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Governor Tony Evers is declaring a new state of emergency.  The governor today says the state can’t afford to stop mitigation efforts when it comes to the COVID-19 pandemic.  Evers is extending the public health emergency until January.  The governor is also re-issuing an emergency order requiring face masks in public places.Wisconsin set another one day record when it comes to coronavirus cases.  Health officials today confirmed nearly eight-thousand cases in a 24-hour period.  That’s about 900 more cases than reported

The Wisconsin Elections Commission says it has received the three-million-dollars payment from the Trump campaign to pay for a recount in Milwaukee and Dane counties.  The petition was filed in-person at the commission’s Madison office around 11:00 this morning. The president would need more than 20-thousand votes changed to win Wisconsin.  The Trump campaign says it is initiating the recount for several reasons including a claim of illegally altered absentee ballots.

As the COVID-19 crisis evolves, the L.E. Phillips Senior Center Board of Directors has made the decision to close the Center beginning November 23 thru Jan. 8, 2021. The Board of Directors made this decision weighing several factors, including the continued increase in COVID cases statewide, the ever-evolving state and local guidelines and restrictions, the widespread availability of a vaccine or other treatments, and guidance from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).   CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM THE CENTER

 The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) is urging consumers to use caution when purchasing a new pet online, after receiving multiple reports of scammers stealing money from unsuspecting purchasers. Scammers post pictures online of what appear to be legitimate puppies or kittens for sale. They may even seem to be in the buyer’s local area. Once contacted, the seller claims to have just sold their last animal and instead offers information about a second seller further

Eau Claire police say a person threatened to strip naked and walk into traffic before being arrested. In the department’s notable case log, police say officers responded to someone in a parking lot on the south side of Eau Claire Monday around midnight. They say the person was temporarily homeless and demanded officers provide them with a place to stay. Police say they informed the person of possible resources in Eau Claire, but the person was unsatisfied. They were arrested

Chippewa Falls police are warning against a few common holiday scams. Police say scammers call victims and claim social security numbers have been flagged for various crimes, so the victim must pay a fee with gift cards or the police will come and arrest them. Another scam hacks or copies another’s social media account claiming to be a close relative or friend needing money to get out of jail, which is also to be paid in gift cards. Police say

The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire’s coronavirus dashboard gets an A-minus from We-Rate-COVID-Dashboards. The online rating platform claims it’s a work in progress, but established criteria about how easy the dashboards at colleges and universities across the country are to read, how often they’re updated, what data is available for students and the community, and more. The student newspaper, The Spectator reports only 34-of-318 colleges received an A or higher. 

Love Christian Church in Menomonie is giving away free Thanksgiving meals next week.  The meals include turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, cranberries, a salad, and pie.  Love Church will provide up to 300-servings to families across the Chippewa Valley. They say volunteers will wear masks and prepare the food in a sanitized commercial kitchen. The meals are first come, first serve and can be reserved by registering online.

 Wisconsin’s governor is out with his proposal to help the state get past the coronavirus. Governor Tony Evers yesterday introduced a 541-million-dollar coronavirus relief package. The highlights include an extension of unemployment benefits and eliminating the requirement that people look for work, a ban on evictions and foreclosures, and suspending another year of standardized testing for Wisconsin schools. The package would also allow healthcare workers to collect workers’ comp if they test positive for the coronavirus. Of the 541-million-dollars the governor wants

The death toll from the coronavirus in Wisconsin just jumped. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday reported 92 coronavirus deaths. That is the most in a single day since Wisconsin started tracking the virus back in March. Since March, just over 27 hundred people in the state have died with the virus. DHS’s numbers show that almost 80 percent of those deaths are among people older than 70-years-old. When it comes to the vaccine, doctors, nurses, and people who work in nursing homes