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Eau Claire is rated 28th out of 100 Top Places to Live in 2020. According to ratings by Livability.com, Eau Claire ranks in the top 30 for affordability, low unemployment, good schools, and plenty to do. The Livability ranking also includes top industries, best coffee shops, local breweries, co-working spaces, and best places to have fun for free. 

As the world adjusts to life amidst COVID-19, the Eau  Claire WIC Program is partnering with WIC agencies across Wisconsin to remind families of the  services it provides during #WICsconsin Enrollment Week.   WIC (WIC, Infants and Children) Program empowers families with nutrition education, breastfeeding  support, supplemental foods, and referrals to other health and nutrition services – all free of charge  to those who qualify. During #WICsconsin Enrollment Week, the Eau Claire WIC Program share social  media messages with new mom

The top woman at the state’s Department of Health Services is set to defend the order that limits bars, restaurants, supper clubs, and stores to just 25 percent of their capacity. DHS Secretary-designee Andrea Palm is supposed to appear in a Sawyer County courtroom today to defend the governor’s crowd limit order. A judge last week froze that order, and told the governor’s office to come to court today and make the case as to why it should be reinstated.

Nearly a million voters in Wisconsin have already asked for an absentee ballot through the mail, and starting tomorrow millions more could cast their ballot in-person. Early voting in Wisconsin begins tomorrow. Just where you can vote depends on where you live, but election managers are reminding everyone that they need some voter ID. People who have not yet registered to vote can also do that in-person at their local election headquarters.

Despite what is being said online, there will be no decision today about charges in the Jacob Blake shooting. Kenosha County’s district attorney on Friday took the unusual step of publicly pushing-back against online rumors. D.A. Michael Graveley says there will be no decision on charges today, though he is not saying when or if charges may be filed. Blake is recovering at a rehab facility.

Three young women say an Eau Claire man sexually abused them when they were young children. Chantavy Lee is facing charges in both Eau Claire and Dunn counties. The Eau Claire case is sealed, but the Dunn County case states that three young women all say Lee abused them when they were children. One young woman says she was five-years-old when Lee abused her, the other young woman says she was about nine-years-old. Lee is in custody. He faces a

The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire is expanding its coronavirus testing. The school is now inviting students who live off-campus to get a test as well. Testing is, and has been, mandatory for students who live on campus. UW-Eau Claire says testing is not mandatory for students who live off campus.

There’s a good chance there will be basketball at Eau Claire’s high schools this year. Superintendent Michael Johnson says they are working with the WIAA to make sure winter sports can happen this year. Johnson says something more formal will likely come in the next few weeks.

The Facebook page for Sawyer County Health was hacked on Friday, October 16, and is currently offline.  For daily updates, you can CLICK HERE TO VISIT THE the Sawyer County COVID-19 Response page. Beginning on Friday, October 16, the Wisconsin Electronic Disease Surveillance System (WEDSS) began system improvements and routine maintenance. The updates are scheduled to go live Monday, October 19.  That means no updates for Sawyer county will be available before Monday.

Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren campaigns for Joe Biden in Madison.  WKOW reports that Senator Warren was in Madison yesterday for a drive-in rally in support of the former Vice President’s 2020 Presidential bid.   Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes and U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin took part in the drive-in rally at Olbrich Park to the sound of honking horns instead of clapping.  Senator Warren later held a similar event in Milwaukee.