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Chippewa Valley COVID-19 hospitalizations are up 52-percent in the last week.  Eau Claire City-County Health Director Lieske Giese says the rise in hospitalizations and deaths is a bad sign that Northern Wisconsinites aren’t doing their part to slow the spread.  Over 100 people in Eau Claire County have been hospitalized for COVID-19.  State health officials say people should avoid gatherings with anyone outside of their household.  MORE FROM THE CITY COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT HERE

Eau Claire police say two people needed a talking-to after a political argument at a grocery store.  Police say it happened when the first person confronted the second about improperly wearing their mask inside the store and made negative comments about the person’s political hat.  They claim the other person then rammed a shopping cart into their leg.  The other person says they first pushed them into some shelves.  Police say no witnesses or video surveillance footage was available.  Both

The final Presidential Debate aired last night. If you missed the full 90 minutes, click below for a recap. Mark Mayfield brings us more on the Road To The White House: In other notes from the stage, President Trump vowed to always protect people with pre-existing conditions, even if the Supreme Court repeals the Affordable Care Act.  On the other side, Former VP Joe Biden pledged to strengthen Obamacare and he mocked Trump’s claims that the White House is poised

A former Chippewa Falls man is looking at prison time for stealing about four million-dollars from the Pentagon. A jury in Madison convicted Craig Klund of scamming the Pentagon 30 years ago by using fake companies and billing the government for work that was never done. He moved to South Dakota about two years ago to try to hide from investigators. This is not Klund’s first conviction for bilking the government. He spent two years in prison in the 1990’s

The coronavirus has a lot more people enrolling to get food stamps in Wisconsin. The state’s Department of Health Services’ most recent numbers show about 70 thousand more families are enrolled in FoodShare than a year ago. There were huge spikes in the program in both April and August this year. State Rep. Janel Brandtjen says the increases are alarming. She says many of the people on food stamps are the same people who’ve been left waiting by Governor Evers for

There are questions about just how much it is costing Wisconsin to treat one person at the state’s 15 million-dollar overflow hospital at the state fairgrounds. The state’s Department of Health Services yesterday said there is still just the one patient. The hospital was built to hold 500 patients, Governor Evers last week ordered it open for up to 50. Brett Healy with the MacIver Institute said Wisconsin’s regular hospitals were supposed to get nearly a half-billion dollars to treat coronavirus patients. He

There is good news for people who want to see high school sports return to normal in Wisconsin. The WIAA, the group that runs high school sports in the state, says a new UW-Madison study shows high school sports does not spread the coronavirus. The study found just one athlete who caught the virus from a game or practice. The WIAA says students in school who don’t play a sport were far more likely to test positive. The study comes as Wisconsin schools

It is the first game of Badger football season, but Madison will look very different this year. The city and university are reminding fans that there will be no tailgating for tonight’s opening game. There will also be no fans in the stands at Camp Randall Stadium. Madison and UW leaders say they will strictly enforce the new tailgating rules. Kickoff is tonight at 7 p.m.

There will soon be ATVs on the streets of the Wisconsin Dells. City leaders this week okayed a plan to allow people to drive their ATVs and UTVs on the street with regular traffic. It may take some time, however, before you see the four-wheelers on the road. Both the Dells and the county and state have to sign-off on the new rules, and create signs to warn drivers about ATV traffic. That could take months.