metcalf Brothers Farm. No injuries were reported, but the fire caused 420-thousand-dollars worth of damages to the farm.

An electrical problem is said to have caused a house fire in La Crosse.  That’s according to fire investigators who say overheated electrical wiring started the fire at a home in the one-thousand block of Sixth Street yesterday afternoon. All family members and their four pets made it out of the burning home unharmed.

A high-speed chase in a stolen vehicle lands a man in jail. It was just after 12:30 on Sunday morning the Wisconsin State Patrol was involved in a pursuit west bound on I 94 coming from Monroe County into Jackson County. A Trooper successfully deployed tire deflation devices disabling the suspect vehicle. The suspect vehicle was reportedly stolen from Mt. Horeb, WI. Shortly after striking the tire deflation devices, the suspect vehicle crashed in the ditch near the city of